In support of coastal community choirs across the UK, OperaUpClose has launched a Big Give Christmas match-funding campaign. The company’s goal is to raise crucial funds to support their work with coastal community choirs. This new project is a significant development of OperaUpClose’s long-term commitment to community engagement. As part of a major new touring production in partnership with MAST {…}
OperaUpClose and Manchester Camerata will present a new production of Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” on a UK tour this summer. English novelist and poet Glyn Maxwell reworked the libretto for Laura Bowler and Robin Wallington’s 8-piece chamber orchestration of Wagner’s classic. Under the stage direction of Lucy Bradley performers, instrumentalists, and singers will all reside on the stage, breaking the {…}
OperaUpClose will be part of the Arts Council England National Funding Portfolio starting in the Spring of 2023. The company’s 2023 season will kick off with a new version of Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman,” as well as development and community outreach revolving around “Riders to the Sea” by Vaughan Williams. The company also aims to develop a paid Young Associate {…}
OperaUpClose in the UK has announced that Flora McIntosh will be its new artistic director. She will take over the role for Robin Norton Hale who is set to take over the position of General Director at English Touring Opera. McIntosh, who took on an advisory role with the company as an Artistic Associate in 2019, is a performer, facilitator, {…}
U.K.- based company OperaUpClose has announced that Morag Massey will be the organization’s new Executive Producer. Massey was previously the Executive Director at Bristol’s Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factor and produced several works including “Henry V,” and “Otello.” She has also worked as Marketing Manager for Circomedia, researcher for BBC Radio 4, and as a freelance journalist and editor. “We’re {…}
OperaUpClose has announced its upcoming “Concerts in the Café: Shakespeare Re-Shaped” on Sept. 27 and 28, 2021. The showcase will feature music by Woolfenden, Gounod, Verdi, Coleridge Taylor, Kat Rose-Martin, Finzi, and Berlioz inspired by Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Measure for Measure,” and “Much Ado About Nothing.” The cast for the concert will include soprano Claire Wild, actor and writer {…}
UK-based OperaUpClose has announced that it will be teaming up with Manchester Camerata to produce a new production of Wagner’s iconic “The Flying Dutchman.” The production, which will be in an all-new English language version, will be re-imagined for four singers and an eight-piece chamber ensemble by composer Laura Bowler and librettist, novelist, and poet Glyn Maxwell. The company is {…}
OperaUpClose has announced that it will become a resident company at MAST Mayflower Studios in Southampton, U.K. The company started its development with the studio back in 2017 for its production of “The Magic Flute.” That was followed by a partnership in 2019 for “La Bohème,” followed by a production of “Madama Butterfly” in 2020, one week before live performances {…}
OperaUpClose has announced the third season of its online Coffee Break Concerts, which will feature poetry and monologues alongside songs and musical theatre numbers. The season is comprised of two, 30-minute concerts. First, on March 17, will be “Episode 9: Shakespeare Re-Shaped.” Soprano Claire Wild, tenor Joseph Doody, baritone Rodney Clarke, and pianist Kelvin Lim, will perform selections from operas {…}