Theatrical/Experimental Operatic Works
- 1986 Insatiable music & texts by Chesworth
- 1988 Recital: music by Chesworth, Puccini, Mozart et al., text by Douglas Horton & Helen Noonan, produced by Chamber Made
- 1992 Lacuna: music by Chesworth, text by Douglas Horton, produced by Chamber Made
- 1994 The Two Executioners: music by Chesworth, text by Douglas Horton, produced by Chamber Made
- 2001 The Light Room: opera devised with Company In Space
- 2004 Cosmonaut: music by Chesworth, text by Tony MacGregor
- 2010 Richter/Meinhof-Opera: music and text by Chesworth, after a libretto by Tony MacGregor.
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