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Grand Opera House, September 2022

La Traviata

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The 12th Glenarm Festival of Voice

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Sundays at the Maritime Mile

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12th Glenarm Festival of Voice

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Northern Ireland Opera will present 'La Traviata' in the Grand Opera House in Belfast in September - the first opera to be performed in this historic venue since its restoration was completed.

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Associate Artist Production

Sundays at the Maritime Mile

Join Northern Ireland Opera at various locations along the Maritime Mile on Sunday afternoons for free…

Main Stage

‘La Traviata’ Outreach Week

Northern Ireland Opera are delighted to announce the return of 'Outreach Week'! In the build-up to…

Concert

12th Glenarm Festival of Voice

Join Northern Ireland Opera and BBC Radio 3 in the beautiful coastal village of Glenarm this…

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La Triviata

Join Northern Ireland Opera at The New Orpheus, Belfast for an afternoon of quizzes and live…

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The Glenarm Festival of Voice

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29th April 2022

First cast/creative announcements for ‘La Traviata’

Northern Ireland Opera announces a trio of top female cast and creatives for their stunning new adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi’s tragic love story, directed by Artistic Director Cameron Menzies, opening at Belfast’s…

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First cast/creative announcements for ‘La Traviata’
21st March 2022

Auditions: ‘La Traviata’ Chorus and Supporting Roles

Closing Date for applications: 30th March 2022  Audition Dates: Week Commencing 4th April 2022 NI Opera invites singers of all voice types to audition for the Chorus, and for supporting roles for our September production…

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Auditions: ‘La Traviata’ Chorus and Supporting Roles
14th March 2022

Applications Open for the 12th Glenarm Festival of Voice

Northern Ireland Opera are now accepting applications for the Vocal Competition and Peter Rankin Pianist Internship at the Glenarm Festival of Voice 2022, taking place from Thursday 25th August until Sunday 28th…

