Conor Mitchell
{{Short description|Northern Irish composer}}
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Conor Mitchell is a Northern Irish composer, librettist and theatre-maker.{{cite news |title=Conor Mitchell |url=http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=THEEXP0020050204e1240003j |work=Daily Express |date=4 February 2005 |access-date=2009-02-17 }}
His play, The Dummy Tree, was commissioned by the Royal National Theatre for their 2009 New Connections series.Royal National Theatre, [http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/39316/new-connections/plays-2009.html New Connections Plays 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416132818/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/39316/new-connections/plays-2009.html |date=2009-04-16 }}. Retrieved on 2009-02-17.
Conor has been a great supporter of Youth Music Theatre UK and has received several commissions from them including Missing Mel, Goblin Market, Eight, The Dark Tower and Barrack Room Ballads.
He split first place in the Stephen Sondheim Society's Student Performer of the Year Competition for a song he wrote entitled What Kind of Life Is This, Masha?. He split the new song competition prize with Gwenyth Herbert's Lovely London Town.{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=Ah, youth |journal=The Sondheim Review |volume=XVII |issue=2 |pages=5–6|publisher=Sondheim Review, Inc. |issn=1076-450X }}
In 2012, he was commissioned by the London Gay Men's Chorus for a piece to mark the choir's 21st anniversary. With book written by Mark Ravenhill, the piece, entitled Shadow Time, explores the evolution of mentalities in respect of homosexuality in the lifetime of the Chorus. The piece premiered at the Royal Festival Hall, on 6 May 2012 during the Chorus' summer concert: A Band of Brothers.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/03/london-gay-mens-chorus-21 London Gay Men's Chorus turns 21], The Guardian, 3 May 2012
Works
=Music theatre=
- Have a Nice Life{{cite news |title=Like to get to know you well |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/like-to-get-to-know-you-well-591243.html |work=The Independent |date=27 May 2003 |access-date=2009-02-17 | location=London | first=Charlotte | last=Cripps}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- Goblin Market{{cite news |title=Hungry young Goblins |url=http://www.irishnews.com/searchlog.asp?reason=denied_empty&script_name=/pageacc.asp&path_info=/pageacc.asp&tser1=ser&par=ben&sid=439889 |work=The Irish News |date=16 August 2003 |access-date=2009-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173009/http://www.irishnews.com/searchlog.asp?reason=denied_empty&script_name=%2Fpageacc.asp&path_info=%2Fpageacc.asp&tser1=ser&par=ben&sid=439889 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} based on Christina Rossetti's poem Goblin Market
- Matilde{{cite news |title=Mathilde makes it to the stage |url=http://news.scotsman.com/theguide/Mathilde-makes-it-to-the.4394435.jp |work=The Scotsman |date= 15 August 2008 |access-date=2009-02-17 |location=Edinburgh |first=Liam |last=Rudden}} based on Guy de Maupassant's story, "La Parure" (The Necklace).
- Merry Christmas Betty Ford{{cite news |title=Merry Christmas Betty Ford - Lyric Theatre, Belfast |url=http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=IRTI000020051215e1cf00026 |work=The Irish Times |date=15 December 2005 |access-date=2009-02-17 }}
- The Dummy Tree For the National Theatre's Connections festival.
- Ten Plagues - A Song Cycle (2011, text by Mark Ravenhill)
- The C**t of Queen Catherine - a recitation for actor and ensemble,(2016) first performed by The Belfast Ensemble at the MAC, Belfast.
- Propaganda
- The Young Pornographers
- Riot Symphony: The Sun Still Shines (2024) with Ulster Orchestra based on Pussy Riot, Sinéad O'Connor, & Sophie Scholl{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/07/pussy-riot-sophie-scholl-ulster-orchestra-conor-mitchell-riot-symphony|title=‘Russian protest punk and symphonies might seem worlds apart. But the idea is the same: weaponise your art’|date=May 7, 2024|website=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2024/05/04/riot-symphony-composer-conor-mitchell-im-hoping-that-one-of-pussy-riot-will-come-to-the-concert/|title=Riot Symphony composer Conor Mitchell: ‘I’m hoping that one of Pussy Riot will come to the concert’|date=May 4, 2024|website=Irish Times}}
=Opera=
- The Musician{{cite news |title=Classical Music |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/reviews/classical-music-14095734.html |work=The Belfast Telegraph |date=5 December 2008 |access-date=2009-02-17 }}
- Our Day (2012) a short opera. Libretto by Mark Ravenhill
- Abomination - A DUP Opera (2018)
=Film=
- Pretty Face
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121002319/http://www.ymtuk.org/conor_mitchell.html Connor Mitchell biography] on the Youth Music Theatre UK web site
- [http://theagency.co.uk/the-clients/conor-mitchell/]
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