Opera Prelude is delighted to announce a six week residency at Burgh House in Hampstead

Week 6 “The Queen of the Night” (very high soprano!) with Eyra Norman

Calling all young singers

Andrew Dickinson is joining us for a day to bring his insight into the German Fach system and European Operatic World

Explore the dynamic and often tumultuous relationships between soprano and tenor leads with Will Diggle, tenor and Adrian Salinero, piano

Opera Prelude is delighted to announce a six week residency at Burgh House in Hampstead

Week 5 “The Mezzo Soprano” with Ellen Pearson

Opera Prelude is delighted to announce a six week residency at Burgh House in Hampstead

**Please note we will start at 5:30pm this week **

Week 4 “The Counter Tenor” with Tom Lilburn

Opera Prelude is delighted to announce a six week residency at Burgh House in Hampstead

Week 3 “The Tenor” Matthew Curtis

Opera Prelude is delighted to announce a six week residency at Burgh House in Hampstead

Week 2 “ The Baritone” with Sam Young

Discover how the soprano voice has both influenced and been influenced by cultural and artistic movements throughout history by analyzing changes in musical style and vocal technique with Grace Nyandoro, soprano and Thomas Ang, piano.

Opera Prelude is delighted to announce a six week residency at Burgh House in Hampstead

Week 1 “The Diva” with soprano Georgie Malcolm

Two exclusive 45 minute evening concerts sharing the magic of duets. For Hurlingham Club members only.

Soprano Heaven

Masterclass with Dame Felicity Lott and new 2025 Opera Prelude young sopranos Natasha Agarwal, Georgie Malcolm, Eyra Norman, and Phoebe Smith

Join Dan D’Souza (baritone), Lorena Paz Nieto (soprano), and Dylan Perez (piano) as they tell the Nativity story through German duets, Lieder, and traditional carols. Composers include Franz Liszt, Hugo Wolf, and Hildegard von Bingen.

Join us for a concert with Eliran Kadussi, a rising countertenor, as he explores the theme of heroes through the lens of music.

A wonderful evening with Eliran Kadussi, a rising countertenor and Thomas Ang, piano. A 50 minute concert with canapes and prosecco served after.

Join us for our annual auditions and become part of the exciting journey in selecting the next generation of operatic talent!

Experience the behind-the-scenes process and witness the passion that fuels our musical family.

Your presence makes a difference - together, let’s celebrate the future of opera!

Celebrated British Mezzo Soprano Catherine Wyn Rogers will guide three of our fine young singers in a masterclass. Lucy Colquhoun, piano

Join internationally acclaimed conductor Renato Balsadonna for a consumptive morning of bohemian bliss

A dazzling summer evening with Opera Prelude young singers.

Opera Prelude are proud to present ‘The King’s Pants,’ a 25 minute family friendly opera, based on a delightful adaptation of Nicholas Allan’s much-loved children’s story.

In this performance Lewis Gaston (Opera Conductor) and Shafali Jalota, soprano, Brenton Spiteri, tenor and Thomas Ang on piano will explore the unexpected friendship between one of the greatest English architects, Sir John Soane and star soprano Nancy Storace, the English prodigy who inspired one of Mozart's greatest operatic characters in a narrated concert of two 45 minute Acts, either side of an interval.

Join Samuel Stopford in exploring the music of Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, and others, to determine possible methods for crafting an Italianate tenor, as well as how one may utilise Bel Canto works when transitioning to repertoire from the Romantic and Verismo periods.

Join Bridget Esler, soprano in an exploration of the ‘mad scene’ over time, from Handellian rage arias, to blood-soaked bel canto heroines, to modern musical interpretations of women in crisis. With Jong Sun Woo, on piano

In this lecture recital, Catherine Hooper examines the dichotomy of the virtuous heroine and the damned woman, and how composers use musical tools to characterise both.

A chance to see what happens behind the curtain… Join us for a morning with Jonathon Cole-Swinard (Head of Music at Garsington Opera), to find out exactly what happens in an opera audition.

Peter Edge will look at the job of learning a major baritone role from scratch - considering languages and translations, developing the character and working with a director to bring it to the stage.