British Youth Opera

Type Company Type Programme/Repertoire Season Location Training opera company Standard Sept National Photos (c) Jim Four Orpheus in the Underworld Marriage of Figaro Company:  British Youth Opera Contact:  Judith Butler, General Manager Address:  South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, Website:  http://www.byo.org.uk E-mail:  info@byo.org.uk Tel:  +44 (20) 7815 6090 Fax:  +44 (20) 7815 6094

British Youth Opera helps build the operatic future through an annual programme of workshops, masterclasses and a summer season of two fully staged productions providing performance experience for many of the country's most gifted young people. Although driven by educational goals, the company's artistic standards are exacting and it is for the quality and freshness of its output that the company is known amongst audiences.

Through extended and individually focused training together with performances at major venues, British Youth Opera helps hundreds of talented young singers as well as instrumentalists, conductors, repetiteurs, directors and stage managers at the start of their careers. BYO is open to candidates between 22-30 who are undergoing opera training in this country. Auditions are held in London and regional centres and over 60 people are chosen to take part in the annual summer season.

A new production from the company which launches many young opera singers on their professional careers is now an eagerly awaited event
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Key staff
Name	Title/Function
Sir John Hannam	Chairman
Timothy Dean	Artistic Director
Judith Butler	General Manager
Stuart Barker	Artistic Administrator