Cordelia Lynn - librettist

Living in Moscow at five years old, Cordelia Lynn was on the path to becoming a fine concert pianist.  As a teenager back in the UK, her passion for words overtook her love of music and after studying English Literature at university, she joined the Royal Court Young Writers Programme in London. The same theatre went on to stage her plays Lela & Co. and One for Sorrow to critical acclaim, marking the start of her theatrical journey. Following an Opera Creation residency at the Festival D’Aix en Provence, Cordelia developed her work as a librettist, collaborating with composers on vocal works, and with the director Katie Mitchell and conductor Raphäel Pichon on Miranda at the Opéra Comique in Paris. In both theatre and opera, Cordelia’s writing powerfully captures the subtle nuances of human interaction, and is a devastating and harrowing exploration of modern society which is both timely and necessary. Like flesh, her opera with composer Sivan Eldar is shortlisted for the Fedora Prize, and will premiere in January 2022 at Opéra National de Lille.