Current Partners

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

ACNI is the main support for arts organisations and artists in Northern Ireland, offering a broad range of funding opportunities.

Garfield Weston Foundation

The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded grant-making trust that supports great charities of all sizes across the UK.

Esmé Mitchell Trust

The Esmé Mitchell Trust have awarded grants to NI Opera for several years, with a current funding focus on The Glenarm Festival of Voice.

Belfast Buildings Trust

During 2020/21 NI Opera received support from the Belfast Buildings Trust who allowed us to use Carlisle Memorial Church as a film location and opera venue. We continue to work together on outreach plans and projects for 2023.

Tourism Ireland

Tourism Ireland provided funding to NI Opera to help produce a behind the scenes film for our Northern Songs series..

Belfast Harbour

Belfast Harbour have granted us in-kind support by allowing us to use the Harbour Commissioner’s Office to showcase the work of our Chorus Development Programme Artists with a concert in May 2023.

Grand Opera House

The Grand Opera House is Northern Ireland’s most iconic theatre. Book tickets here for world class theatre in the heart of Belfast.

The Lyric Theatre

The award-winning Lyric Theatre is the only full-time producing theatre & leading arts venue in Northern Ireland.

Ulster Orchestra

Founded in 1966, the Ulster Orchestra has been at the forefront of musical life in Northern Ireland and the Orchestra’s full-time musicians form the region’s only professional symphony orchestra.

Ulster Youth Orchestra

The Ulster Youth Orchestra exists to enable young people from throughout Northern Ireland to achieve their musical potential through the provision of the …

Young At Art

NI Opera has worked in partnership with Young At Art and the Belfast Children’s Festival to launch our new teen/young adult opera ‘Nobody/Somebody’

First Church Belfast

This city centre church provides a venue for concerts for musicians from across all disciplines and is where we hold our Christmas Concert and a Summer Recital each year.

Out To Lunch Festival

NI Opera take part in this festival in January each year, delivering a friendly and accessible performance at the Black Box in Belfast with lunch included in the ticket.

Walled City Music Festival

NI Opera take part in this Festival each March, with Associate Artists performing with pianists from the Walled City Music Festival programme.

PPR Project

NI Opera produced an opera for teens and young adults celebrating the campaigning work of the young activists of the PPR Project in Belfast.

Springboard Opportunities

NI Opera has worked with Springboard to give four young people the opportunity of paid work experience on our production of ‘Nobody/Somebody’ to give them an insight into creative careers.

Sailortown Regeneration

NI Opera have worked with Sailortown delivering outreach events during 2022 including workshops for children, Christmas concert performances and a Salon Series event.

Beyond Skin and MARRS

NI Opera welcomes members of Beyond Skin and MARRS as our guests to musical events and performances of our productions.