Alasdair Middleton is a leading British

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and

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with librettos commissioned by the

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, Opera North and the

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among others. He is responsible for a series of important operatic collaborations with the British composer Jonathan Dove including '' The Enchanted Pig'' and

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. He has also worked extensively with the choreographer Will Tuckett both as librettist and co-director, and has written several works with Matthew King including the award-winning community opera '' On London Fields''. Middleton’s plays include ''Aeschylean Nasty'', ''Shame on you Charlotte'', ''Casta Diva'' and ''Einmal''. He teaches the Junior Drama Classes at the

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Opera libretti

*''Everything Money Can Buy'' (The Opera Group) *''Out Of The Ordinary'' (The Opera Group) * ''The World Was All Before Them''; composer, Matthew KingOpera North programme, ''The Adventures of Pinnochio'', 2007 * ''Lessons from Harmony''; composer, Matthew King * '' On London Fields''; composer, Matthew King (2005) * ''The Hackney Chronicles''; composer, Jonathan Dove * ''Red Riding Hood''; composer, Jonathan Dove * ''On Spital Fields''; composer, Jonathan Dove (2006) * '' The Enchanted Pig''; composer, Jonathan Dove (The Opera Group at the Young Vic, 2006) *

; composer, Jonathan Dove ( Opera North / Sadlers Wells, 2007) *''The Feathered Friend''; composer, Helen Chadwick ( Riverside Studios) *''A Bird in Your Ear''; composer, David Bruce,

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, New York, March 2008 *''Swanhunter''; composer, Jonathan Dove (2009) *''Mansfield Park'', composer, Jonathan Dove (2011) * ''Schoenberg in Hollywood''; composer, Matthew King (2015) * ''Il Pastorale, l'Urbano e il Suburbano''; composer, Matthew King (2015) * ''Odyssey;'' composer, Jonathan Dove (2023)

Play

* ''Einmal'' (Stoked Festival, 2007)

Published works

* ''The Enchanted Pig'' (Oberon Modern Plays, 2008) , Powell's Books - The Enchanted Pig (Oberon Modern Plays) by Alasdair Middleton
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