Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera

Facilitating the creation of new operas by young and emerging artists

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Filming! And the first of our four performances starts at 3:30pm @anthonyburgess
Tickets available online for our 1530, 1630, 1815, 1930 shows today! (Or pay on the door £14/£7) https://t.co/gG3J2QeTK1

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@KerryFirth5 @NinaWhiteman @AnimikiiTheatre @EliRandle @RebeccaHurst70

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We can’t wait to share our new 15-minute opera with live audiences @anthonyburgess tomorrow! Tickets for The Role of the Die 🎲☕️ available here https://t.co/gG3J2QeTK1

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Videos show mentor Adam Davies working with artists on physical theatre. Thanks to him and our other guest mentors for their support over the last two weeks (Kerry Firth - voice & accessibility, Rebecca Hurst - creative writing, Eli Randle - physical theatre).

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The Role of the Die - a 15-minute opera being devised by our selected artists for this year’s Collaborative Opera Lab - will be performed at the @anthonyburgess on Friday. Grab your tickets here! https://t.co/gG3J2QeTK1

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…This fundraiser enables us to supplement that income, which accounts for 50-60% of our budget for the Collaborative Opera Lab.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

https://t.co/GvJshpdfYO

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📢📢📢 We are appealing! Help support our work with young and emerging artists! We are fundraising to ensure our Collaborative Opera Lab participants have access to high quality professional mentoring as they devise and perform a new opera in ten days:
https://t.co/GvJshpdfYO

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Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera was founded in 2017 by Artistic Directors Richard Strivens and @NinaWhiteman . We are grateful to the Henfrey Charitable Trust for funding our core activities since the beginning…

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Calling young and emerging artists working in ANY medium! Applications for our Collaborative Opera Lab 2024 close on Monday 10 June 5pm. No experience of making opera is needed. Bursaries available. DM us with any questions! https://t.co/JM9JMn1Z4A
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Applications are open for our 2024 Collaborative Opera Lab! Full details here: https://t.co/JM9JMn1rf2 Deadline 10 June. Open to artists working in any discipline who self-define as 'young' or 'emerging'.
(Images from last year's production 'and I am on a train')

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This is a 15-minute opera created from scratch over 10 days by young and emerging artists on our Collaborative Opera Lab programme. We hope you’ll agree it’s an incredible achievement! 🔥@AtefehEinali, Beth, Connie, Hannah, Lauren, Levi, @preost__

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Please join us on YouTube at 7:30pm tonight (Tuesday) for the online premiere of ‘and I am on a train’. If you’re new to opera, this would be a fun place to start! https://t.co/oAEOEtewkE 🛤️🚉🙂🟩🟦🟥🟪🟧🟨🎛️🎚️🔜

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and I am on a train
🚊🎟️🔜
Tickets for tomorrow (Friday) here: https://t.co/az5UcqOyxO
Showtimes: 1530 1630 1830 1930
All aboard!
Thanks so much to guest mentor @EliRandle for expert guidance on movement and direction today.

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Lighting experiments and expert advice from guest mentor Gavin Osborn!
🚊🎟️ 🛄🆕 All welcome at our 15-minute opera performances on Friday
🔜 Tickets: https://t.co/az5UcqOyxO

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‘and I am on a train’ is taking shape… Here are some fragments feeding into the collaborative development of this 15-minute opera. We’d love you to come and see the performances on Friday @anthonyburgess
Ticket link: https://t.co/az5UcqOyxO 🎟️🚊 Show times: 1530 1630 1830 1930

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‘and I am on a train’
Tickets are now on sale for our 15-minute opera performances on Friday 8 September @anthonyburgess Please join us! (Showtimes: 1530, 1630, 1830, 1930)
Tickets: https://t.co/FHVkKtiHPQ