My word what a beautiful sound world Daniel conjure up - it immediately takes me into a magical world. The detail of texture and orchestration really are very effective and capture a sound-world that is at once like a fairy-tale and unfolds the story very subtly. The, what I can only call 'lush' sound world reminds me sometimes of wonderful composers like Janacek, Stravinsky or even Scriabin at moments. Added to this his reimagined and strong sense of drama and colour, deals boldly with the subject matter.
Andrew Toovew, about La Obisparra (2016)
Upcoming projects
Infinite Opera will be creating a multi-site operatic community performance-installation that follows multiple simultaneous narratives, inspired by cultural heritage of the area. It will be premiered in the summer 2026.
The Flowering Desert - new production to be released in autumn 2025
Infinite Opera will release a new version of the operatic multimedia show for planetaria with updated 4K visuals and a new ambisonic mix expanding the touring possibilities of the piece.
Martin i Soler reimagined at Festival ENSEMS 2025 (Valencia)
Moonwinds ensemble has commissioned a new dance work inspired by the recently rediscovered Italian ballets by the Spanish composer Vicent Martín i Soler.
Living newspaper with Post-Workers Theatre in December 2025
More details soon
Piaf by Pam Gems
Old Rep Theatre. 20-22 March 2025.
A Royal Birmingham Conservatoire production directed by Stephen Simms.
Ugly Opera - with dramaturg Beth Kapila
R&D creating a new operatic work exploring the cycles of demolition in Birmingham. Warwick Arts Centre Made in the Midlands Seed Commission.
Lesoco Living Newspaper - by Post-Workers Theatre
Infinite Opera ran a couple of workshops at Goldsmiths, supporting the work of MA Design students exploring living newspaper theatre methods. Project devised by Post-Workers Theatre.
Recent projects
News
[shut], a pocket opera about the impact of the financial crisis on small businesses available online
Birmingham Opera Company has released the films of their four 2024 BRUM Commissions at their website, including [shut].
In preparation to the upcoming performance of Infinite Opera's show Besse in London, the composer Daniel Blanco Albert and the librettist Roxanne Korda chatted about opera ecosystems with Zygmund de Somogyi for the composition magazine PRXLUDES.
Besse, the world's first opera about beer returns to London this July 2024 performed by Infinite Opera amongst Signature Brew's tanks, pipes and kegs. This immersive seated, three-act experience is on for 3 nights only on 24-26 July at Signature Brew Blackhorse Road. Doors will open at 7pm and show starts at 7.30pm.
BRUM Commission 2024. The piece revolves around bankruptcy in small independent businesses, a raw topic not only in the current bankrupt city of Birmingham, but also across the country. The piece will be performed twice at Eastside Projects on Thursday, 28 March 2024, 6.30 – 9.30 pm.
©2025 by Daniel Blanco Albert