welcome to opera east productions
We are the East of England’s own touring opera company. However, such is our growing reputation, that we are now often invited to perform beyond this region. Thus, dates for last year’s summer tour included venues in Rutland, Northants, Shropshire, Wiltshire and London, as well as East Anglia.
From the outset, our performances have enjoyed regular critical acclaim. Reviewing one of our earliest productions in Opera Now magazine, Michael White wrote, “there was so much promise and potential here.”
Albert Herring
audio available click here
A Dinner Engagement
video available click here
news
summer tour 2009
Last year our new production of Joseph Haydn's comic romp, A World upon the Moon (Il mondo della luna), marked the bicentenary of the composer's death and coincided happily with the International Year of Astronomy, created to celebrate a number of lunar anniversaries. Haydn's delightful comedy enabled us to celebrate our tenth anniversary season in style. The production was toured in East Anglia and beyond and the last performance was in Cambridge on 24th July. To see the Opera Now review, click here>.
tenth anniversary opera gala
On Saturday 27th June 2009 we marked our tenth anniversary with a special opera gala in the delightful gardens of Childerley Hall near Cambridge. Blessed with fine weather, we enjoyed a magical evening of music with talented young singers from the Royal Opera House. The Southbank Sinfonia was conducted by Oliver Gooch, OEP's Artistic Director.
Latest news
During the 2010/11 season, OEP will give the world première of Heart of Darkness, the new chamber opera by Tarik O'Regan at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden. More detailed information will be posted on this site as it becomes available.
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