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About Suffolk Opera


 

Suffolk Opera is a dynamic and versatile company which is committed to facing the challenges posed by the staging of opera in a wide range of venues.  The company is built around a talented and motivated amateur chorus, and leading roles are filled by young professionals at the beginnings of their careers.  Some priority is given to singers with local connections.  We work with professional directors to ensure productions of outstanding quality that are accessible and exciting to audiences and cast alike.
 
 
The company was founded in 1997.  Our first full scale opera was a production of Bizet's Carmen in 2004 at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, an exquisite 350 seat theatre which is the oldest surviving playhouse in England.  This was followed by touring productions of Verdi's La Traviata in 2005, Puccini's La Bohème in 2006, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore in 2008, and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in 2009.

Between productions, Suffolk Opera also gives concerts of opera extracts to foster local talent, and can design specific programmes for corporate entertainment and private bookings.

We are always happy to welcome new members and would be delighted to hear from anyone interested in joining us.  Please visit our
Get Involved page for further information.

Suffolk Opera is registered charity number 1116235.

Our 2010 production will be Offenbach's comic opera La Belle Hélène

Dates: 18, 19, 20 November 2010
Location: Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

Click here for more details

Click here to book tickets


   
The Grange Hotel in Thurston will be holding an Operatic Extravaganza on Friday August 27th

This will be hosted by Robin Martin-Oliver (our Artistic Director) and will feature some of our soloists from past and future productions

Click here for more details
   
Click here to download the membership application form
   
Eugene Onegin was our 2009 production

(click
here for the Bury Free Press review)
   
The Suffolk Music website is run by the Suffolk Sinfonia. It provides a service for Suffolk Sinfonia members, friends and supporters, and for the wider music community in Suffolk.

 






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