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Applications Open for the 12th Glenarm Festival of Voice
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We're at the @maritimemile again this Sunday, from 2-3pm at @nomadicbelfast where soprano @susan_shepherd27 will be performing arias and songs with pianist Lorraine Stanley as part of the free music pop ups 'Sundays on the Maritime Mile'. Come along and have a listen - it's free! . . . . . @artscouncilni @titanicquarter @belfastmusic_scene @distantskysw #maritime #freerecital #operapopup #maritimemile #belfast #docklands #freemusicevents #freeclassicalmusic #classicalmusicpopup #operalife #operasinger #soprano #arias #sundayevents #whatson #weekendplans #weekendwalk #whatsoninbelfast #sunday #operasingersofinstagram #loveopera #freeperformance #historicshipyard #titanic #soundyardbelfast
Meet two key members of our creative team for this September's brand new production of #LaTraviata which will be directed by @cameronmenziesdirector at the @gohbelfast with the @ulsterorchestra. Set Designer @niallmckeeverdesign and Lighting Designer Kevin Treacy have worked with NI Opera before and we are excited to see what they will create for us for 'La Traviata'. Both creatives were part of the team for our critically acclaimed production of 'Into The Woods' this February at the Lyric Theatre as Set and Costume Designer and Lighting Designer respectively. Kevin has worked on numerous other NI Opera productions in recent years too, including 'La Boheme', 'The Flying Dutchman', 'Tosca', 'Agrippina' and 'Salome'. You can read their biographies via the bio link - just click on their headshots at the bottom of the 'La Traviata' page. Tickets for #LaTraviata are now available via the bio link, so come along and see their brilliant designs come alive this September! . . . . . . @artscouncilni #setdesigner #lightingdesigner #creativeteam #creativecareers #stagecareers #irishsetdesigner #lightingdesigner #creatives #designers #theatrecareers #operaset #operalighting #operalife #operadesigners #theatrelife #operalife #newproduction #verdi #operahouse #stageset #whatson #septemberevents #setdesign #setdesigners
Meet the #LaTraviata chorus! Following an open auditions process, 24 opera singers have been selected to perform in the chorus for our brand new production of ‘La Traviata’ in the @gohbelfast directed by @cameronmenziesdirector These artists join NI Opera’s chorus development programme and are already receiving training from regular and guest coaches, who include @tristanrusscher, Matthew Quinn, Matthew Owens, Isabel Baquero (Choreographer) and @thomasvictorjohnson (Music Staff at Staatsoper Unter den Linden). The chorus are working on a variety of choruses across different musical periods as well as their main focus: learning and rehearsing ‘La Traviata’ ready for September’s production in the The Grand Opera House, Belfast where we will be performing with the @ulsterorchestra for the first time since the pandemic. We're delighted to be working with all these wonderful singers - come and watch the production in September to see them in action. Tickets via the bio link. . . . . @artscouncilni @belfastmusic_scene #chorus #operachorus #belfastsingers #northernireland #verdi #operachoruses #chorusdevelopment #singerdevelopment #opera #loveopera #operafans #operasingersofinstagram #sopranos #tenors #baritones #mezzos #operalife #operatraining #whatson #whatsoninbelfast #septemberevents #classicalmusic #fullystagedopera #culturetrip #cultureweekend #operatourists #operatravellers #booknow #unescocityofmusic
Meet three more members of our main cast for #LaTraviata, coming to @gohbelfast with the @ulsterorchestra early in September. Bass Graeme Danby will be our Dottore Grenvil, @brendancollinsbaritone our Baron Douphol and tenor Owen Lucas our Gastone de Letorières We're delighted to be working with these three brilliant opera singers on this brand new production, directed by @cameronmenziesdirector . Graeme Danby will be familiar to audiences who came to our 'La Boheme' last September in the Carlisle Memorial Church. He is widely recognised as one of Britain’s finest character basses. He has performed more than 1000 times for ENO, has worked with the Royal Opera House, Opera North, Garsington Festival, Glyndebourne Festival, Buxton Festival, Opera North and Scottish Opera, Teatro Liceu, De Vlaamse Opera, Opéra de Rouen, Salzburger Landestheater; Opera National du Rhin Strasbourg, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Palau Reina Sofia, Valencia and the Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon. Irish Baritone Brendan Collins performed across Ireland, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, China and America. Opera engagements include NI Opera, Irish National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Scottish Opera, English Touring Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, and Iford Opera. Highlights include his debuts in the B.B.C. Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in Billy Budd under Sir Andrew Davis, his New York debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music under Sir Mark Elder, and his Chinese debut in concert at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre under Maestro Henry Shek. Owen Lucas is a tenor based in Northern Ireland and a current member of the NI Opera Studio. Originally studying the oboe at RWCMD, Owen has gone on to develop his passion for singing. Owen participated in the Glyndebourne Academy (2019) and has been performing with Northern Ireland Opera through his involvement with the chorus of Die Fledermaus (2019) and La Boheme (2021). He has performed with the Associate Artists of Northern Ireland Opera and sings regularly with St Anne’s Cathedral Choir. Book now via the bio link! @artscouncilni #verdi #whatson #booknow #castannouncement #belfast #northernireland #loveopera #operafans #operasingers
Booking is now open for the concerts and recitals at the 12th Glenarm Festival of Voice taking place from 26-28 August this year in the beautiful coastal village of Glenarm. Visit our website via the bio link to book your tickets for the Glenarm Festival of Voice Competition Finale in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Glenarm, our afternoon recital at the @londonderryarmshotel and the three @bbcradio3 recitals in St Patrick's Church, Glenarm. The finalists for the Competition Finale will be announced very soon. The afternoon recital at the Londonderry Arms in Carnlough will feature soprano Ellen Mawhinney @ellennn_maw winner of last year's Festival of Voice. We're delighted to be partnering again with BBC Radio 3 who will present three concerts as part of the 12th Festival of Voice in Glenarm. Pianist @simon_lepper appears alongside 3 internationally-acclaimed singers in rich programmes of song, Alessandro Fisher, Seán Boylan and @sorayamafi. The BBC Radio 3 concerts are free but booking is essential as we cannot guarantee entry on the door. Find out more and book via the bio link! . . . .. @artscouncilni @meaboroughcouncil #glenarm #glenarmfestivalofvoice #bbcradio3 #operasingers #operafestival #northcoast #northernireland #summerfestival #summerevents #bookahead #booktickets #recitals #freerecitals #bbcradio3recitals #liverecording #operalife #operasingersofinstagram #operafans #loveopera #operavoices #emergingartists #irishsingers #northernirishsingers #operaperformance #operaconcert #afternoonrecitals #AlessandroFisher #SorayaMafi #SeánBoylan
Meet mezzo-soprano Margaret Bridge @mezzo_margaret and soprano Ellen Mawhinney @ellennn_maw who will be our Flora and our Annina in this September's new production of #LaTraviata at @gohbelfast. Both Margaret and Ellen are past winners of our Glenarm Festival of Voice and Margaret is an alumna of our development programme, the NI Opera Studio. We can't wait to start rehearsals with them and the rest of the cast in a few weeks time. We're looking forward to working with the @ulsterorchestra again too for the first time since before the pandemic. Irish mezzo-soprano Margaret Bridge has appeared with numerous opera choruses and ensembles across Ireland, the UK and North America, including the Monteverdi Choir, Glyndebourne, Wexford Festival Opera, Chamber Choir Ireland, Chautauqua Opera, the Handel and Haydn Society, and Irish National Opera. As a soloist, she has performed with Opera Memphis, Northern Ireland Opera, Opera Collective Ireland, Sestina, Belfast Cathedral Choir, the Ulster orchestra and the RTE concert orchestra. Originally from Northern Ireland, Ellen Mawhinney is a soprano who has most recently won Northern Ireland Opera’s Young Opera Voice of the Year award after winning the Deborah Voigt Prize at Northern Ireland Opera’s Festival of Voice. She has received the Irish Heritage Bursary Award after winning the competition at the Wigmore Hall, winner of the Inaugural Charles Wood Song Competition and Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s most recent bursary award winner. Most recently she has been a featured artist live on BBC Radio 3: In Tune and has recorded with BBCNI as their spotlight recitalist for Classical Connections. She is also hoping to move to London this September as she has been awarded a place at the Royal Academy Opera Studio. Tickets are on sale now for 'La Traviata' via the bio link. @artscouncilni @ulsterorchestra #verdi #opera #latraviata #belfast #irishmezzo #northernirishsoprano #northernireland #operalife #operasingers #soprano #mezzo #flora #annina #debut #emergingtalent #booknow #septemberevents #whatson #emergingoperasinger #operafans #operalife #loveopera #operasingersofinstagram