I am a writer, journalist, librettist and dramaturg based in London and working primarily in opera – but I am fascinated by all forms of storytelling and music. My most recent opera libretto, Schokolade! (with music by Bahaa El-Ansary), a new opera about a child-eating piano (yes, that’s right), was performed in Cairo, Egypt (funded by Orient Productions/Farnham Maltings) and had an online premiere at the 2025 Tete-a-Tete Opera Festival. In December 2024, I was longlisted for the Searchlight Awards’ ‘Best Novel Opening for Children or Young Adults’.

I love writing about opera and classical music, as well as collaborating with singers, composers, directors and producers. 2025/26 projects include: interview with Marin Alsop and Laura Karpman for The Times, a variety of opera Insight talks (Royal Opera House, London Singers’ Collective, Garsington Opera), interviewing Louisa Muller for Opera North’s Marriage of Figaro programme, and programme notes for The Philharmonia and Wigmore Hall.  

My 2024/25 projects included being a Critical Friend on Colin Matthews’ opera, A Visit to Friends for Britten Pears Arts; writing programme features for Opera North’s productions of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and Kurt Weill’s Love Life and Longborough Opera’s Pelléas et Mélisande and hosting an opera Insight event on Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades for Garsington Opera. There were also many Wigmore and Philharmonia programme notes…

I work part-time as a Content Producer for Opera at the Royal Opera House, where I edit opera programmes and write content (straplines, copy, SEO web content) for all productions. I also presented and wrote the 6-part mini-series for ROH Instagram and Youtube Shorts, Opera Shockers (in collaboration with filmmaker Sasha Balmazi-Owen)