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Double your donation
Dec 2, 2025
Double your donation
Dec 2, 2025

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

Dec 2, 2025
Partnership with Garsington Opera
Sep 3, 2025
Partnership with Garsington Opera
Sep 3, 2025

Garsington join as partners on our Serena Fenwick programme.

Sep 3, 2025
Jan Younghusband, our new chair
Jul 23, 2025
Jan Younghusband, our new chair
Jul 23, 2025

Meet the new chair of BYO’s board of trustees, Jan Younghusband.

Jul 23, 2025
On sale now: A Summer's Evening of Opera
Jul 9, 2025
On sale now: A Summer's Evening of Opera
Jul 9, 2025

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

Jul 9, 2025
Meet our summer participants
May 14, 2025
Meet our summer participants
May 14, 2025

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

May 14, 2025
Annoucing a summer recital with Lucy Crowe
Apr 28, 2025
Annoucing a summer recital with Lucy Crowe
Apr 28, 2025

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

Apr 28, 2025
BYO alumni join the Jette Parker programme
Apr 7, 2025
BYO alumni join the Jette Parker programme
Apr 7, 2025

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

Apr 7, 2025
Our chair stands down
Mar 17, 2025
Our chair stands down
Mar 17, 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. 

Mar 17, 2025
On sale now: Peter Grimes
Feb 25, 2025
On sale now: Peter Grimes
Feb 25, 2025

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

Feb 25, 2025
Our 2025 Serena Fenwick Programme
Feb 18, 2025
Our 2025 Serena Fenwick Programme
Feb 18, 2025

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

Feb 18, 2025
Cultural Enterpise awards
Feb 10, 2025
Cultural Enterpise awards
Feb 10, 2025

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

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

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

Feb 7, 2025
Alumni news: Charlotte Corderoy
Jan 30, 2025
Alumni news: Charlotte Corderoy
Jan 30, 2025

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

Jan 30, 2025
on sale now – christmas on the strand
Nov 8, 2024
on sale now – christmas on the strand
Nov 8, 2024

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

Nov 8, 2024
lucy crowe joins us as vice president
Sep 17, 2024
lucy crowe joins us as vice president
Sep 17, 2024

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

Sep 17, 2024
Welcome back, Nicky
Sep 4, 2024
Welcome back, Nicky
Sep 4, 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.

Sep 4, 2024
alumni spotlight: julia solomon
Sep 1, 2024
alumni spotlight: julia solomon
Sep 1, 2024

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

Sep 1, 2024
The Rape of Lucretia
Aug 18, 2024
The Rape of Lucretia
Aug 18, 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.

Aug 18, 2024
Our season society
May 28, 2024
Our season society
May 28, 2024

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

May 28, 2024
Meet our Serena Fenwick programme singers
Feb 16, 2024
Meet our Serena Fenwick programme singers
Feb 16, 2024

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

Feb 16, 2024
New faces
Jan 2, 2024
New faces
Jan 2, 2024

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

Jan 2, 2024
Sep 28, 2023
Introducing BYO hub
Sep 28, 2023

We’ve launched a brand new online platform…

Sep 28, 2023
Jan 12, 2023
Say hello to our 2023 Serena Fenwick Programme singers
Jan 12, 2023

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

Jan 12, 2023
Dec 20, 2022
Brand new stage management training for absolute beginners
Dec 20, 2022

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

Dec 20, 2022
Nov 4, 2022
Arts Council funding – we're in!
Nov 4, 2022

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

Nov 4, 2022
Aug 25, 2022
Photos – it’s our second and fourth night cast’s turn
Aug 25, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

Aug 18, 2022
Jul 26, 2022
Sir John in what? – our 'get to know the show' day
Jul 26, 2022

Don’t know much about Sir John in Love? Our ‘get to know the show’ day will help!

Jul 26, 2022
Jun 8, 2022
Big reveal number two – our 2022 singers programme
Jun 8, 2022

Discover who won a place on our 2022 singers’ programme and will appear on stage on our summer season at Opera Holland Park.

Jun 8, 2022
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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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BYO alumni in action at Wembley

Watch singing the national anthem at the FA Cup final

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Catch us at the FA Cup final

We’ll be singing the national anthem at Wembley.

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We are updating our friends scheme

We thought our membership could do with an upgrade

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BYO by request

Ever fancied your very own aria performance, dedicated to you?

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Announcing our new summer festival

We’ve come up with a plan to continue offering training this summer.

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Our summer season is not happening

It’s a big blow, but it’s the right decision to make.

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WATCH: Make Our Garden Grow

We joined up some British Youth Opera alumni singers for a version of Bernstein’s Make Our Garden Grow.

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If you’re wondering why we’ve gone a bit quiet

We’re still here, but things are a little bit different from usual.

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L'elisir d'amore

Next up in our series of cocktails you can make with stuff from the back of your cupboards.

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Fingers crossed: an update

In words familiar to anyone who’s ever watched BBC Two’s Dragon’s Den: let us tell you where we are.

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Lost in Translation

John Nicol talks us through one of the trickier elements of putting on an opera – language.

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Barber of Seville Orange Quarantini

Get yourself through lockdown with BYO, vodka and some citrus.

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BYO over the next few months

If you’re worried or wondering about how the whole coronavirus situation is affecting us.

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Opera Walks into a Bar

What’s that? Another new event announcement?

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Introducing our 2020 Summer Season

Happy Families: an opera double bill

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Training Opportunity: Production Managers

So you’re looking to start a career as an opera production manager?

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A Cenerentola Adventure

Tormey Woods, baritone and BYO Ambassador, gives a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to be in a BYO production.

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Why apply for BYO?

Singer applications are now open, so casting director Sarah Playfair talks through why you should apply.

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