In Five Years' Time

The Space, London E14
23 - 28 February 2026

The Croft Hall, Hungerford
​1 March 2026

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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)

Latest opera:

​Twelfth Night
(or You Know What) 

​a comic opera
adapted from Shakespeare's play

cast of 9
​small instrumental ensemble
​2 hours (+ interval)
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recently:

​Six Characters in Search of a Stage

at the Natalya Sats Theatre, Moscow
​December 2025

Recent works:

​At the Hawk's Well
2024
Chamber opera or dramatic cantata

​Buster's Trip
2021
Mini opera

​Requiem Antiqua
2024
​Voices & organ

​The Last Siren
2023
Chamber opera
The Cockpit & UWL

​The Burning Question
2022
Chamber opera
The Cockpit, London, Sept 2022
​King's Head Theatre, Feb 2023

​Masque of Vengeance
2022
Chamber opera
The Cockpit, London, Nov 2023
​The Stoller Hall, Manchester

​In Five Years' Time
2021
Chamber opera (Lorca)​

​Swellfellow the Tyrant
2022
​Choral chamber opera
​(Shelley)

​Apollo's Mission
2019
Chamber opera
The Place, London, Aug 2019

​Piano Concerto
2021
​Piano & strings

​Harp Concerto
2021
Harp & strings

​The Duchess of Padua
2020
Chamber opera (Oscar Wilde)
The Space, London
​& other venues 2024

Last Party on Earth
2020
 opera movie

​Brighter than the Sun
2019
​carols & medieval drama
​for soloists & choir
Newbury, Dec 2019

​The Cloak & Dagger Affair
2018
Chamber opera (Lorca)
RADA, London,  Aug 2018​

​The Butterfly's Spell
2017
Chamber opera (Lorca)

​Aspects of Work
2016
Piano duet
Manchester Oct 2017

​The Visit to the Sepulchre
2017
Choral cantata on plainsong 
Newbury, 2017

​The Art of Venus
2016
Chamber opera
RADA, London, 2017

​Yin and Yang Cantata
2016
Vocal & strings
Newbury,  April 2016

​An Opera of Daniel
2015
Folk opera on plainsong
Newbury & Brighton, 2015
​Mexico City, 2017 & 2019

​Opera With A Title
2015
Chamber opera
King's Place, 2015

​The Catfish Conundrum
2014
Chamber opera
King's Place, 2014

​six characters
​in search of a stage
2013
Chamber opera
London & Brighton 2014