Opera Circus is based in Dorset and works on a project by project basis.
The company is run by Tina Ellen Lee as Artistic Director and Producer alongside professional artists and skilled freelancer producers and technical teams, some of whom have been part of the company since the early 1990's.
In Dorset UK, we partner and work with Transition Town Bridport, HOME in Bridport, Bridport Arts Centre, Sir John Colefox and St. Mary's Schools, the Lyric Theatre, the Youth Centre Bridport, Arts Development Company, Activate and the University of Bournemouth.
Our artistic partners in the UK include Urban Playground Team, Glyndebourne, Young People's Insight, Croydon, Lighthouse Poole, Southbank Centre, London, RIO, Plymouth, Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury as part of the University of Kent, amongst others.
In Bosnia our main partners are Srebrenica Wave and in Serbia Teater Mimart and the town of Loznica. In Holland we are working together with Portagora to support Srebrenica Wave's work in building a Music Centre. In Portugal we are delighted to be working with the Setubal Festival of Music. In Italy the main partnerships are in Sarteano with Arrischianti and for Matera 2019 with the Fondazione for Matera 2019, Compagnie Teatrale L'Albero and the orchestra Senza Spine in Bologna.
We are also part of a partnership team of organisations work with Matera Hub in Matera delivering a Research Project called Get Close to Opera funded partly by Erasmus. Partners include the European Network of Migrant Women in Brussels, the University of Patras in Greece, RESEO, ESART in Barcelona, Spain and Matera Hub and L'Albero in Matera.
Opera Circus is a co partner with Matera 2019 and L'Albero on a new community opera being created for performances as part of Italy's City of Culture in November 2019. Silent City will be directed by James Bonas and Libretto by Cristina Ubah Ali Farah. The music is mostly gathered from local sources including community compositions by Nigel Osborne working with composer and conductor Tommaso Ussardi. Production Manager is Paolo Belluso. L'Albero is the project lead and Tina Ellen Lee, the Artistic Director. Senza Spine is the orchestra. More information on this project later in 2018. Performances are provisionally booked for November 29 and 30 and December 1 2019.
Opera Circus is currently working on developing a project through Changing the Story, a 4 year Arts Humanities Research Council project led by the University Leeds. The work will concentrate on Kosovo because of our experience of using informal arts education in the Balkan region.
Our next production will be Naciketa, a new chamber opera written by Nigel Osborne, composer and Ariel Dorfman, playwright and poet. We are partnering with the Southbank Centre, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Lighthouse Poole, Bournemouth University aiming for performances in May 2020 and beyond. Further information on the Naciketa web page on this site. The director is Sam Brown.
We have a Board of Trustees of 5 people and are a registered charity in the UK.
We work on a project by project basis and have a broad ensemble of professional artists, facilitators and production teams that come together to deliver work as projects are designed and confirmed.
Tina Ellen Lee is the Artistic Director and Lead Producer of Opera Circus and was a co founder and performer with the company from its inception for over 10 years before, managing the company and its vision and design. Tina received the European Citizen's Prize in 2015 for her work in contributing to the cohesion of the European Community and the promotion of Common Values. Tina was nominated by Clare Moody, MEP for the South West of England.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20150604STO62606/European-Citizen's-Prize-honouring-engaged-Europeans
We raise funding from many sources for our projects from Arts Council England, Awards for All, the EU and British Council and a variety of foundations and trusts.
Further information can be found on other pages of this web site.
The company is run by Tina Ellen Lee as Artistic Director and Producer alongside professional artists and skilled freelancer producers and technical teams, some of whom have been part of the company since the early 1990's.
In Dorset UK, we partner and work with Transition Town Bridport, HOME in Bridport, Bridport Arts Centre, Sir John Colefox and St. Mary's Schools, the Lyric Theatre, the Youth Centre Bridport, Arts Development Company, Activate and the University of Bournemouth.
Our artistic partners in the UK include Urban Playground Team, Glyndebourne, Young People's Insight, Croydon, Lighthouse Poole, Southbank Centre, London, RIO, Plymouth, Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury as part of the University of Kent, amongst others.
In Bosnia our main partners are Srebrenica Wave and in Serbia Teater Mimart and the town of Loznica. In Holland we are working together with Portagora to support Srebrenica Wave's work in building a Music Centre. In Portugal we are delighted to be working with the Setubal Festival of Music. In Italy the main partnerships are in Sarteano with Arrischianti and for Matera 2019 with the Fondazione for Matera 2019, Compagnie Teatrale L'Albero and the orchestra Senza Spine in Bologna.
We are also part of a partnership team of organisations work with Matera Hub in Matera delivering a Research Project called Get Close to Opera funded partly by Erasmus. Partners include the European Network of Migrant Women in Brussels, the University of Patras in Greece, RESEO, ESART in Barcelona, Spain and Matera Hub and L'Albero in Matera.
Opera Circus is a co partner with Matera 2019 and L'Albero on a new community opera being created for performances as part of Italy's City of Culture in November 2019. Silent City will be directed by James Bonas and Libretto by Cristina Ubah Ali Farah. The music is mostly gathered from local sources including community compositions by Nigel Osborne working with composer and conductor Tommaso Ussardi. Production Manager is Paolo Belluso. L'Albero is the project lead and Tina Ellen Lee, the Artistic Director. Senza Spine is the orchestra. More information on this project later in 2018. Performances are provisionally booked for November 29 and 30 and December 1 2019.
Opera Circus is currently working on developing a project through Changing the Story, a 4 year Arts Humanities Research Council project led by the University Leeds. The work will concentrate on Kosovo because of our experience of using informal arts education in the Balkan region.
Our next production will be Naciketa, a new chamber opera written by Nigel Osborne, composer and Ariel Dorfman, playwright and poet. We are partnering with the Southbank Centre, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Lighthouse Poole, Bournemouth University aiming for performances in May 2020 and beyond. Further information on the Naciketa web page on this site. The director is Sam Brown.
We have a Board of Trustees of 5 people and are a registered charity in the UK.
We work on a project by project basis and have a broad ensemble of professional artists, facilitators and production teams that come together to deliver work as projects are designed and confirmed.
Tina Ellen Lee is the Artistic Director and Lead Producer of Opera Circus and was a co founder and performer with the company from its inception for over 10 years before, managing the company and its vision and design. Tina received the European Citizen's Prize in 2015 for her work in contributing to the cohesion of the European Community and the promotion of Common Values. Tina was nominated by Clare Moody, MEP for the South West of England.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20150604STO62606/European-Citizen's-Prize-honouring-engaged-Europeans
We raise funding from many sources for our projects from Arts Council England, Awards for All, the EU and British Council and a variety of foundations and trusts.
Further information can be found on other pages of this web site.