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Eugene Onégin

Love, friendship and fidelity collide with devastating consequences in this story of passion, pride, a moment’s…

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Nobody/Somebody

'Nobody/Somebody' is an exciting and powerful new opera created by composer Neil Martin and playwright Fionnuala…

Past Production

The Salon Series

The Salon Series is a new programme of short operas, art songs, cabaret and music theatre…

Musical

Into The Woods

BEST PRODUCTION, THE IRISH TIMES IRISH THEATRE AWARDS 2022 In a whirlwind quest to make their…

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Eugene Onégin

Eugene Onégin

Our most recent main stage production at the Grand Opera House in September 2024

Eugene Onégin
The Salon Series

The Salon Series

Six one act performances and productions in venues and locations around Northern Ireland from Feb 11 to March 11

The Salon Series
La Traviata

La Traviata

Our critically acclaimed and sold-out production for September 2022 at the Grand Opera House, Belfast

La Traviata
Nobody/Somebody

Nobody/Somebody

A new opera commission, designed for teen and young adult audiences telling the story of youth activism around homelessness and housing stress.

Nobody/Somebody
Old Friends and Other Days

Old Friends and Other Days

An award-winning film by Northern Ireland Opera created with Renewal and Stability funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Old Friends and Other Days
Eugene Onégin chorus in the Grand Opera House
Tenor Norman Reinhardt and mezzo Sarah Richmond in 'Eugene Onégin'
The NI Opera Chorus in Eugene Onégin
NI Opera returns to the Grand Opera House Belfast with a sold-out production of 'Tosca' performed with the Ulster Orchestra
NI Opera's Outreach Week runs a series of workshops, open rehearsals and events for the public in the week before Tosca opens.
The 13th Glenarm Festival of Voice takes place with these five finalists competing to win the Deborah Voigt Opera Prize
Soprano Mary McCabe and pianist Bryan Evans perform 'Les Nuits D'Été' as part of the Salon Series in Hillsborough Castle in June 2023
The NI Opera Chorus perform a sold out concert at the Harbour Commission, May 2023
NI Opera perform 'A Midsummmer Night's Dream' at the Ulster Hall with the Ulster Orchestra, May 2023
The Australian cast of 'Into The Woods' in Perth, where NI Opera's creative team remounted our production for West Australian Opera
Sea Wrack - A Salon Series Event in St Joe's Sailortown, March 2023
Songs and Dances of Death and Kindertotenlieder - A Salon Series Event, Crumlin Road Gaol, March 2023
Les Nuits D'Été - A Salon Series Event, Courtyard Theatre, Newtownabbey March 2023
The Lost Boy - A Salon Series Event, The New Orpheus Ballroom, March 2023
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - A Salon Series Event, St Columb's Hall, Derry/Londonderry February 2023
Meet and Greet - cast and creatives for 'Nobody/Somebody' our teen/young adult opera.
Cast, creatives and the Ulster Youth Orchestra who performed 'Nobody/Somebody' for NI Opera at the Belfast Children's Festival
'Nobody/Somebody' a teen/young adult opera about youth activism and housing stress
Our Youth Counterparts for 'Nobody/Somebody' with Springboard Opportunities
Les Nuits D'Été, a Salon Series Event at the Courtyard Theatre, Newtownabbey
Songs and Dances of Death & Kindertotenlieder at Crumlin Road Gaol,
The Lost Boy, a Salon Series Event at The Harp Bar, Belfast
Sea Wrack, a Salon Series Event at St Joseph's, Sailortown
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, a Salon Series Event at St Columb's Hall, Derry
La Voix Humaine, a Salon Series event at Hillsborough Castle
Cabaret at the Ulster Reform Club, Belfast
Cabaret at the Out To Lunch Festival, Black Box, Belfast
Dance workshops for schoolchildren at Outreach Week in the Grand Opera House
Costume workshops for schoolchildren at Outreach Week in the Grand Opera House
'La Traviata' September 2022 in the Grand Opera House
'La Traviata' September 2022 in the Grand Opera House
Noah Stewart, 'Alfredo' in 'La Traviata', Grand Opera House
Siobhan Stagg, 'Violetta' in 'La Traviata', Grand Opera House
'La Traviata', Grand Opera House Belfast
Violetta (Siobhan Stagg) and Annina (Ellen Mawhinney), Grand Opera House, Belfast
Tenor Owen Lucas, winner of the Deborah Voigt Opera Prize and Audience Prize at the 12th Glenarm Festival of Voice
12th Glenarm Festival of Voice Finalists and the Peter Rankin Piano Intern
Finalists performing in the 12th Glenarm Festival of Voice
Sundays at the Maritime Mile - performance by soprano Mary McCabe
Chorus performance for Sundays at the Maritime Mile
Titanic Drawing Rooms before a performance as part of Sundays at the Maritime Mile
Nobody/Somebody workshop and presentation at the Carlisle Memorial Church
'Into The Woods' at the Lyric Theatre, February 2022
'Into The Woods' at the Lyric Theatre, February 2022
'Into The Woods' at the Lyric Theatre, February 2022
'Into The Woods' at the Lyric Theatre, February 2022
Sinéad O'Kelly in 'Old Friends and Other Days' premiering at the Belfast Film Festival
Malachy Frame, Mary McCabe, Owen Lucas and Ellen Mawhinney performing at ''Live at the Waterfront'
Artistic Director Cameron Menzies on set at 'Old Friends and Other Days'
Tenor John Porter and mezzo Margaret Bridge filming 'Northern Songs'
Filming 'Old Friends and Other Days', March 2021
Still from 'Old Friends and Other Days'
Cast Meet and Greet, La Bohème
'The Devil Made Me Do It', the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival 2021
Noah Stewart, Emma Morwood, Gemma Summerfield, La Bohème Meet and Greet
Old Friends and Other Days, Allison Harding
Ellen Mawhinney, winner of the 2021 Festival of Voice with our Patron, Sean Rafferty
'Rigoletto' at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, 2018
Melle Stewart and Norman Bowman in Kiss Me, Kate, Lyric Theatre 2019
Past Productions

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