On London Fields is an opera in two acts by Matthew King with a libretto by Alasdair Middleton, notable for its use of multiple ensembles and choruses.
Hannah leads the people of Hackney on to London Fields where, in a series of increasingly vivid prophecies, she sings of a new proto-Marxist Kingdom of Heaven.
Eventually the meeting is brutally suppressed by a group of Puritan soldiers led by Sir Bawnagayne Surly.
There were five orchestras, with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in the pit, plus jazz and brass bands (Henze would like that) dotted about the auditorium...There were more than 150 singers, of every known age, race and gender.
[2] Writing in The Evening Standard, Stephen Pettitt was also largely enthusiastic about the work: King's music is eminently approachable, veering between jazz and a sort of energetic minimalism.