The European Opera Centre offers selected professionals the opportunity to be involved in full opera productions
Performing under the direction of well established personalities gives valuable guidance and experience at a start of a career
The unusual nature of many of our projects attracts high-level exposure through national and international media, which in turn benefits our artists
Past performances
Operas
Fleishman Rothschild's Violin
Shostakovich The Gamblers
Ravel L'enfant et les sortilèges
Donizetti Emilia di Liverpool (1824 version)
Offenbach Un mari à la porte
Rameau Dardanus (1744 version)
Wolf Ferrari I quattro rusteghi, Il segreto di Susanna
Mendelssohn Die Hochzeit des Camacho
Britten The Beggar's Opera
Mozart Così fan tutte (new version)
Orchestras
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Conductors
Vasily Petrenko, Kent Nagano, Laurent Pillot,
Richard Farnes, Giovanni Pacor
stage directors
Bernard Rozet, Elena Tzavara, Ignacio Garcia
OPeRAs
The Falstaff project with Sir Bryn Terfel
There is an opportunity to perform in Verdi's Falstaff with Sir Bryn Terfel in the title role. The principal roles in the opera have now been cast with European Opera Centre singers
The project is underway and lasts until Sunday 26 November 2017 in Liverpool, UK. Falstaff will be performed in a dramatized version with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic conducted by Vasily Petrenko. It is directed by Amy Lane, Chief Staff Director, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Some singers have asked whether they can be involved as Members of the Vocal Ensemble for a reduced period. They will sing in both performances of Falstaff. This reduced period is from 2:00pm on Saturday 18 November to the end of the performance (5:30pm) on Sunday 26 November. Singers taking part receive a Masterclass on How to audition most effectively given by Laurent Pillot. They also receive a bursary of £300 towards their expenses and living costs. If you wish to apply, complete the application form and send this as soon as possible together with a biography and recording to bairdk@hope.ac.uk.
The project will suit singers of high talent starting a professional career in opera and is open to all nationalities.
All singers and repetiteurs will be selected by Laurent Pillot who founded the Opera Studio at the Bavarian State Opera and was Associate Music Director of Los Angeles Opera working with Kent Nagano and Plácido Domingo;
This project presents not only a strong learning experience for singers and repetiteurs developing careers, but will enhance their profile. Working on a project with cast members Sir Bryn Terfel (Falstaff) and Rebecca Evans (Alice Ford) will be a very considerable asset to their biography.
All candidates should complete the application process for the performance programme.