About
Oliver Rudland is an English opera composer, librettist and artistic director known for his accessible style of modern composition. He was educated at the Royal College of Music, London and Cambridge University.
His operas include The Nightingale and the Rose (a one act romantic opera after Oscar Wilde), The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark (a children’s opera after Jill Tomlinson) and Pincher Martin (a cinematic opera after William Golding), all of which have been highly acclaimed by critics and audience members alike:
This is an eloquent, succinct opera. In music and design Pincher Martin pinched and gripped. This opera deserves to live. The Times ★★★★
Recent commissions include Flying Free, a work for the orchestra of Opera North (March 2020), and The Christmas Truce, a cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra for the London Choral Sinfonia (November 2018). His chamber music has been showcased at the Southbank Centre (London) and the DiMenna Center (New York), and performed at many other venues and festivals across Europe and the US.
He also has considerable experience working in a community context. He is currently composing a new three act community opera based on Barry Hines’s novel A Kestrel for a Knave.
Oliver's music is published by Universal Edition.
