Edward Lambert’s music...
- "A fascinating take... packed full with stunning music... fusing a traditionally dynamic Bel Canto score without feeling the least bit dated." (Broadway World)
- "...seamlessly transitions between sombre, vengeance-laden moments, and tenderly poignant love sequences, offering a tightly woven score that sustains its allure throughout... " (The Wildean, July 2024)
- "...felt sumptuously melodic, as well as busily fresh, with strong, intensely written passages building to moments of euphoric surprise." (operissima)
- "...approachable, but contemporary musical style..." (Planet Hugill)
- "...intriguingly offered elements of bel canto vocal writing to vie with a more ‘modern’ idiom..." (boulezian)
- "...a score whose eroticism was often visceral." (The Guardian)
- "...became increasingly disturbing, and confirmed Lambert's effective text-setting." (Opera Today)
- "...is always strongly directional and full of emotion..." (Newbury Weekly News)
- "...was strikingly imagined and very well played." (The Times)
- "...presented.... some of the most inventively-textured and syntactically original music of the evening." (Daily Telegraph)
Recent works:
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At the Hawk's Well
2024 Chamber opera or dramatic cantata |
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Buster's Trip
2021 Mini opera |
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Requiem Antiqua
2024 Voices & organ |
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The Last Siren
2023 Chamber opera The Cockpit & UWL |
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The Burning Question
2022 Chamber opera The Cockpit, London, Sept 2022 King's Head Theatre, Feb 2023 |
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Masque of Vengeance
2022 Chamber opera The Cockpit, London, Nov 2023 The Stoller Hall, Manchester |
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In Five Years' Time
2021 Chamber opera (Lorca) |
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Swellfellow the Tyrant
2022 Choral chamber opera (Shelley) |
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Apollo's Mission
2019 Chamber opera The Place, London, Aug 2019 |
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Piano Concerto
2021 Piano & strings |
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Harp Concerto
2021 Harp & strings |
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The Duchess of Padua
2020 Chamber opera (Oscar Wilde) The Space, London & other venues 2024 |
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Last Party on Earth
2020 Chamber opera Filmed 2020 |
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Brighter than the Sun
2019 Christmas Cantata carols & medieval drama for soloists & choir Newbury, Dec 2019 |
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The Cloak & Dagger Affair
2018 Chamber opera (Lorca) RADA, London, Aug 2018 |
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The Butterfly's Spell
2017 Chamber opera (Lorca) |
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Aspects of Work
2016 Piano duet Manchester Oct 2017 |
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The Visit to the Sepulchre
2017 Choral cantata on plainsong Newbury, 2017 |
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The Art of Venus
2016 Chamber opera RADA, London, 2017 |
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Yin and Yang Cantata
2016 Vocal & strings Newbury, April 2016 |
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An Opera of Daniel
2015 Folk opera on plainsong for soloists & choir Newbury & Brighton, 2015 Mexico City, 2017 & 2019 |
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Opera With A Title
2015 Chamber opera King's Place, 2015 |
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The Catfish Conundrum
2014 Chamber opera King's Place, 2014 |
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six characters
in search of a stage 2013 Chamber opera London & Brighton 2014 |
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