PRESS
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Opera Magazine | January 2019 Issue
Andrew Clark
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"Gareth Williams' (...) willingness to tailor his own uncluttered musical language to Admiral Fallow’s ideas was the single most impressive element of Navigate the Blood."
Review: Navigate the Blood
NOISE Opera
Opera Scotland | November 2018
John Rivers
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"There is a thrilling immediacy in being so close to the performers, who have nowhere to hide in James Robert Carson’s simple but effective production"
Review: Navigate the Blood
NOISE Opera
OperaWire | December 2018
Xenia Hanusiak
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Best of 2018: OperaWire Staff Picks
Review: Rocking Horse Winner
Opera Saratoga
ScotchWhisky.com | 06/11/2018
Tom Bruce-Gardyne
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"There is a thrilling immediacy in being so close to the performers, who have nowhere to hide in James Robert Carson’s simple but effective production"
Review: Navigate the Blood
NOISE Opera
The Times | 07/11/2018
Simon Thompson
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★ ★ ★ ★
Review: Navigate the Blood
NOISE Opera
Campbeltown Courier | 14/11/2018
Mark Davey
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"a mesmerising musical feast"
Review: Navigate the Blood
NOISE Opera
The Herald | 05/11/2018
Keith Bruce
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★ ★ ★ ★
Review: Navigate the Blood
NOISE Opera
The Herald | 15/10/2018
Neil Cooper
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Emanuel and Williams' trilogy honours the dead who have previously lain nameless in a way that lingers long after the music's final note has sounded"
Review: The 306: Dusk
The Stage | 15/10/2018
Thom Dibdin
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Haunting and powerful"
Review: The 306: Dusk
The Scotsman | 25/10/2018
Joyce McMillan
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★ ★ ★ ★
"full of passion and pity"
Review: The 306: Dusk
Classical Voice America | 06/07/2018
Xenia Hanusiak
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"a gripping and provocative experience"
Review: Rocking Horse Winner
Opera Saratoga
Ludwig Van Toronto | 27/06/2017
Michael Vincent
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THE SCOOP | Rocking Horse Winner Dominates 2017 Dora Awards
Feature: Rocking Horse Winner
Tapestry Opera
Opera News | 28/05/2016
Christopher Hoile
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"one cannot imagine how the story could have been better told"
Review: Rocking Horse Winner
Tapestry Opera
Herald Scotland | 07/12/2015
Keith Bruce
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★ ★ ★ ★
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“Tilts at contemporary Scottish opera are not exactly uncommon, but this NOISE company commission from a composing team of Chris Stout and Gareth Williams with a libretto by Sian Evans sets and meets its own high standards.”
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“Stout and Williams have combined their talents in a style that sets a benchmark for traditional and classical collaboration.”
Review: HIRDA
NOISE Opera
Bachtrack | 05/12/2015
David Smythe
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★ ★ ★ ★
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“There is a strange magic to Hirda, a beguiling adventure across classical and folk boundaries. The haunting blend of the voices and the music is still ringing in my head.”​
Review: HIRDA
NOISE Opera
The Guardian | 29/11/2015
Kate Molleson
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“Glasgow company NOISE aim to create nimble opera for new audiences. Hirda was as accessible as it was intended to be.”​
Review: HIRDA
NOISE Opera
The Shetland Times | 27/11/2015
Alex Garrick-Wright
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"Hirda is a warm, affectionate and delightful ode to Shetland that enraptured the audience, nearly brought the house down from the immense and sustained applause, and deserves a place in the cultural pantheon of the isles.”
Review: HIRDA
NOISE Opera
The Scotsman | 05/12/2015
David Kettle
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★ ★ ★ ★
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“this brand new opera feels like it’s got true Shetland blood pulsing fiercely through its veins”
“soaring, heartstring-pulling music, enormously powerful in conveying the opera’s intense emotions.”
Review: HIRDA
NOISE Opera
Opera Magazine | 2015
Andrew Clark
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“unites Scottish folk music and Shetland dialect with the classical forces of chamber opera, making for a potent brew.”
“Hirda deserves to go places.”
