NEWS
Coming up in 2026
Royal Ballet & Opera - Family Sunday
In March 2026, Fly with the Valkyries revisits Family Sunday at the Royal Opera House. Lucy co-devised this show with soprano Chiara Vinci featuring Wagner's The Ring in 30mins (with some added Led Zeppelin)
Wolfie (Robert Tucker), Red (Natasha Te Rupe Wilson), Granny (Catrin Johnsson) and children - Orchestra Wellington & NZOpera, Wellington August 2021.
Tales Untapped: A Rotherham Opera Nov 25 & 26 Magna Science Centre
(Photo: James Mulkeen)
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RED! at Paul Hamlyn Hall, ROH, March 2025
(Photo: Veronika Ward)
2025 Highlights
Tales Untapped: A Rotherham Opera
From Sam the Stinky Salmon to Petro Night the librarian, from Pidge our hero to Kevin the Super Bunny, the creative flow of Rotherham was restored!
In 2025 Lucy was commissioned by Royal, Ballet & Opera to co-devise and compose this community opera that premiered in November. With engagement from 2000 young people across Rotherham - primary school children helped create the story and characters, high school music students worked with Lucy and RBO to
co-compose the music, and college students helped design the set and props. 1500 young people sang in the show over 2 days.
Partners included Rotherham Music Services, Grimm & Co and Rotherham Children’s Capital of Culture.
RED! Royal Opera House and on tour across Sussex, UK
RED! was performed with Barefoot Opera across 10 schools in E Sussex (partner Create Music Hub) culminating in a performance in March at the Royal Ballet & Opera Family Day with the Youth Opera Chorus.
Stroma - New Commission
Lucy wrote a new piece in opera this'd be an overture but it's not so it isn't for a 14-piece cross-genre concert featuring Wellington ensembles Stroma and The Jac.
Barefoot Opera - Lucia de Lammermoor
Lucy played bass in the 4-piece Barefoot Band on Barefoot Opera's SE England tour of Donizetti's classic. This tour included a week at London's Grimeborn Festival.
The Seaview Project
With Jenny Miller (Barefoot Opera) & Liane Carroll (UK Jazz Superstar) Lucy supported and performed with The Seaview Choir at Seaview's Got Talent and their annual Christmas Show.
The Sun Shall Rise
Lucy composed and performed in The Sun Shall Rise in June 2022. Produced by MSL Projects with lyrics by Rosanna Lowe, this song for community choir with opera soloists and a 3-piece band was performed in partnership with Barefoot Opera and sung (with audience participation of course) on the streets of Hastings, UK. There was a repeat performance in July 2023 as part of the St Leonards Festival.
This is part of The Wild Horn Fair, an ongoing larger project with MSL Projects, exploring creative ways of collaborating and exploring new emerging digital platforms including binaural sound, augmented reality and interactive live and recorded digital and audio performance.
Tête à Tête Festival
Lucy’s new sci-fi comedy opera Module 471 was showcased at TaT Festival in London in August 2022. With a libretto by James Sherwood featuring Sarah Dacey (Soprano) , Peter Wilcock (Baritone), Frank Moon (Electric Guitar) Ric Elsworth (Vibes & Kit) and Lucy on electric bass. Full opera coming soon in 2024 / 2025.
Produced by The Operatists (Sarah Dacey & Lucy Mulgan).
Barefoot Opera
Community Outreach
Lucy is involved with various community projects with Barefoot Opera. In February 2019 and 2021, she led the Barefoot Community Choir as part of the awesome Fat Tuesday celebrations.
With Barefoot Opera Lucy also works regularly with The Seaview Project Choir and various schools and community groups. She played bass in many workshops and the final show of Bloom Britannia, Barefoot Opera’s three-year long community opera project in 2021