2020: YOU WON’T HOLD ME BACK! with Into Opera

2020: YOU WON’T HOLD ME BACK! with Into Opera

The six songs created by Into Opera, Adisa the Verbalizer, Will Todd and the schools in Norwich form a song cycle titled 2020: You Won’t Hold Me Back!  The Tablet ‘“I choose love and joy and hope and share it round the world … I’m hoping for a world that wants to...
Will talks about Lights, Stories, Noise, Dreams, Love and Noodles

Will talks about Lights, Stories, Noise, Dreams, Love and Noodles

 Michael Rosen “…echoes, memories, pictures and sounds of a city: and the words and music that spring from it all.” Lights, Stories, Noise, Dreams, Love and Noodles Will talks about Lights, Stories, Noise, Dreams, Love and Noodles written for Youth Singers as part of...
How do you write an opera?

How do you write an opera?

Will Todd talks to opera journalist Gareth Jones for WNO’s series of podcasts ‘The O Word’ which explores the world of opera both on stage and off.  As opera is a medium known for reviving and reinventing established works, what are the essential...
How the internet saved a community opera

How the internet saved a community opera

 “We’ve only gone and done it!” A line from Will Todd’s new community opera for Opera North.   In early 2020, Opera North joined forces with Northern Heartlands to create ‘Song of our Heartland’, with Will Todd and librettist Emma...
“Never take yourself too seriously”

“Never take yourself too seriously”

Will Todd talks to Karolina Silkina from the International Choral Bulletin    Q: “How did you start to create music?”  Q: “Which composers inspire you?”  Q: “What is your composition technique?” Just some of the questions...