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OperaUpClose was founded in October 2009 to produce La Bohème. Following sold-out runs in various venues, winning the 2011 Olivier Award for Best Opera Production and the Whatsonstage.com Best Off-West End Production Award, OperaUpClose became the resident company at the King’s Head Theatre in Islington, London. OperaUpClose are an associate company of Soho Theatre, with whom they have co-produced four productions. The company produces contemporary opera as well as new versions of the classics. OperaUpClose are building a UK and international touring reputation, co-producing with companies including the Belgrade Theatre Coventry and Malmo Opera House, visiting venues including the Bristol Tobacco Factory and festivals including Ravenna, Italy. In 2012 the company launched Flourish, an annual competition to find new chamber operas. It aims to provide a platform for emerging and established composers and librettists, and to raise awareness of the wealth of contemporary opera being written. The finalists’ work is produced in showcase format and the winning opera is given a full production the following year. OperaUpClose are leading an artistic revolution –The Sunday TimesA masterstoke –The Guardian Opera with the gloves off –Whatsonstage Madly brilliant –The Times |
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| Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin 11 May: Colchester, Mercury theatre Mozart: The Magic Flute 12 May: Coventry, Belgrade Theatre  Opera Cocktail 27 Jun: Oxford, TBC Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin 17 Jul: Harrogate Theatre | ||
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| - 2018 - | ||
Mozart: The Magic Flute  Crawley, The Hawth: 13 Jan Winchester, Theatre Royal: 22 Feb London, Artsdepot: 10 Mar Doncaster, Cast: 14, 15 Mar Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn: 8 Feb Opera Cocktail Lincoln Performing Arts Centre: 17 Feb Greenwich, Cutty Sark: 23 Mar | ||
| - 2017 - | ||
| Bizet: Carmen Lancaster, Grand Theatre: 24 Jan Oldham, The Coliseum: 25 Jan Puccini: La Boheme Birmingham, mac birmingham: 9 Feb Salisbury Playhouse: 3 Jun Hertford Theatre: 29 Jun Folkstone, Quarterhouse: 1 Jul Derby Theatre: 7 Jul St Andrews, The Byre Theatre: 13, 14 Jul Opera Cocktail Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal: 17 Feb Wimbourne, Tivoli theatre: 13 Apr Redbridge, Drama Centre: 28 Apr Tewkesbury, The Roses Theatre: 5 May Didcot, The Cornerstone: 6 May Gravesend, The Woodville: 19 May Frome, Cooper Hall: 2 Dec Anthony Young: Ulla's Odyssey London, Artsdepot: 19 Feb Milton Keynes, The Stables: 22 Mar Coventry, Belgrade Theatre: 28m, 29m, 29, 30m, 30 Mar Greenwich Theatre: 30m, 30 Apr Birmingham, mac Birmingham: 7m, 7 May Stroud, The Cotswold Playhouse: 9 Jul Verdi: La traviata Doncaster, Cast: 8, 9 Mar Exeter, Northcott Theatre: 7, 8 Apr Aldborough, St, Andrew's Church: 22 Jun Poulenc: La Voix Humaine London, Kings Place: 2, 10, 16 Jul, 6, 20 Aug South Woodford, Redbridge Drama Centre: 10 Nov Puccini: La Bohème Bishop Stortford, The Rhodes: 2 Sep Mozart: The Magic Flute London, Soho Theatre: 6, 7, 8, 9m, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21m, 21, 22, 23m, 23, 25, 27m, 27, 28m, 28, 29, 30m, 30 Sep, 2, 3, 4, 5m, 5, 6, 7m, 7 Oct Mansfield, Palace Theatre: 15 Oct Southampton, Nuffield Theatre: 17 Oct Halifax, Square Chapel: 21 Oct Bromley, Churchill Theatre: 31 Oct Harrogate Theatre: 4 Nov Wycombe Swan: 8 Nov Malvern, Forum Theatre: 11 Nov London, LPAC: 24 Nov Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin London, Arcola Theatre: 22, 23, 24, 25m, 27, 28, 29, 30 Nov, 1, 2m, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9m, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16m, 18, 19, 20m, 20, 21, 22, 23 Dec | ||
| - 2016 - | ||
| Bizet: Carmen Coventry, Belgrade Theatre: 19 Jan Oxford, Playhouse: 20 Jan Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn: 31 Jan Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal: 23, 24 Feb London, Artsdepot: 27 Feb Salisbury Playhouse: 4, 5m Jun Puccini: La Bohème Guildford, G-Live: 3 Feb Aberystwyth Arts Centre: 19 Feb Cilgerran, Rhosygilwen: 23 Apr London, Greenwich, Cutty Sark: 12 Nov Anthony Young: Ulla's Odyssey Oxford, The North Wall Arts Centre: 12m, 12 Feb Cambridge, The Junction: 13m, 13 Nov Music Oft Hath Such a Charm London, Broadgate Circle: 13m Apr Oxford, The North Wall Arts Centre: 15 Apr Cheltenham, Bacon Theatre: 18 Nov Opera Cocktail Stamford, Arts Centre: 11 Jun Nottingham, Lakeside Arts Centre: 4 Nov Rossini: The Barber of Seville Hertford Theatre: 30 Jun Verdi: La traviata Deal, St George's Church: 9 Jul |