Joby Talbot
Joby Talbot was born in London in 1971. He studied composition privately with Brian Elias and at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, before completing a Master of Music in Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Simon Bainbridge.
Talbot’s diverse catalogue includes full-length narrative ballets and contemporary dance works, small- and large-scale choral and vocal works, orchestral pieces, concerti and scores for the screen.
Chroma with choreographer Wayne McGregor for the Royal Ballet was Talbot’s first major work for ballet. It was followed by two further collaborations with McGregor, Genus (Paris Opera Ballet, 2007) and Entity (Random Dance, 2008). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with choreographer Christopher Wheeldon was the first full-length narrative score commissioned by The Royal Ballet in 20 years, and the work has gone on to be universally hailed as a modern classic. Besides The Winter’s Tale, for which he was awarded the prestigious Prix Benois de la Danse for composition in 2015, Talbot’s further collaborations with Christopher Wheeldon include Tide Harmonic (2009), a work for large ensemble that began life as the score for Eau by choreographer Carolyn Carlson and CCN Roubaix; and Fool’s Paradise (2007), adapted from Talbot’s score for silent film The Dying Swan. This was followed in 2022 by the music for Wheeldon's Like Water for Chocolate for the Royal Ballet in collaboration with the American Ballet Theatre, and in 2024 the duo premiered another full-length work, Oscar©, with the Australian Ballet.
Talbot’s critically acclaimed first opera, Everest, was given its premiere in 2015 by The Dallas Opera. His opera based on the true story The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, a further collaboration with librettist Gene Sheer, premiered in November 2023.
Important ensembles that have performed Talbot’s works include the Philharmonia Orchestra London, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Calder Quartet, The King’s Singers, the Britten Sinfonia and Britten Voices, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Ballet London, National Ballet of Canada, American Ballet Theatre, Hamburg Ballett, Bolshoi Ballet Moscow, Paris Opera Ballet, Random Dance, Dallas Opera, Independent Opera and the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
Talbot’s Fool’s Paradise to Wheeldon’s choreography of the same name was performed at the Vienna State Opera in 2015 as part of the ballet premiere Thoss/Wheeldon/Robbins. The Winter’s Tale, one of his full-length ballet scores, will have its Austrian premiere with the Vienna State Ballet in November 2024.
Performances with Joby Talbot
with Timoor Afshar, Elena Bottaro, Alaia Rogers-Maman, Giorgio Fourés, Géraud Wielick, Conductor: Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Cast at Tuesday 17. December 2024
Available tickets
Tuesday 17. December 2024
Area 1
220 €
Area 2
175 €
Area 3
140 €
Area 4
100 €
Area 5
76 €
Area 6
52 €
Area 7
36 €
Area 8
25 €
Area 9
15 €
Standing room
with Timoor Afshar, Elena Bottaro, Alaia Rogers-Maman, Giorgio Fourés, Géraud Wielick, Conductor: Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Cast at Friday 20. December 2024
Available tickets
Friday 20. December 2024
Area 1
220 €
Area 2
175 €
Area 3
140 €
Area 4
100 €
Area 5
76 €
Area 6
52 €
Area 7
36 €
Area 8
25 €
Area 9
15 €
Standing room
Ballettzyklus »Familie«
Ticket information
Saison 2024/2025
Magische, träumerische, aber auch aufregende und spannungsgeladene Geschichten erwarten Familien und alle Menschen ab 10 Jahren.
20. September 2024: SCHWANENSEE
20. Oktober 2024: COPPÉLIA
23. November 2024: JOLANTHE UND DER NUSSKNACKER
20. Dezember 2024: THE WINTER'S TALE