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 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 | Students' Union UCL |
| Affiliations | UCL Symphony Orchestra UCL Symphony Chorus |
| Website | ucopera.co.uk |
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, chorus and some singers drawn from the student body.[1] Founded in 1951, UCOpera is renowned for its productions of under-performed operas, which include the stagings of 3 world premières and 23 British premières to date. On 10 March 2008, UCOpera staged the UK première of Édouard Lalo's Fiesque, at the Bloomsbury Theatre.[2] 2009 saw another British première, Ernest Bloch's Macbeth.[3] UCOpera extended its list of British premières by staging Gounod's Polyeucte at Theatre Royal Stratford East in 2018,[4] Smetana's Czech national opera Libuše in 2019,[5] and Robert Ward's The Crucible in 2024.
- ^ Maycock (24 March 1995)
- ^ Hall (12 March 2008)
- ^ Elleson (March 2009)
- ^ "Polyeucte, UC Opera, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, March 2018". 20 March 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Anna Picard (19 March 2019). "Review: Libuse at the Bloomsbury Theatre, WC1". The Times. Retrieved 21 March 2019.