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Leeds Youth Opera has introduced many hundreds of young people to the wonder of Opera. For some it has just been a passing chapter in their lives; for most it has seeded an ongoing love of classical musical theatre; for a few it has been a first step towards deeper passion and career in music.
LYO alumni include some whose story includes the greatest opera houses in the UK. For example Hannah Mason (with LYO 1996-2001) and Charles Rice (with LYO for four shows across 2001 to 2002) have ongoing careers including performing at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Sarah Estill, after a successful solo career, is now a full time member of the Opera North Chorus. On the production side Emma Lander worked on a series of LYO productions and is now a professional Director who has assisted with Opera North and the Royal Opera House.
Many more have found LYO the start of an enriching journey as a musician.
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LIST OF PAST PRODUCTIONS
Feb 2020 Don Giovanni – Mozart
Feb 2019 Macbeth – Giuseppe Verdi
July 2019 Die Fledermaus – Johann Straus
Feb 2019 Macbeth – Giuseppe Verdi
July 2018 In Our Element – Various
Feb 2018 La Boheme – Giacomo Giacomo Puccini
July 2017 A Masked Ball – Giuseppe Verdi
Feb 2017 Les Misérables – Claude-Michel Schönberg
Jan 2017 The Turn of the Screw – Benjamin Britten
July 2016 West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein
Feb 2016 The Marriage of Figaro – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
July 2015 The Elixir of Love – Gaetano Donizetti
Feb 2015 Sweeney Todd – Stephen Sondheim
July 2014 The Magic Flute – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Feb 2014 Hansel and Gretel – Engelbert Humperdinck
July 2013 Carmen – Georges Bizet
Feb 2013 Candide – Leonard Bernstein
July 2012 Manon – Jules Massenet
Feb 2012 The Poisoned Kiss – Ralph Vaughan Williams
July 2011 Eugene Onegin – Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
Feb 2011 La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi
July 2010 Faust – Charles Gounod
Feb 2010 Orpheus in the Underworld – Jacques Offenbach
July 2009 Appomattox – Philip Glass
Feb 2009 I Lombardi – Giuseppe Verdi
July 2008 Carmina Burana – Carl Orff
July 2008 The Nightingale And The Rose – Oliver Rudland
Feb 2008 Idomeneo – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
July 2007 Der Freischütz – Karl Maria von Weber
Feb 2007 The Love for Three Oranges – Sergei Prokofiev
July 2006 Sweeney Todd – Stephen Sondheim
Feb 2006 Cinderella – Jules Massenet
July 2005 The Magic Flute – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Feb 2005 The Tales of Hoffmann – Jacques Offenbach
July 2004 The Voyage – Philip Glass
Feb 2004 The Pearl Fishers – Georges Bizet
July 2003 Turandot – Giacomo Puccini
Feb 2003 Merrily We Roll Along – Stephen Sondheim
July 2002 A Masked Ball – Giuseppe Verdi
Jan 2002 Candide – Leonard Bernstein
July 2001 Peter Grimes – Benjamin Britten
Feb 2001 A Little Night Music – Stephen Sondheim
July 2000 Carmen – Georges Bizet
Feb 2000 Noyes Fludde – Benjamin Britten
Feb 2000 Suor Angelica – Giacomo Puccini
July 1999 Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni
July 1999 I Pagliacci – Ruggero Leoncavallo
Feb 1999 The Count of Luxembourg – Franz Lehar
July 1998 Satyagraha – Philip Glass
Feb 1998 Paul Bunyan – Benjamin Britten
July 1997 Gianni da Calais – Gaetano Donizetti
Feb 1997 Martha – Friedrich von Flotow
Aug 1996 The Secret Marriage – Domenico Cimarosa
Aug 1996 The Rape of Lucretia – Benjamin Britten
July 1996 Faust – Charles Gounod
Feb 1996 Into the Woods – Stephen Sondheim
Sept 1995 The Rape of Lucretia – Benjamin Britten
July 1995 Luisa Miller – Giuseppe Verdi
Feb 1995 Lakme – Léo Delibes
July 1994 Koanga – Frdderick Delius
Feb 1994 The Elixir of Love – Gaetano Donizetti
July 1993 Akhnaten – Philip Glass
Feb 1993 Sweeney Todd – Stephen Sondheim
July 1992 The Pearl Fishers – Georges Bizet
Feb 1992 Candide – Leonard Bernstein
July 1991 Macbeth – Guiseppe Verdi
Feb 1991 La Vie Parisienne – Jacques Offenbach
July 1990 Nabucco – Giuseppe Verdi
Nov 1989 Patience – Gilbert and Sullivan
July 1989 Carmen – Georges Bizet
Nov 1988 Merrie England – Sir Edward German
July 1988 Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni
July 1988 I Pagliacci – Ruggero Leoncavallo
Nov 1987 The Yeomen of the Guard – Gilbert and Sullivan
May 1987 The Tales of Hoffmann – Jacques Offenbach
May 1987 Child’s Play – Based on play by Robert Marasco
Nov 1986 Ruddigore – Gilbert and Sullivan
May 1986 The Magic Flute – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
May 1986 Noyes Fludde – Benjamin Britten
Nov 1985 The Mikado – Gilbert and Sullivan
June 1985 Sweeney Todd – Stephen Sondheim
Dec 1984 Oh! What a Lovely War – Compiled by Charles Chilton
May 1984 L’Enfant et les Sortilèges – Maurice Ravel
May 1984 Down in the Valley – Kurt Weill
Nov 1983 HMS Pinafore – Gilbert and Sullivan
May 1983 Penny Hedge – Graeme Du Fresne/Jonathan Clift
May 1983 Dido and Aeneas – Henry Purcell
Dec 1982 Trial by Jury – Gilbert and Sullivan
Dec 1982 Victorian Music Hall – Various
May 1982 King Arthur – Henry Purcell
May 1982 The Happy Prince – Malcolm Williamson
Dec 1981 The Chester Mysteries – Traditional
May 1981 Julius Caesar – Jones Malcolm Williamson
July 1980 All the King’s Men – Richard Rodney Bennett
July 1980 The Split Goosefeather – Christopher Brown
Aug 1978 Jabberwocky – Nicholas Meredith
Aug 1978 Through the Looking Glass – Wilfred Josephs
May 1978 The Young King – Nicholas Marshall
May 1978 The Lion, The Witch and The WD – Gerald Larner and John McCabe
Nov 1977 The Little Sweep – Benjamin Britten
Mar 1977 The Emperor’s Nightingale – David Posnett
Mar 1977 We Build a Town – Paul Hindemith
Mar 1977 The Stone Wall – Malcolm Williamson
Oct 1976 Gilgamesh the King – Philip Wilby
Aug 1976 Noyes Fludde – Benjamin Britten
Mar 1976 Anton and The Kingfisher – Michael Grady
Feb 1976 Kate Barlass – David Posnett
Aug 1975 William of Cloudesley – Michael Grady
Jul 1975 The Little Sweep – Benjamin Britten
April 1975 Knights in Shining Armour – Malcolm Williamson
April 1975 The Moonrakers – Malcolm Williamson
Dec 1974 All The King’s Men – Richard Rodney Bennett
Dec 1974 Gentlemen’s Agreement – Michael Grady
July 1974 The Happy Prince – Malcolm Williamson
Dec 1973 The Demon of Adachigahrar – Gordon Grosse
July 1973 Julius Caesar – Jones Malcolm Williamson
1973 Der Jasager – Kurt Weill
1972 Marco the Miser – Thea Musgrave
1971 The Happy Prince – Malcolm Williamson