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The Classical Opera Company, founded in 1997 by conductor and artistic director Ian Page, is devoted to performing the works of Mozart and his contemporaries. It combines fidelity to the classical age with a commitment to making performances dynamic and enlightening for modern audiences.
The company is emerging as one of the country’s most highly regarded young musical organisations, and has quickly established an outstanding reputation, not only for the quality of its performances but also for the excellence of its casting and its imaginative programming and presentation. It is the first professional period-instrument ensemble in the UK to place opera and vocal music at the centre of its repertoire, and the first to specialise exclusively in the music of the Classical period.
The company’s debut production was of Mozart’s first opera, Apollo & Hyacinthus, at the Britten Theatre in 1998, and it subsequently presented Mozart’s La Finta Semplice and Il Re Pastore at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and on tour in the UK. The company made its overseas debut in 2002 at the Schwetzingen Schlosstheater.
In addition to staged opera, The Classical Opera Company and its dynamic period-instrument orchestra, the Orchestra of the Classical Opera Company, present concert performances of opera, and concerts that mix orchestral and vocal repertoire. Operas-in-concert have included J.C.Bach’s Adriano in Siria, Thomas Arne’s Artaxerxes, Mozart’s Mitridate, Re di Ponto in its ‘original’ version, and the UK premiere of Gluck’s La Clemenza di Tito at the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music. At the Wigmore Hall the company has given a highly successful series of concerts exploring Mozart’s travels, and is currently presenting an exciting new Haydn series, which will continue until his bicentenary in 2009.
build new audiences and inspire a fuller appreciation and love of classical music
We offer a range of supporters’ schemes through which individuals can make a vital contribution to the work of the company:
In March 1784, Mozart gave a series of three subscription concerts in Vienna, at which he premiered three new piano concertos. For this series he found 176 subscribers, without whose donations these concerts, and the composition of the new works, could not have taken place.
Taking this historical precedent as its starting point, the Amadeus Society is a gathering of enlightened benefactors whose support enables the Classical Opera Company to establish itself and flourish as a benchmark for Mozart and classical performance; the first 176 subscribers become founder members.
Although membership to the Amadeus Society is primarily a donation towards the work of the company, we host a range of private events throughout the year for Amadeus Society members and their guests, which typically include:
An annual recital by company artists
An annual lecture related to forthcoming Company repertoire
An Amadeus Society party
An annual celebrity evening (previous events have featured Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Thomas Allen, Joan Rodgers and Philip Langridge)
Additional impromptu events
Society members enjoy the following additional benefits:
Priority booking for best seats at our own promotions
Opportunities to meet company artists and to receive insights into the rehearsal process
Opportunities to book company artists for private performances
A preview of each season from the Artistic Director
Free programmes or interval drinks at our own promotions
4 top price tickets for the price of 3 for all self-promoted performances
Acknowledgement in our programmes, The Classical Opera Company newsletter and other mailings
In 2004 they made their critically acclaimed debut at the Barbican Hall with Apollo to Zauberflöte: an A-Z of Mozart Opera, a programme featuring music from 14 operas sung by 14 singers, including Amanda Roocroft and Mark Padmore as well as several up-and-coming stars, and the company was invited back to perform a new version of this concert in the 2005 Mostly Mozart Festival. In 2006, The Classical Opera Company presented Mozart’s Il Re Pastore at the Barbican as part of an on-going relationship with the hall.
This year marked the launch of the Classical Opera Company’s first ever complete UK cycle of Mozart operas. This began with critically acclaimed performances of Apollo & Hyacinthus, and was followed by Il Re Pastore and Così fan tutte, which, as well as being performed in the UK, toured to Italy with Martin Randall Music Management. The company was also invited to launch the Wigmore Hall’s celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth with Prodigy of Nature, a concert exploring the composer’s extraordinary childhood.
The Classical Opera Company has enjoyed unrivalled success in finding and developing outstanding young singers, and has recently established an Associate Artist Scheme to provide training and mentorship to exceptional young singers. Regular company artists have included Sarah Fox and Sally Matthews (winners of the Kathleen Ferrier Competition, 1997 and 1999), and Cora Burggraaf and Martene Grimson (winners of the Maggie Teyte Competition, 2003 and 2004). Over half of the singers in its staged operas have subsequently appeared at Covent Garden or Glyndebourne. Similarly, the Orchestra of the Classical Opera Company comprises some of the country’s leading young instrumentalists.
