Recent Award Nominations
2018-12-19
COMO is pleased and proud to have received the following nominations for awards from the National Operatic and Dramatic Association, for our production of The Merry Widow in May 2018: DO YOU LOVE SINGING GLORIOUS MUSIC? City of Manchester Opera is recruiting additional Chorus and Soloist Members. All membersContinue Reading
Review: Buxton Festival Fringe 2018: A La Francaise!
2018-08-24
It’s bad enough that the French won the World Cup, but to have a whole programme of French Opera and French Song is sort of mean! Well, NO, it’s quite special with all the great melodies and tunes. When you have Gounod, Saint-Saens, Lalo, Delibes, and Offenbach to choose fromContinue Reading
Review: The Merry Widow, May 2018
2018-08-24
Author: Kevin Proctor I’ve heard it said that ‘The Merry Widow’ is at its best when performed in intimate, unpretentious venues as opposed to lavish grand opera houses so Hope Mill is a virtuous space for COMO to return to this year for their stripped back interpretation of this illustriousContinue Reading
Review: Carmen, at RNCM, 2016
2016-08-24
Author: Kevin Proctor With this year’s opera of choice, ‘Carmen’, COMO certainly maintain their standard showing they’re a very consistent society, their regular audiences and supporters will know exactly what they’re going to get in terms of vocal and musical quality. It’s over a century since Bizet got busy onContinue Reading