LYO - London Youth Opera

We're so proud of the inspiring work from our wonderful cast & creatives last year ~ you all made THE LITTLE ZOMBIE GIRL such an exciting success!!

🤩 THANK YOU 🤩

🎹 Music ~ Omar Shahryar
📖 Libretto ~ @edmundharris.bsky.social

📸 photography Alex Brenner
www.alexbrenner.com

#LondonYouthOpera

Vocal scores, carefully guarded… are here and rehearsals are now in full swing for this year’s new opera THE LITLE ZOMBIE GIRL - on at The Shaw Theatre in London 13-14 December.
Tickets soon to be released… Follow us for all the updates so you don’t miss out!

Only a few hours left to Unlock the Power of Opera via @biggive.bsky.social #ArtsForImpact match funding campaign

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⏳~ Less than 1 DAY left to Double the Difference ~⌛️

🗝️~ Help us unlock the Power of Opera and inspire a new generation of young people ~🗝️

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Thanks to kind donations from people like you, we have raised
£4,028 in just 4 days.

With only 3 days left, you can make a difference by unlocking the remaining match funding before it is lost forever.

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London Youth Opera: Inspiring Children Through Ope – Big Give London Youth Opera empowers 60-80 children aged 9-18 annually through original opera productions. Our inclusive programme ensures 40% bursary-funded participation, enabling disadvantaged youth from 17...

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🎼 For 50+ years LYO has broaden youth access to opera ~ help us continue this amazing work by unlocking our awesome match funding together with @biggive.bsky.social and
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Double the terence with Big Give Arts For Impact campain

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🥁 We have some awesome match funding to unlock so get ready to 🎉DOUBLED🎉 the money to double the difference #ArtsForImpact
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The countdown is on...
Next week our match-funding campaign launches with the BigGive
🎵✨Help us support the artists of tomorrow💫🎶
🎉One donation, double the impact🎉
We’re ready and waiting in the wings for your support
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London Youth Opera: Inspiring Children Through Ope – Big Give London Youth Opera empowers 60-80 children aged 9-18 annually through original opera productions. Our inclusive programme ensures 40% bursary-funded participation, enabling disadvantaged youth from 17...

❗We've got great news❗
Next week we take part in the Fundrasing Bonanza
THE BIG GIVE - ARTS FOR IMPACT campaign 🎉 You donate - They double 🎉

Here’s our page: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #London #youthopera #ArtsForImpact

🐋The Whale Savers 🛟
An action packed, witty opera commissioned for our 30th anniversary in 2009
#composer Martin Ward #librettist Phil Porter
The tale of a stranded whale whose fate divides an entire community, turning generation against generation.

#fishermenshanty #whalesong #london #youthopera

😈 Good Intentions 😇
Was our 2012 production that asked
“Who can resist temptation?”
A funny, poignant and utterly modern Faustian tale!

#composer Julian Philips #libretto Simon Christmas
#setdesigner Neil Irish

#london #youthopera #operaforyoungpeople

Brimstone butterfly showing its large yellow wings.

Just saw my first Brimstone butterfly of 2025.
THAT'S IT, IT'S SPRING!

So true David, Britten was remarkable. The Children's Crusade could be an amazing project, especially in these crazy times.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The Song of Rhiannon 🌾 was our #2008 commission
A romantic fable of thwarted love in the mythical setting of pre-medieval #Welsh mountains.
#composer Mark Bowden- #libretto Helen Cooper #welshfolkmusic #london #youthopera #operaforyoungpeople

👑 Eliza & The Swans 🦢 was our heartbreakingly beautiful #2015 production
#composer John Barber and #libretto Hazel Gould
#london #youthopera

🎈🎶🎈Our 40th anniversary opera in 2011 was #Original #Features a fabulous tale set in the roaring 20's where we follow a bohemian family besieged by success, failure, and scheming relatives... #Music by Julian Grant #Libretto by Christina Jones

🎭 The tricksters Hermes and Proteus sends greetings! PANDORA'S BOX was our 2023 production - photo by @sloanewarrenphoto 🎶 If you are curious about who we are and what we do please check out this little film on our YouTube Channel.... youtu.be/lQNBGoy2d-U #London #youthopera

A black and white production photo from 1971, showing the young cast on stage in Noye's boat.

🎼 In 1971, the now world-renowned conductor, Nicholas Kraemer together with local music teacher Serena Hughes created W11 Opera & took on a cast of 100 children in #benjaminbritten's 'NOYE'S FLUDDE'. That's where it all started today we're still gong strong as London Youth Opera! #London #youthopera