The Classical Opera Company generates a vibrant atmosphere and sense of occasion at its performances, and enjoys tremendous loyalty and enthusiasm from its audiences. Despite its specialisation in the 18th century, it is also committed to creating new and innovative work, and has commissioned and premiered completions by the late Stanley Sadie of unfinished Mozart concert arias and by Duncan Druce of the Largo from Beethoven’s lost oboe concerto. This aspect of the company’s work will culminate with its completion and production of Mozart’s unfinished opera Zaide in 2008.
The Classical Opera Company is devoted to performing the works of Mozart and his contemporaries. .
Our period-instrument orchestra, the Orchestra of the Classical Opera Company, comprises some of the country's leading young musicians, and as well as playing for all our opera performances gives regular concerts throughout the year; the programmes of these concerts are often designed to explore music specifically related to each of our opera productions.
In all our work we hope to encourage our audiences towards a greater appreciation and love of classical music.
Our website offers the complete programme notes for all of the operas performed to date by the Classical Opera Company. Written by Artistic Director Ian Page, the notes provide a wealth of detail about the historic background of each opera, how it came to be written, the text, the music and the story act by act, including the arias. The page for each opera also contains the details of the Classical Opera production, as well as photographs of some of the performers. Visitors who prefer to read the notes in printed form can use a printer-friendly version to produce hard copy.
A separate page also lists all the concerts of classical music given by the Classical Opera Company, with details of the performers, the direction, the dates and locations of event.
Viewed as a whole, these pages give our website visitors a comprehensive view of what the company has achieved to date in bringing the classical music repertoire to a wide audience.
This eagerly-awaited recording, devised and conducted by Ian Page, is based on the fact that Mozart’s first opera, Apollo et Hyacinthus (written when he was 11) begins with an 'A’ and his last, Die Zauberflöte,with a 'Z’. Taking this happy coincidence as its starting point, the disc presents a chronological tour through Mozart’s operatic canon,featuring a highlight from 15 of his operas.
The repertoire ranges from the exquisite duet “Natus cadit” from Apollo et Hyacinthus and a staggeringly virtuosic duet from Mitridate, re di Pontoto more famous highlights such as Don Giovanni’s Serenade and Figaro’s “Se vuol ballare”, and includes numerous unfamiliar treasures which deserve greater exposure. By presenting the works chronologically, the CD allows listeners to chart the progression from Mozart’s dazzlingly prodigious childhood to the unsurpassed masterpieces of his maturity, and the programme maintains a careful balance between the familiar and the unfamiliar, between the comic and the serious, and between solo arias and ensembles (including a quartet and three quintets).
A superb cast is headed by acclaimed British artists Susan Gritton, Mark Stone and Matthew Rose, and also features the company’s four inaugural Associate Artists – Rebecca Bottone, Martene Grimson, Anna Leese and Andrew Staples. Swedish soprano Klara Ek and Dutch mezzo Cora Burggraaf make welcome returns with the company, and the line-up is completed by two outstanding young English artists, mezzo Jennifer Johnston and tenor Allan Clayton. They are accompanied by the Classical Opera Company’s dynamic period-instrument orchestra, and several numbers featured on the disc will be receiving their first period-instrument recording.
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Classical Opera Company
Job Opportunities
Management
We are currently seeking a full-time administrator to help with all aspects of the day-to-day running of the organization. Details.
Internships
We offer internships to individuals who are passionate about music and the performing arts, and committed to forging a career in arts administration. Such placements are on a voluntary basis, and we are happy to consider candidates who would prefer to work part-time. Please contact info@classicalopera.co.uk. If you are interested in applying, and we can let you know about availability.
Singers and Instrumentalists
If you are a singer or instrumentalist wishing to audition for the Classical Opera Company, please an email with your c.v. to info@classicalopera.co.uk or send it with any supporting materials to our address (above). We receive a very large number of applications, so regrettably we are unable to audition everyone who applies.
The Classical Opera Company
60 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4N 4TW
Tel: 020 7844 4440
Fax: 020 7844 9564
Email
Artistic Director: Ian Page
Chief Executive: Deborah Coates
Treasurer and Company Secretary: Richard Ellington
Development and Projects Manager: Zoë Cobden-Jewitt
Administrative Assistant: Penny Osmond
Website: Steve Hoffman
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