University College Opera
University College Opera, or UCOpera, is the student opera company of University College London. The operas are staged by professional singers, directors and designers, with the orchestra and chorus drawn from the student body. Founded in 1951, UCOpera is known for its productions of rarely performed operas, including 3 world premières, and 22 British premières. On 10 March 2008 UCOpera staged the UK premiere of Édouard Lalo's Fiesque, at the Bloomsbury Theatre. 2009 saw another British première, Ernest Bloch's Macbeth. UCOpera extended its list of British premières by staging Gounod's Polyeucte at Theatre Royal Stratford East in 2018, and Smetana's Czech national opera, Libuše in 2019.
The Bloomsbury Theatre, University College Opera's main performance venue | |
| Abbreviation | UCOpera |
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| Formation | 1951 |
| Type | Student opera company |
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Parent organization | University College London Union |
| Affiliations | UCL Union Symphony Orchestra UCL Union Symphony Chorus |
| Website | ucopera.co.uk |
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