Editing Michael Nyman (section)

===21st century===
In 2000, he produced an opera on the subject of [[cloning]] on a [[libretto]] by Victoria Hardie titled ''[[Facing Goya]]'', an expansion of their one-act opera ''[[Vital Statistics (opera)|Vital Statistics]]''. The lead, a widowed art banker, is written for [[contralto]] and the role was created by Hilary Summers. His newest operas are ''[[Man and Boy: Dada]]'' (2003) and ''[[Love Counts]]'' (2005), both on libretti by [[Michael Hastings (playwright)|Michael Hastings]].

From 2002 to 2005 he was a composer-in-residence at the [[Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe]], Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Nyman {{!}} ECLIPSE Home Audio Systems |url=https://www.eclipse-td.com/uk/userlist/endorser/nyman/index.html |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=www.eclipse-td.com}}</ref>

He composed the music for the children's television series ''[[Titch (TV series)|Titch]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelnyman.com/music/soundtracks/show/titch |title=Music – Soundtracks – Titch |publisher=Michael Nyman |access-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121745/http://www.michaelnyman.com/music/soundtracks/show/titch |archive-date=17 May 2014}}</ref> which is based on the books written and illustrated by [[Pat Hutchins]].

On 7 July 2007, Nyman performed at [[Live Earth]] in [[Live Earth concert, Kyoto|Japan]]. Nyman began a long-term artistic collaboration with the filmmaker [[Max Pugh]] which resulted in many short art films, three experimental feature documentaries and a number of video installations. In 2008 Nyman realised, in collaboration with the cultural association Volumina, ''Sublime'', an artist's book that unified his music with his passion for photography.

In October 2009, Nyman released ''[[The Glare]]'', a collaborative collection of songs with [[David McAlmont]]. The album – recorded with the Michael Nyman Band – finds McAlmont putting lyrics based on contemporary news stories to 11 pieces of Nyman music drawn from different phases of his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8426925.stm#Mcalmontnyman |title=The best albums you never heard in 2009 |publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=2010-01-02 |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref> 

In 2012, he made a soundtrack for film, ''[[Everyday (film)|Everyday]]''. [[Keith H. Yoo]] in 2012 commissioned Nyman to write a 26-minute [[piano quintet]] in four [[Movement (music)|movements]] titled ''Through the Only Window''. It premiered at the gala dinner for his father [[Yoo Byung-eun]]'s photographic exhibition "Through My Window" in the [[Tuileries Garden]] of [[The Louvre]] in Paris on 25 June 2012. The work has been recorded by Nyman Quintet in the [[Abbey Road Studios]], and has been released on Nyman's record label.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/01063210/details.html |title=Michael Nyman: Through The Only Window&nbsp;– String Quartet & Piano (Score/Parts) – String Quartet/Piano Chamber Score and Parts&nbsp;– Sheet Music & Songbooks |publisher=Musicroom.com |access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicsales.com/Catalogue/product.aspx/en-GB/1063210/MichaelNymanThroughTheOnlyWindowStringQuartetPianoScoreParts |title=Music Sales Group&nbsp;– The Music Sales Catalogue |publisher=Musicsales.com |access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahaeproducts.com/shop-by-product-type/media/michael-nyman-through-the-only-window-cd.html |title=Michael Nyman Through The Only Window (Music CD) – by Ahae Products |publisher=Ahaeproducts.com |access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref> In 2013 Nyman was again commissioned to compose a piece for Yoo Byung-eun's exhibition in the [[Orangerie]] Hall of the [[Palace of Versailles]], and wrote the 32-minute-long symphony in four movements, Symphony No. 6{{nbsp}}"AHAE", representing the four seasons in nature as depicted by [[Ahae]], a pseudonym for [[Yoo Byung-eun]]. The [[London Symphony Orchestra]] premiered both pieces at [[L'Opéra of the Palace of Versailles]] in Paris on 8 September 2013 under the baton of the composer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alberge |first=Dalya |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Arts/article1277681.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602194906/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Arts/article1277681.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 June 2014 |title=Rich Korean recluse hires the LSO to blow his trumpet |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=23 June 2013 |access-date=1 June 2014}}</ref> They were also recorded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2798 |title=News&nbsp;– Nyman Symphony No. 6 premiere |publisher=Music Sales Classical |date=6 September 2013 |access-date=31 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522160501/http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2798 |archive-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=The Music Sales Group |url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2798 |title=Michael Nyman Symphony No. 6 "AHAE" Premier |publisher=The Music Sales Group |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522160501/http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2798 |archive-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nicolasbacri.net/biographieen.html |title=Biographie En |publisher=Nicolasbacri.net |access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref> In 2015 he performed in [[Dziga Vertov]]'s ''[[Man with a Movie Camera]]'' at the [[Potemkin Stairs]]. The show was part of the 6th [[Odesa International Film Festival]] and gathered approximately 15,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oiff.com.ua/en/2015/news/chelovek-s-kinoapparatom-i-maikl-naiman-na-potemkinskoi-lestnice.htm |title=''Man With a Movie Camera'' and Michael Nyman at the Potemkin Stairs |publisher=Odesa International Film Festival |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205051616/http://oiff.com.ua/en/2015/news/chelovek-s-kinoapparatom-i-maikl-naiman-na-potemkinskoi-lestnice.htm |archive-date=5 February 2016}}</ref>