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The Rake’s Progress
7 May 2026
The Rake’s Progress
7 May 2026

Tickets are now on sale for our summer production in London, Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress.

7 May 2026
Nicky Spence on his time with BYO
7 February 2026
Nicky Spence on his time with BYO
7 February 2026

Before he was an international star and BYO vice president, Nicky played Tom Rakewell in our The Rake’s Progress.

7 February 2026
our new Serena Fenwick Programme cohort
21 January 2026
our new Serena Fenwick Programme cohort
21 January 2026

Meet the singers, directors, stage managers and conductors on our 2026 Serena Fenwick programme.

21 January 2026
Double your donation
2 December 2025
Double your donation
2 December 2025

Join our Big Give campaign this week and your donation will be matched pound for pound.

2 December 2025
Partnership with Garsington Opera
3 September 2025
Partnership with Garsington Opera
3 September 2025

Garsington join as partners on our Serena Fenwick programme.

3 September 2025
On sale now: A Summer's Evening of Opera
9 July 2025
On sale now: A Summer's Evening of Opera
9 July 2025

Our Serena Fenwick programme conductors, directors, designers and stage managers join forces for the first time.

9 July 2025
Meet our summer participants
14 May 2025
Meet our summer participants
14 May 2025

Find out more about the participants who’ve got a place on our 2025 summer programmes.

14 May 2025
Annoucing a summer recital with Lucy Crowe
28 April 2025
Annoucing a summer recital with Lucy Crowe
28 April 2025

Our newest vice president takes a moment out from her busy international career for us.

28 April 2025
BYO alumni join the Jette Parker programme
7 April 2025
BYO alumni join the Jette Parker programme
7 April 2025

Talia Stern and and Emyr Jones have secured places on the Royal Ballet and Opera’s in-demand development programme.

7 April 2025
Our chair stands down
17 March 2025
Our chair stands down
17 March 2025

We’re announcing today that Sir Richard Greenhalgh is standing down from his role as chair, having served an incredible 20 years on our board of trustees. 

17 March 2025
On sale now: Peter Grimes
25 February 2025
On sale now: Peter Grimes
25 February 2025

Britten’s landmark opera is our production for this summer, featuring established names alongside our participants.

25 February 2025
Our 2025 Serena Fenwick Programme
18 February 2025
Our 2025 Serena Fenwick Programme
18 February 2025

Our 2025 Serena Fenwick programme participants have arrived, this year with directors and conductors for the first time.

18 February 2025
Cultural Enterpise awards
10 February 2025
Cultural Enterpise awards
10 February 2025

Our summer production of The Rape of Lucretia has been shortlisted in the best event category at the Cultural Enterprise Awards.

10 February 2025
Work with us: could you be our administrator?
7 February 2025
Work with us: could you be our administrator?
7 February 2025

Organised and self motivated? Join the British Youth Opera team as our new administrator.

7 February 2025
Alumni news: Charlotte Corderoy
30 January 2025
Alumni news: Charlotte Corderoy
30 January 2025

Charlotte has been shortlisted for a Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) award in the young artist category.

30 January 2025
on sale now – christmas on the strand
8 November 2024
on sale now – christmas on the strand
8 November 2024

Join us on the Strand for music, laughter, a glass of champagne and the magic of the season.

8 November 2024
lucy crowe joins us as vice president
17 September 2024
lucy crowe joins us as vice president
17 September 2024

Now an OBE, soprano Lucy Crowe was already a part of the BYO alumni family. Now she's joining us a vice president.

17 September 2024
Welcome back, Nicky
4 September 2024
Welcome back, Nicky
4 September 2024

Not only one of Scotland’s proudest sons, but one of BYO's treasured alumni (yes, we still get Christmas cards), Nicky Spence is joining BYO as a vice president.

4 September 2024
alumni spotlight: julia solomon
1 September 2024
alumni spotlight: julia solomon
1 September 2024

One of our most recent alumni, Julia took part in two programmes in 2024!

