british youth opera
London
British Youth Opera provides professional opportunities for singers, musicians
and technical trainees. Our participants normally have either just finished or
are about to finish years of training and begin their professional careers.
That’s what the ‘youth’ in our name refers to – not age, but the fact that our
participants are all at the beginning of their lives in opera. More than 5,000
young people have benefitted from British Youth Opera’s training. Around half of
these have been singers, and the other half music, creative and production
staff: conductors, repetiteurs, directors, designers, lighting designers,
costume assistants, and production and stage managers. “British Youth Opera is
unique in offering essential experience to the most
