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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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| Puccini: La Boheme 29 Jun: Hertford Theatre 1 Jul: Folkstone, Quarterhouse  Poulenc: La Voix Humaine  2, 10, 16 Jul, 6, 20 Aug: London, Kings Place Puccini: La Boheme 7 Jul: Derby Theatre Anthony Young: Ulla's Odyssey 9 Jul: Stroud, The Cotswold Playhouse Puccini: La Boheme 13, 14 Jul: St Andrews, The Byre Theatre | ||
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| - 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 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 Anthony Young: Ulla's Odyssey London, Finchley, Arts Depot: 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 Verdi: La traviata Doncaster, Cast: 8, 9 Mar Exeter, Northcott Theatre: 7, 8 Apr Aldborough, St, Andrew's Church: 22 Jun | ||
| - 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 | ||
| - 2015 - | ||
| Puccini: La Boheme London, King's Head Theatre: 2, 3 Jan Bracknell, Wilde Theatre: 6 Jun Lincoln Performing Arts Centre: 7 Nov Rossini: The Barber of Seville London, King's Head Theatre: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Jan London, Wathen Hall: 30 Apr Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal: 20 May Mill Hill, Hartley Hall: 16 Jun Rugby Theatre: 5 Jul London, JW3: 6 Jul Taunton, The Brewhouse: 12 Sep Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Coventry, Belgrade Theatre: 21 Jan Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn: 30 Jan Richmond, North Yorks, Georgian Theatre Royal: 7 Feb Guildford, G-Live: 25 Mar Margate, Theatre Royal: 11 Apr Salisbury Playhouse: 30 May Malvern, Festival Theatre: 17 Jul Colchester, Mercury Theatre: 12 Nov London, Arts Depot: 14 Nov London, Cutty Sark: 21 Nov Styles: Unborn in America London, The Vaults, Crescent: 29, 30, 31 Jan, 1 Feb Donizetti: The Elixir of Love Cambridge, Mumford Theatre: 18 Apr Bristol, Tobacco Factory: 21, 22, 23 May Verdi: La traviata Oxford Playhouse: 4, 5 Jun London, Tricycle Theatre: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27m, 27, 29, 30 Jun, 1, 2, 3, 4m, 4 Jul Bracknell, Wilde Theatre: 20 Sep Bizet: Carmen London, Soho Theatre: 5, 6, 7, 8m, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13m, 13, 14, 15m, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20m, 20, 21, 22m, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27m, 27, 28, 29m, 29, 31 Aug, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5m, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12m, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17m, 17, 18, 19m, 19 Sep Anthony Young: Ulla's Odyssey London, Kings Place: 11, 18 Oct, 15, 22 Nov Flourish Finalists Showcase 2015 London, Kings Place: 22 Nov |