1 September 2024
The Rape of Lucretia
18 August 2024
The Rape of Lucretia
18 August 2024

As the dust settles on our summer programmes, we look back on the hard work and guided training that will kick-start our participants' careers.

18 August 2024
Our season society
28 May 2024
Our season society
28 May 2024

‘Adopt’ a singer from our summer season and join our Season Society.

28 May 2024
Meet our Serena Fenwick programme singers
16 February 2024
Meet our Serena Fenwick programme singers
16 February 2024

Our intensive career booster programme has got eight brand new participants.

16 February 2024
New faces
2 January 2024
New faces
2 January 2024

We’ve just appointed six shiny, brand new trustees.

2 January 2024
28 September 2023
Introducing BYO hub
28 September 2023

We’ve launched a brand new online platform…

28 September 2023
12 January 2023
Say hello to our 2023 Serena Fenwick Programme singers
12 January 2023

We’ve filled all the spaces on our new career-booster programme.

12 January 2023
20 December 2022
Brand new stage management training for absolute beginners
20 December 2022

We’ve just launched our Serena Fenwick Programme for stage managers…

20 December 2022
4 November 2022
Arts Council funding – we're in!
4 November 2022

We’re excited to announce that we’ve been invited to stay in ACE’s national portfolio.

4 November 2022
25 August 2022
Photos – it’s our second and fourth night cast’s turn
25 August 2022

Check out the second half of our performers – don’t they look good?

25 August 2022
24 August 2022
Photos – see our first and third night cast in action
24 August 2022

The first photos from Sir John in Love are now in. Take a look!

24 August 2022
18 August 2022
Sneak peek – behind the scenes at studio rehearsals
18 August 2022

How about some snapshots from our Sir John in Love studio rehearsals?

18 August 2022
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Masterclass with Brenda Hurley

A clip from Brenda Hurley's online masterclass.

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Max Webster on watching and learning from other people's acting

Max Webster talks about acting as an opera singer, and how to watch and learn from others.

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Proprioception, the 'sixth sense' - Martin Lloyd-Evans

Martin talks to participants about the 'sixth sense' in this clip from BYO's summer festival of online training.

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Jack Holton works on Debussy's 'Beau soir' with Felicity Lott

BYO President Dame Felicity Lott works with Jack as part of her online masterclass.

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Opera singers workshop their chosen monologue with director Max Webster

Max Webster takes a small group of BYO singers through their pre-prepared monologues.

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'Going behind the adjectives' – Martin Lloyd-Evans' acting masterclass

In this clip from his online training session, Martin talks about acting, adjectives, and how to get to the bottom of character.

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Masterclass with Nicky Spence

Nicky works with fellow tenor Ted Black in this clip from his online masterclass.

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Masterclass with Dame Felicity Lott

Amie Foon (singing from Stockholm!) takes part in BYO President Felicity Lott's online masterclass.

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Please, please, please talk

Casting director shares advice on mental health during her BYO summer festival Zoom session.

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Do opera singers need websites?

Casting director Sarah Playfair explains why all singers should have at least a basic website, and what she doesn't want to see when she Googles you.

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Muscles and breathing – an exercise for opera singers

Mandy Demetriou leads a movement session and shows our participants some simple exercise to loosen their breathing muscles.

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'I'm the only one that didn't bring an opera aria' – opera vs. song

In a Zoom masterclass with BYO singers, Roderick Williams explains the difference between singing opera and singing song.

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Dame Felicity Lott and Jack Holton discuss the French language

In an online masterclass, BYO President Felicity Lott discusses French with BYO participant Jack Holton.

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'You can still be honest at scale' – truthfulness and comfort on stage

Participants in director Max Webster's online class discuss how they think of what they're doing on stage, feeling comfortable and acting with truth and realness.

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Casting director Sarah Playfair on the subjectivity of casting

Casting director Sarah Playfair explains how there are lots of different reasons, luck included, why you might not get that role.

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Mandy Demetriou explains about singers bodies

Movement director Mandy explains the muscles a singer should focus on

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Chuma joins Roderick Williams' masterclass from South Africa!

One of Roderick Williams’ masterclass sings from half way across the globe.

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