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RhineGold (Wagner) | 2021

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.
A Note to the Nation: Who killed the world?

A new project co-created with a group of homegrown young talent and our new Artistic Associate, Michael Betteridge.
Slava Ukraini!

We stand for the people and nation of Ukraine together with Opera Europa's 220 member companies. Slava Ukraini!
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Find out more about our year-round work, what we've been up to during the pandemic and where we're heading in 2022 and beyond.

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.
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.
SOLD OUT

WAKE- World Premiere- SOLD OUT
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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.
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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.
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Sir Graham Vick: 30 December 1953 - 17 July 2021

We have been devastated by the loss of our Artistic Director, Sir Graham Vick, and touched by the tributes and messages that have reached us from all over the world.