North East Opera First Video Release

Using musicians and artists based in the region, North East Opera offers exciting opportunities for performers of any age and all backgrounds through workshops, rehearsals, concerts, and theatrical productions at Middlesbrough Town Hall and around the Northeast.

As a result of the pandemic, Streetwise Opera (the multi-award-winning arts company established in 2002), who have been running performances and workshops in the North East for 15 years, have had to leave the region.  Rather than abandoning the work that Streetwise Opera has done, the local workshop leaders and performers have formed a new company that will find innovative ways of approaching operatic performance in the midst of this time of uncertainty and into the future:

A new way of experiencing OPERA…

This video marks the start of our first general appeal as a charity.  In our weekly workshops we work with a wide variety of performer, those who may have experienced homelessness, substance abuse issues, the neuro-diverse, asylum seekers, and refugees.  We are a professional company and attain to achieve the highest standards of musicianship and performance possible. We welcome everyone to our sessions. Our aim is to give people a voice who otherwise are marginalised in society. We stand proud as a company no matter the music or the venue, inside or outside – if there’s a roof – we’ll raise it!

Please learn more about us here: www.northeastopera.com – and if you would like to help us do more in this perilous time for the arts, donations may be made here: https://northeastopera.enthuse.com/cp/53710/donation#!/

Happy Making Music Day from NEO!!!