Sky Arts Opera Shorts (with Werner Herzog, Sam Taylor-Wood, & Dougal Wilson)

Sky Arts and English National Opera have teamed up for a unique collaboration with leading figures from the visual arts to produce short films. Werner Herzog, Sam Taylor-Wood and Dougal Wilson’s short-films accompany a popular aria from ENO’s 2008/09 Sky Arts Season.

The varied body of work was produced to celebrate six years of Sky Arts’ season sponsorship of ENO and both organisations’ commitment to widening the appeal of opera. Set to recordings by ENO Orchestra conducted by ENO Music Director Edward Gardner, they feature singers Peter Auty, Geraint Dodd, Mary Plazas and Mark Stone.

The films shown in an exclusive documentary, Opera Shorts: Behind The Scenes, on Sky Arts. Featuring interviews with all three directors, and their films in full, the programme reveal the story behind this innovative project.

The short films can be seen below: