Hand Made Opera

Type Company Type Programme/Repertoire Season Location Touring opera company Classics and modern classics All National, international Photos (c) Caroline Anderson Eight Songs for a Mad King Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Cosi fan tutte Company:  Hand Made Opera Contact:  Colin Baldy, Music Director Address:  106 Harleyford Road, Kennington, London SE11 5SN, Website:  http://www.handmadeopera.co.uk E-mail:  admin@handmadeopera.co.uk Tel:  +44 (20) 7735 7824

Hand Made Opera was created to make opera accessible by touring to theatres, halls and country houses unable to accommodate large scale companies.  The productions are designed to be as flexible as possible without compromising artistic integrity and are accompanied by a chamber orchestra.

The company's repertoire combines classics such as this year's production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro sung in Italian with newly commissioned English dialogue, with modern classics such as Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King.

Hand Made Opera works with the Howden Festival in Yorkshire to mount an annual festival of music and drama.  Hand Made Opera also runs annual advanced opera courses for singers every August in Scheggino, Umbria, Italy working with artists such as Nicoletta Conti, Vernon Mound, Andrea Capelleri and Nicholas Cleobury. The course focuses on the Italian repertoire.

We are deeply impressed with the intelligence and energy they bring to their productions
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Key staff
Name	Title/Function
Colin Baldy	Artistic Director
Gulliver Ralston	Music Director
Sophie Cleobury	Administrator