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Bill Knight

@billknight.bsky.social

Photographer - portraits, opera and dance

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Can I like that photo very much without coming across as VERY creepy? Do I get some indulgence points for it being After-Halloween-Day - which I donโ€™t give a toss about, but thatโ€™s nobodyโ€™s business :D

01.11.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Photo Oxford 2025 review - photography all over the town Photo Oxford 2025 presents a programme of exhibitions, lectures and events ranging from well-known artists and documentary photographers to new talent, spread over the town at 26 venues in colleges, g...

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… Photography all over the town: Photo Oxford 2025 ranges over the genre in a most satisfactory way, finds @billknight.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/...

30.10.2025 09:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Carmen, English National Opera review - not quite dangerous โ€œSafeโ€ is a word used far too often in ENOโ€™s bizarre new version of a programme, full of uncredited articles, at least two of which look as if theyโ€™re AI generated. Everything intimacy director Haruko...

Came back early from Dublin to see how marvellous mezzo Niamh O'Sullivan fared in her first Carmen. Voice often lost in the Coliseum vasts and wide-open big stage, but dramatically perfect. So many good shots by @billknight.bsky.social for @theartsdesk.bsky.social; hard to choose.

09.10.2025 09:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Aftermath of fire in my study, taken by Bill Knight.

Aftermath of fire in my study, taken by Bill Knight.

@billknight.bsky.social, who takes wonderful photographs of opera productions, inter alia, for @theartsdesk.bsky.social, came round to document the compelling horror of the fire in my flat, before the clear-up begins. Which it still hasn't, after five weeks. We kick and prod the insurers daily.

22.09.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€˜Neath this blow,
Worse than stab of dagger,
Though we mo-
mentarily stagger.

31.07.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A few more snaps from Figaro. I feel like a wedding photographer...

30.06.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Le nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne review - perceptive humanity in period setting Over 100 years ago, John Christie envisaged Wagnerโ€™s Parsifal with limited forces in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. He would have been amazed to see it arrive on the main stage this year. But emigres...

So many classy pleasures in Mariame Clรฉment's new Figaro at Glyndebourne, with a splendid cast led by Louise Alder and Huw Montague Rendall, but the conducting throws a few rocks in the way. Otherwise, sheer delight. theartsdesk.com/opera/le-noz...

30.06.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Details from Cabaret l'Enfer at the Royal Opera production of Faust

24.05.2025 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Glyndebourneโ€™s Parsifal is musically enthralling โ€” review The staging of Wagnerโ€™s opera is problematic, but floating clouds of sound unfold from the orchestra conducted by Robin Ticciati

Read Richard Fairman's review in @financialtimes.com of Parsifal at Glyndebourne www.ft.com/content/e9d7...

19.05.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Royal Operaโ€™s new Die Walkรผre deftly untangles Wagnerโ€™s epic โ€” review Director Barrie Koskyโ€™s London staging has a clear theme, while the cast tackle their roles with conviction

Read Richard Fairman's review in @financialtimes.com of Die Walkure at the Royal Opera
www.ft.com/content/a577...

02.05.2025 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Read @davidnice.bsky.social from @theartsdesk.bsky.social on a thrilling Die Walkรผre at The Royal Opera House www.theartsdesk.com/opera/die-wa...

More snaps below

02.05.2025 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Do go and see Charles Court Opera's Magic Flute at Wilton's Music Hall.

04.03.2025 10:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Read @davidnice.bsky.social from @theartsdesk.bsky.social on Mary Queen of Scots at English National Opera see theartsdesk.com/opera/mary-q... snaps here

16.02.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I took this picture in 2013 as part of my exhibition The Refugee's Gift. Hasan has been in my thoughts in the last few days. I hope he has been able to find his family.

11.12.2024 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Read David Nice from@theartsdesk.bsky.social on Pirates of Penzance at English National Opera. He liked it. More snaps below
www.theartsdesk.com/opera/pirate...

09.12.2024 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here's a snap from the current production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance at English National Opera. The Pirate King (John Savournin) and Ruth (Gaynor Keeble) are discussing a paradox with Frederick (William Morgan)

03.12.2024 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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