Below is a list of productions undertaken by New Chamber Opera. There may be further details on recent productions by visiting our Summer Opera and Studio Productions archive pages.
University / Studio Productions
These are undertaken by New Chamber Opera with undergraduates or graduates who are looking to gain operatic experience.
Staged Productions
Benjamin Britten | Curlew River | 1991 |
G P Telemann | Pimpinone | 1991 |
Giancarlo Menotti | The Telephone | 1991 |
Samuel Barber | A Hand of Bridge | 1991 |
Tom Johnson | The Four Note Opera | 1991 |
Benjamin Britten | The Burning Fiery Furnace | 1992 |
Benjamin Britten | The Prodigal Son | 1993 |
Joseph Haydn | La Canterina | 1993 |
Arnold Schoenberg | Pierrot Lunaire | 1994 |
Peter Maxwell Davies | Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot | 1994 |
W A Mozart | The Impresario | 1994 |
Tom Johnson | The Four Note Opera (revival) | 1994 |
William Walton | Facade | 1994 |
Peter Maxwell Davies | Eight Songs for a Mad King | 1994 |
John Gay | The Beggar’s Opera | 1995 |
Harrison Birtwistle | Down by the Greenwood Side | 1995 |
Giles Swayne | Le Nozze di Cherubino | 1996 |
Michael Nyman | The Man who mistook his wife for a Hat | 1996 |
G B Pergolesi | La Serva Padrona | 1997 |
G B Pergolesi | The Music Master | 1997 |
Henry Purcell | King Arthur | 1998 |
Thomas Arne | The Masque of Alfred | 1998 |
Benjamin Britten | Curlew River (new production) | 1998 |
W A Mozart | Bastien und Bastienne | 1999 |
G F Handel | Orlando | 2000 |
G Rossini | Il Signor Bruschino | 2001 |
Walton | The Bear | 2002 |
Stravinsky | Renard | 2002 |
Opera Workshop | 2002 | |
T A Arne | Thomas & Sally | 2003 |
John Caldwell | The Story of Orpheus | 2004 |
Henry Purcell | Dido & Aeneas | 2004 |
John Blaw | 2005 | |
Opera Workshop | Venus & Adonis | 2005 |
Oratorios and Non-Staged Productions
G F Handel | Il trionfo del Tempo | 1997 |
G F Handel | Parnasso in Festa | 1997 |
Benjamin Britten | The Canticles | 1998 |
G F Handel | Apollo und Hyacinthus | 1999 |
G F Handel | Solomon | 2002 |
G F Handel | Acis & Galatea | 2003 |
G F Handel | Semele | 2004 |
G F Handel | Jeptha | 2005 |
G F Handel | Theodora | 2006 |
Ensemble Productions
New Chamber Opera Ensemble productions are the Company’s professional productions which take place during July each year. The recordings described above are also undertaken by the ensemble, as are many of the Company’s concerts.
Staged Productions
Henry Purcell | Dido and Aeneas | 1990 |
Domenico Cimarosa | Il Matrimonio Segreto | 1992 |
G B Pergolesi | Lo Frate ‘nnamorato | 1993 |
G F Handel | Orlando | 1994 |
G F Handel | Orlando (revival) | 1995 |
Henry Purcell | Dido and Aeneas (new production) | 1995 |
Domenico Cimarosa | Il Matrimonio Segreto (revival) | 1996 |
W A Mozart | Così fan tutte | 1997 |
G F Handel | Xerxes | 1998 |
Benjamin Britten | Turn of the Screw | 1999 |
W A Mozart | The Marriage of Figaro | 2000 |
G F Handel | Amadigi | 2001 |
Henry Purcell | Dido and Aeneas | 2002 |
W. A. Mozart | La Finta Giardiniera | 2003 |
Stradella | Il Trespolo Tutore | 2004 |
W. A. Mozart | La Finta Semplice | 2005 |
Maxwell Davies | The Medium | 2005 |
Haydn | La Canterina | 2006 |
Rossini | Le Comte Ory | 2006 |
Oratorios and Non-Staged Productions
J S Bach | Easter Oratorio | 1998 |
Benedetto Marcello | The Four Seasons | 1998 |