Team

Sir Graham Vick CBE - Artistic Director

Alpesh Chauhan - Music Director

Richard Willacy - Executive Director

Hannah Griffiths - General Manager

Reisz Amos - Artistic Associate

Charlotte Titcombe - Development Coordinator

Shohaib Shafiq - Company Accountant

Associate Artists

Ron Howell - Choreographer

Jonathan Laird - Chorus Master

Jane Robinson - Vocal Coach

Sarah Playfair - Casting Consultant

Sheelagh Barnard - Projects Consultant

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

Great news for Birmingham from the International Opera Awards!
Arise, Sir Graham!

Graham Vick, Artistic Director of Birmingham Opera Company, has been awarded a Knighthood in the New Year's Honours 2021.
Following Fidelio

How does Fidelio speak to us today? Catch up on our special online discussion with Garsington Opera and the team behind a new animated adaptation of Fidelio.

Alpesh Chauhan - Music Director

Conductor Alpesh Chauhan is our Music Director, standing alongside Artistic Director Graham Vick to lead the Company on its mission to make great opera for all the peoples of Birmingham.
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Birmingham Opera Company Trustees
Sir Graham Vick CBE - Artistic Director

In demand over the world, Graham is established as one of the foremost opera directors of our times.

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 eagerly awaited production of Wagner’s RhineGold comes to Symphony Hall. Performed in English, with its full musical forces: an orchestra of 82 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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Sir Graham Vick CBE - Artistic Director

In demand over the world, Graham is established as one of the foremost opera directors of our times.
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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.
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Every year hundreds of volunteers perform alongside professional artists in exciting, large-scale opera performances.