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17 January 2024

Bring Opera Sunderland Back to Life!

We are looking for a new year boost! Help us to create a new community podcast uncovering social history, target social isolation and bring participants old and new together to plan the future. Want in? Help us by sharing and donating the link below:

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1 December 2022

Trustee Vacancies

Opera Sunderland is at an exciting stage of organisational development, emerging from the pandemic, and is seeking a new chair and board members to reinvigorate the trust by contributing skills and experience to compliment those provided by the existing trustees.

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26 February 2022

The Soldier's Return at the Royal Television Society Awards

At the Royal Television Society (North East and the Border) Awards in Gateshead, Opera Sunderland’s video production of 'The Soldier’s Return' was one of only three nominees in the special category “Pandemic innovation - Drama.”

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21 August 2021

The Soldier's Return nominated for 2021 Culture Awards.

We are very, very excited to say we have been shortlisted for an award in the Journal Culture Awards for The Soldiers Return.

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7 July 2021

Our Artistic Director is awarded a Creative Development Fellowship

Our Artistic Director, Alison Barton, is Sunderland Culture's next Creative Development Fellow.

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8 March 2021

Reviews are in for The Soldier's Return

'The Soldier’s Return' was a resounding success, and not only in our own estimation!
Read a summary of our reviews.

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31 July 2020

The Soldier's Return to be made into a film

We are recruiting people to be part of our online community chorus. Online Workshops via Zoom will run on a weekly basis from Friday 14th August 2020.

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16 March 2020

COVID-19 statement

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5 February 2020

Local singers needed

We are searching for local singers of all ages to take part in our new opera, The Soldier's Return, to be performed at The Point, Sunderland on 12th, 13th, 14th June 2020

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5 February 2020

Tickets on sale NOW

The Soldier’s Return

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9 January 2020

We are recruiting two professional singers

Applications now closed. Opera Sunderland is seeking 2 professional operatic soloists for key roles in our forthcoming production of the brand-new opera, The Soldier’s Return

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5 September 2019

We are recruiting for a Producer

Applications now closed

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14 January 2019

We Are Recruiting

Opera Sunderland are looking to fill two part-time, paid roles for their forthcoming production of A Soldier's Tale / A Soldier's Return. EDITED TO DD: Applications for these posts has now closed.

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22 October 2018

New opera gives a voice to modern day Wearside veterans

Marking the Great War Armistice Centenary and 100 years since the premiere of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale, we announce our brand-new opera giving modern-day war veterans a voice.

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23 March 2017

Tyne and Wear High Sheriff Award 2017

We’re delighted to have received a Tyne & Wear High Sheriff Youth Award, which recognises local organisations who work to engage young people in healthy, constructive and interesting activities.

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28 April 2016

MIRACLE! An Opera of Two Halves wins The Journal Culture Award

Miracle! was nominated for two The Journal Culture Awards, and was winner in the Best Event Sunderland Category.

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31 December 2015

Thanks to the supporters of MIRACLE!

Thanks to the supporters of MIRACLE! (funding and delivery partners) – and of Opera Sunderland generally over the past few years!

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1 June 2015

The search is on for local singers to perform in An Opera for Sunderland!

Opera Sunderland has created an opera for the City of Sunderland, with football at the heart of the story. Written by award-winning North East author David Almond and composer Marcos Fernandez, An Opera for Sunderland is all about local people taking part.

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1 June 2015

An Opera for Sunderland Professional Casting

Opera Sunderland is seeking 4 professional operatic soloists for key roles in our forthcoming production An Opera for Sunderland.

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1 March 2015

Black Cats' Stories have launched!

Black Cats’ Stories is a ground-breaking project, creating a snapshot of what football means to the people of Wearside, through digital storytelling.

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1 October 2014

Sunderland gets ready to hit the high notes with An Opera for Sunderland

An Opera for Sunderland is being commissioned by Opera Sunderland. Every good opera needs a great story, something people can really identify with. Sunderland AFC is at the heart of the city both physically and emotionally, and football will be at the heart of the operatic story.

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1 July 2014

The Dashing Divas raise funds for An Opera for Sunderland

July 2014 In February 2014 eagle eyed Hannah Lindstedt spotted that the Color Run – a 5 kilometre, un-timed race in which thousands of participants are doused from head to toe in different colours at each kilometre – was coming to Sunderland

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30 June 2014

David Almond reveals title of An Opera for Sunderland and reads an exclusive extract!

Award-winning author David Almond revealed the name of An Opera for Sunderland and performed at exclusive extract at The Journal Culture Awards 2014 at Sunderland Minster on Tuesday 30 June.

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27 March 2014

Tyne and Wear High Sheriff Award 2014

March 2014 We’re delighted to have received a Tyne & Wear High Sheriff Youth Award, which recognises local organisations who work to engage young people in healthy, constructive and interesting activities.

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14 December 2013

Christmas Variety Night 2013

A big thank you to everyone who came to our Christmas Variety Night, we had a wonderful evening on what was our first ever community fundraising event!