Sense of Sound perform Damon Albarn's opera

Sense of Sound, a group of singers, composers and performers will be performing Damon Albarn's new opera, Monkey: Journey to the West.

The opera will premier at this year’s Manchester International Festival followed by tours to the opera houses in Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, New York and Athens.

The opera includes an 8 piece vocal ensemble and combines European conservatoire style traditional opera alongside traditional Mandarin opera.

Sense of Sound is also one of the major creative partners for Sing London and will launch the month long festival on 29 June at The Victoria and Albert museum.