INFINITE OPERA

Infinite Opera is an innovative small-size experimental opera creation company based in Birmingham. They are the proud creators of the first ever Beer Opera and many science-related works. They are interested in subverting the traditional genre by collaborating with businesses, institutions and professionals from different practices.

ROXANNE KORDA

Librettist

Roxanne is an opera singer and librettist. She likes to explore; presenting new opera, on esoteric subject matter, in unique spaces, to different audiences. She co-founded the company Infinite Opera in order to combine her love of science, philosophy and music.

She is currently enrolled on practice-based PhD with the Midland4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, exploring how to use science in creating new operatic characters and narrative. She has a MMus in Vocal Performance (Distinction) from RBC, and previously studied Physics and Philosophy BSc.

She is a varied performer whose previous roles and concerts include classical (Norina – Don Pasquale, Fiordiligi – Cosi Fan Tutte) to romantic (Vier Letzte Lieder, Rosalinda – Die Fledermaus) to contemporary (Entropy – Entanglement! An Entropic tale). Her libretti include Besse: Water, Rye and Hops, and Entanglement: An Entropic Tale. 

DANIEL BLANCO ALBERT
Composer

Daniel Blanco Albert is a composer and conductor. He is Infinite Opera’s co-artistic director and resident composer, for which he has written the music of the physics dissemination opera Entanglement! An Entropic Tale, the operatic beer trilogy, Besse, the folk masquerade Autohoodening: The Rise of Captain Swing, and the planetarium opera The Flowering Desert. 

He has also worked for theatrical productions and artistic installations across Europe, collaborating with directors such as Aleksandar Dundjerovic, Stephen Simms or Lise Olson. He often collaborates with the Welsh National Opera’s engagement programme in the Midlands.

Daniel studied Composition in Spain and in the UK, getting the Extraordinary Prize at Valencia Conservatoire and a BMus (First) and Masters (Distinction) at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (funded with a Leverhulme Arts Scholarship). He is currently pursuing a PhD in Performing Arts at Birmingham City University as part of the Mid