Recent awards and nominations

Birmingham Opera Company gets gold at the International Opera Awards 2021!

Great news for Birmingham from the International Opera Awards! Read more

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk nominated for South Bank Sky Arts Award

We're thrilled that our 2022 production of Wagner's RhineGold was nominated for a South Bank Sky Arts Award! Read more

Birmingham Opera Company wins the FEDORA Education Prize 2020

Birmingham Opera Company has been chosen as the winner of the FEDORA Education Prize 2020! Read more

Birmingham Opera Company wins 2019 RPS "Oscar"

Much excitement here in Birmingham! Lady Macbeth has won the 2019 "Opera Oscar" - The Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Opera & Music Theatre. Read more

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Who's Who

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The Opera Lab

This October, join in a programme of free performances and sessions at Birmingham New Street!
Open Call for Composers

Got a great idea for a new piece? Could you get it going with us in Brum?
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WAKE - World Premiere - SOLD OUT

Is Society dead? Do you believe THIS is life? Are you ALIVE? Italy’s greatest living composer, Giorgio Battistelli, award-winning writer/activist Sarah Woods, 200 Brummies, and a cast of international stars harness the power of music - and dare to raise the dead. WAKE and witness the miracle.
Jobs

Job listings for Birmingham Opera Company
Our Work

We believe that opera can speak to everyone. We reflect the city we work in – with our audiences, artists and stories that we tell. Our ground-breaking work constantly attracts new and ever-changing audiences.
Wagner's RhineGold

Birmingham Opera Company’s production of Wagner’s RhineGold came to Symphony Hall in Summer 2021. Performed in English, with its full musical forces: an orchestra of 87 players from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a stellar international cast plus local volunteers.
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WAKE- World Premiere- SOLD OUT
Team

Birmingham Opera Company Team
Be in a show

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Sir Graham Vick CBE+ - Founder Artistic Director

One of the foremost opera directors of our times. Sadly Graham passed away 17 July 2021.
Popping-up everywhere

You're never more than 8 feet away from Birmingham Opera Company. Find out more about our live pop-up operas across the city!
The Decision Online

Catch our thrilling 2023 production The Decision for free online on OperaVision!