ABOUT US...

Bristol Opera is a Registered Charity No 258553. The trustees are the current officers and committee members below.

President: Sir Thomas Allen, C.B.E.
Vice President: Professor Bill Howarth
Patrons: Andrew Shore, Lesley Garrett, John Hudson

Officers:
 
Chairman: David Selwyn
Vice-Chairman: Susan Weaver
Secretary: Robin Davey
Treasurer: Nigel Tasker
 
Committee Members:
 
 Robert Aarons
Teresa Davey
Chris Greef
Steve Harris
 Iris Shopland
Kathryn Willey

Musical Director: Arne Kovac
Director: Charlotte Monk

The Company was founded in 1923 by the professional operatic tenor Robert Percival, as the Bristol Opera School. The company's original aim was to train opera students to perform operas not normally included in the British professional repertoire.

The School was later renamed Bristol Opera Company, and is now generally known as Bristol Opera. We provide an opening for anyone in the community wishing to take part in opera, and we always welcome enthusiastic new members.
 
Both amateur and professional musicians and singers take part, as well as those with an interest in the back-stage and non-singing elements of staging operatic productions. We aim to present as wide a range of opera as possible. By doing so, we hope to increase public appreciation of the art of opera.