Bampton Classical Opera

Bampton Classical Opera Bampton Classical Opera specialises in unearthing little known works of the classical period and performing them in picturesque surroundings.

Booking is now open for our summer 2026 production, André Grétry’s ‘Zemira e Azor’ (Beauty and the Beast)! Perfect for f...
27/04/2026

Booking is now open for our summer 2026 production, André Grétry’s ‘Zemira e Azor’ (Beauty and the Beast)! Perfect for families and opera newcomers alike, combining glorious music with a captivating fairytale, performed in rhyming English. July 17 & 18 Cokethorpe, Oxfordshire; August 31 Westonbirt, Gloucestershire; September 18, Smith Square Hall, London
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Jeremy Gray will give an illustrated talk about the fairytale 'Beauty and the Beast' in stories, art and music, at Bampt...
02/03/2026

Jeremy Gray will give an illustrated talk about the fairytale 'Beauty and the Beast' in stories, art and music, at Bampton Village Hall on Sunday 22 March at 3pm, ahead of Bampton Classical Opera’s production of André Grétry's 'Zemira e Azor' ('Beauty and the Beast') this summer.

The popular annual St Beornwald’s-tide concert at St Mary’s Church in Bampton is on Wednesday 17 December at 7pm. ‘A Ba...
10/12/2025

The popular annual St Beornwald’s-tide concert at St Mary’s Church in Bampton is on Wednesday 17 December at 7pm. ‘A Baroque Christmas’ culminates in Charpentier’s glorious 'Messe de Minuit' for voices and instruments, via a delectable programme of festive music by Purcell, Buxtehude and others. Order tickets now for this Christmas musical treat via the link on our home-page: www.bamptonopera.org

Once again we are participating in the Big Give , the UK's largest match-funding campaign - which enables your online d...
02/12/2025

Once again we are participating in the Big Give , the UK's largest match-funding campaign - which enables your online donations to be doubled. It starts today at 12 noon!

Our Christmas Challenge appeal emphasises the work we do to develop the early careers of talented young singers, very evident in our recent 7th Young Singers’ Competition. Funds raised will go directly towards our 2026 activity.

We aim to raise at least £7500 in donations (plus Gift Aid, where eligible), which will unlock matching funds of another £7500. Donations will be doubled for 7 days from 12 noon on Tuesday 2 December until noon on Tuesday 9 December.
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“Bampton's essential and deeply valuable commitment to promoting young performers is one of its major achievements. The standards have consistently proved phenomenal. It is a stupendous achievement.” [Classical Music Daily, August 2024]

Some more photos from the public final of our Young Singers' Competition last night! Here is the Winner of the competiti...
26/11/2025

Some more photos from the public final of our Young Singers' Competition last night! Here is the Winner of the competition, soprano Seohyun Go, also mezzo-soprano Emma Roberts and Erin Rossington - Soprano, who were jointly awarded the 2nd Prize, and winner of the Accompanists' Prize Daniel Peter Silcock . Congratulations to all! Photos: James Rose Photography and Video

After an exciting final last night at the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium we are delighted to announce that the Winner of the...
26/11/2025

After an exciting final last night at the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium we are delighted to announce that the Winner of the Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers' Competition 2025 is soprano Seohyun Go!
Second Prize was awarded jointly to mezzo-soprano Emma Roberts and Erin Rossington - Soprano
The Accompanists' Prize was awarded to Daniel Peter Silcock.

Introducing the finalists for our Young Singers' Competition 2025: Mezzo-soprano Myrna Tennant Dutch/British mezzo-sopra...
21/11/2025

Introducing the finalists for our Young Singers' Competition 2025: Mezzo-soprano Myrna Tennant
Dutch/British mezzo-soprano Myrna Tennant completed her studies at the GSMD and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She was a Britten Pears Young Artist for their 2023-24 English Song programme, and a British Youth Opera Serena Fenwick Young Artist for 2024. She has been a finalist and prize winner in competitions including Hurn Court Opera’s ‘Singer of the Year’, and the London Choral Sinfonia ‘Leach Award for Singing’. Myrna has sung with companies including Hampstead Garden Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, and Grange Park Opera, and upcoming engagements include creating the role of Diana in the world premiere of To Die For, a new comic opera by Elena Langer with de Nederlandse Reisopera.

We have now introduced all eight of our superb finalists! The Public Final is on Tuesday 25 November 6pm at the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College, Oxford, OX2 6UD
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Our Young Singers' Competition 2025 finalists: soprano Erin Rossington.Erin Rossington - Soprano studied at the RNCM and...
20/11/2025

Our Young Singers' Competition 2025 finalists: soprano Erin Rossington.
Erin Rossington - Soprano studied at the RNCM and then at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She won International Voice of the Future at Llangollen Eisteddfod and the prestigious Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Prize. Erin was Associate Artist at Welsh National Opera 2024/25 during which time she performed as Cercatrice in Suor Angelica and Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro. Last season she sang the role of Micaëla in Carmen for Buxton International Festival and has just been covering the full role at
ENO.

Continuing the introductions to our finalists: Mezzo-soprano Emma Roberts attended the National Opera Studio 22/23, is a...
18/11/2025

Continuing the introductions to our finalists: Mezzo-soprano Emma Roberts attended the National Opera Studio 22/23, is a young artist with Samling, Britten Pears and Orsay-Royaumont. A graduate from RCM Opera School 2022, Emma won both 2nd prize and song prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, 1st Prize in the Joan Chissell Schumann Competition and 3rd prize in the International Schumann Competition Zwickau 2024. Emma has given many recitals in the UK and Europe including at the Wigmore Hall, Musée D’Orsay, Abbaye de Royaumont, and the London and Oxford Song Festivals. She has sung in opera productions at Garsington Opera and WNO, and took the title role in 'Dido and Aeneas' at St Endellion Festival this summer.

This week we introduce four more of the wonderful finalists for the Young Singers Competition 2025! Soprano Erin O'Rourk...
17/11/2025

This week we introduce four more of the wonderful finalists for the Young Singers Competition 2025! Soprano Erin O'Rourke:
Erin O'Rourke is currently a full-time member of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera chorus for the 2025 season. A recent graduate from Royal Academy Opera, she earned her Master’s in Vocal Arts from The Juilliard School, where she appeared in numerous recitals and opera productions, and was a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Erin is the 2024 First Prize winner of the Richard Tucker/Jean Lewis Award and a prizewinner in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.

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