The Experience of a Lifetime
We make opera available, attractive and accessible for all. We do this by creating exciting opportunities for you to experience opera as participants, performers and audience members.
We engage people of all ages
We encourage people of all abilities
We unite people through opera
The world premiere of The Soldier’s Return was online on Remembrance Sunday 2020, just after the Two Minutes' Silence at 11:02 a.m. It was nominated for a 2021 Journal Culture Award in the category 'Performance of the Year'. Learn more
"A complete privilege. Being part of a totally original piece of work, being coached, mentored, cajoled, encouraged by a massive team of high quality professionals is such a thrill."
Sandra, Sunderland
"It was life enhancing – the best thing I’ve done all year."
Pauline, Sunderland
Opera creates exhilarating experiences through its perfect fusion of music, singing, acting, staging and design.
Opera is storytelling through music. It is the stuff of life; love, death, loss, passion, joy, anger.
What audiences experience is only the tip of an iceberg; the culmination of months of rehearsals, training, preparation, dedication, professionalism and creativity from all| involved.