Retrospect Opera (est 2014) is a specialist recording charity focusing on 18th-, 19th- & 20th-century opera and related works by composers of the British Isles.
Joined August 2016
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Featuring the UK premiere of Smyth's Symphonie für kleines Orchester, the modern premiere of Smyth's Opening and Intermezzo from The Boatswain's Mate, plus Smyth's Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies, Overture to The Boatswain's Mate, and The March of the Women. @RetrospectOpera
has organised a free public orchestral concert (framed around his research and teaching) at Guildford URC, featuring @UniofSurrey students and others, in which he presented, conducted, sang, and played oboe, organ, and piano. tickettailor.com/events/univ… @ESRCimpact @UniofSurreyCPE
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FREE ORCHESTRAL CONCERT FOR ALL THE FAMILY
Saturday 15 November, 3-5:30pm
Guildford United Reformed Church, GU2 4BS
Featuring the music of Ethel Smyth, plus Jurassic Park, James Bond & ABBA - and try out some instruments yourself!
Further info/tickets: tickettailor.com/events/univ…
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'Retrospect's CD issue, recorded clearly in Glasgow's Scottish Opera Production Studios, offers winning advocacy. [...] the company has excelled itself by providing a lavishly illustrated booklet for The Seal-Woman'
- Christopher Webber, Opera magazine, November 2025
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The longer version of the interview with @jkaconductor about our recording of Kennedy-Fraser and Bantock's The Seal-Woman has now gone live: youtu.be/vkIxvKnPTNY
To order our recording of The Seal-Woman: retrospectopera.org.uk/produ…
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This unique opera couldn't have asked for a better 21st century champion than @JKAConductor. Hattie Butterworth talks to the conductor for the latest @GramophoneMag Podcast about the Seal-Woman, a weaving together of traditional Outer Hebrides songs. gramophone.co.uk/podcasts/ar…
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I really enjoyed chatting to Hattie Butterworth at @GramophoneMag about our @RetrospectOpera recording of 'The Seal Woman' with @ScottishOpera; and the joy of recording rare and unusual repertoire. It's available today wherever you get your podcasts!
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Ahead of tomorrow's release of 'The Seal Woman' for @RetrospectOpera, I wrote for @ClassicalMusic_ about the dilemma - compellingly articulated by Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser herself - of how far preserving folk music in modern stave notation risked compromising it:
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Our recording of Kennedy-Fraser & Bantock's opera The Seal-Woman is released tomorrow, 20.06.25. Watch this video from @LoizouChristian (who plays The Water-Kelpie & Second Fisher) on why you should get your hands on a copy! retrospectopera.org.uk/produ… @ScottishOpera @JKAConductor
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Two days until the release of our recording of Kennedy-Fraser & Bantock's opera The Seal-Woman this Friday, 20.06.25. Watch the video to find out from two of our brilliant cast, @arthurgbruce & Seumas Begg, why they can't wait! retrospectopera.org.uk/produ… @ScottishOpera @JKAConductor
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Our recording of Kennedy-Fraser & Bantock's opera The Seal-Woman is released 20.06.25! Find out more in this @GBNews interview with one of our Trustees & an upcoming @GramophoneMag podcast &
@BBCRadioScot interview. To order: retrospectopera.org.uk/produ… @ScottishOpera @JKAConductor
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Release date 20th June- a Celtic Folk Opera from @RetrospectOpera
Carefully collected traditional songs from the Outer Hebrides, expertly woven into a libretto that brings the legend of the Selkie
@spectator "a rare and lovely thing"
@B_F_Hamilton @bycarbytrain
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Really lovely to join Hattie Butterworth to record the @GramophoneMag podcast for release later this month. You can hear me talk about @RetrospectOpera, 'The Seal Woman' and a few other projects on 20th June.
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"It’s a rare and lovely thing: a Hebridean tragedy of a Selkie bride that weaves traditional Scottish melodies into a glowing, autumnal chamber orchestra setting. For @RetrospectOpera's founder, it’s a near-perfect demonstration of what they’re trying to achieve."
Bringing forgotten British operas back to life is my passion — and now it’s in @spectator magazine!
@RichardBratby captures the journey from cardboard box in the @Boosey archives to @ScottishOpera studio recording by @JKAConductor out on @RetrospectOpera next month!
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Bringing forgotten British operas back to life is my passion — and now it’s in @spectator magazine!
@RichardBratby captures the journey from cardboard box in the @Boosey archives to @ScottishOpera studio recording by @JKAConductor out on @RetrospectOpera next month!
Read @RichardBratby's excellent article on @RetrospectOpera, 'The forgotten story of British opera', for the latest issue of @TheSpectator: spectator.co.uk/article/the-…
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With a month to go to the release of our recording of 'The Seal Woman', I sat down with Ben Hamilton to discuss the search for authentic folk traditions in the early 20thC, cats, and the vital importance of coffee. Follow @RetrospectOpera for what we actually said...
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Huge thanks to Emma Clarke at @BBCRadio3 for including a short excerpt of our forthcoming @RetrospectOpera release of Kennedy-Fraser and Bantock's Folk-Opera 'The Seal Woman' on today's breakfast show (about an hour in). Now available to pre-order!
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Honoured to be the subject of this month's @MusicMagazine interview. @Becca_JF21 has done an amazing job condensing a wide-ranging discussion into a lovely distillation of what makes me tick. Head to the BBC site for the full interview (£££)
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2/2 Photos from yesterday's @BeingHumanFest event on @DameEthelSmyth at @GuildfordInst, organized and presented by @Dr_Chris_Wiley with musical performances by him and other @UniOfSurrey @SurreyDMM staff and students. @ESRCimpact @UniOfSurreyCPE @SurreyHeritage @RetrospectOpera
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1/2 Photos from yesterday's @BeingHumanFest event on @DameEthelSmyth at @GuildfordInst, organized and presented by @Dr_Chris_Wiley with musical performances by him and other @UniOfSurrey @SurreyDMM staff and students. @ESRCimpact @UniOfSurreyCPE @SurreyHeritage @RetrospectOpera
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This Saturday, 9 November, 3:30-5:30pm, at @GuildfordInst, GU1 4LH: Join @UniofSurrey @SurreyDMM staff and students for a free public talk about the life of composer, suffragette, and Surrey resident @DameEthelSmyth & performances of her music. More info: beinghumanfestival.org/event…
