The Curious Opera Company

Go through the looking glass...

A company focused on changing the landscape of traditional opera, through the use of role reversing and exhibiting new compositions.

THROWBACK THURSDAY 🤩 to celebrate the near end of the work week (especially for the students and teachers out there) we ...
10/09/2026

THROWBACK THURSDAY 🤩 to celebrate the near end of the work week (especially for the students and teachers out there) we wanted to share some of our favourite shots from our recent production of Dido & Aeneas?

Remember - make every day fun with melodrama and opera magic! ✨

📷 Photographs by Petros Poyiatgi

We are looking for a Producer and Assistant Director to join our next production in early 2027 (late January/early Febru...
07/09/2026

We are looking for a Producer and Assistant Director to join our next production in early 2027 (late January/early February, TBC).

Rehearsals are set to begin mid-October/early November 2026.

This is an unpaid role as we are a self-funded company currently fundraising to offer a base rate of pay and expenses, and it's a brilliant opportunity for an aspiring creative looking to build their CV and gain hands-on experience with an opera production.

Interested? Email us at [email protected] to find out m ore.

📅 Deadline to register interest: 19th September 2026

Winter(reise) is coming…. Stay tuned for an upcoming announcement for our next production!
06/09/2026

Winter(reise) is coming…. Stay tuned for an upcoming announcement for our next production!

04/07/2026
Some shots from our production of “Dido & Aeneas?” It’s been a week since we debuted our latest show at the  as part of ...
04/07/2026

Some shots from our production of “Dido & Aeneas?” It’s been a week since we debuted our latest show at the as part of the !

Thank you to everyone who supported us on our journey, and it was fantastic to have such a fantastic audience (all the laughs were in the right places 😮‍💨)

As the creative director of the Curious Opera Company, I am incredibly proud of our cast and creative team. Stay tuned for more shots!

Photographs by Petros Poyiatgi

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27/06/2026

FINALLY!!! It's show day and we can't wait to show you our production of Dido & Aenes?'.

Today's shows start at 2.30pm and 7.45 pm in the Upstairs Studio at the !

If you haven't yet, don't forget to grab your tickets for £16/14 here: https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/whatson/dido-and-aneas

Tomorrow is the big day! We can't wait to show you our latest production of Purcell's 'Dido & Aeneas?' at the ! (with a ...
26/06/2026

Tomorrow is the big day! We can't wait to show you our latest production of Purcell's 'Dido & Aeneas?' at the ! (with a bonus of air conditioning...☺)

Tickets are available here: https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/whatson/dido-and-aneas

“Thy hand, Belinda…”

The Curious Opera Company presents a new, q***r interpretation of Purcell’s iconic opera. In this adaptation, Belinda - Dido’s handmaiden - takes centre stage as she uses her wit and cunning to win the love of her Queen.

In the foreground, Dido - Queen of Carthage - is caught in a battle between choice and duty, as her court urges her to unite with Aeneas to make a picture perfect royal couple. In a quest to destroy their apparent romance, the sorceress and her witches devise a fool-proof plot but when it is all over, who will be laid in earth?

Taking inspiration from Derek Jarman’s creative world, the Curious Opera Company draws absurdity from the traditional and turns the classic tragedy into a comedy.

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Born out of a desire to challenge the traditional landscape and limitations in classical music, the Curious Opera Company aims to give developing professional singers the freedom to work with new narratives and gender-neutral casting to transform opera. Join us as we go through the looking glass…

Performing as 'Dido' is Maeve Herd ()Tickets for 'Dido and Aeneas?' are available here: https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/...
25/06/2026

Performing as 'Dido' is Maeve Herd ()

Tickets for 'Dido and Aeneas?' are available here: https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/whatson/dido-and-aneas

Aotearoa born singer/violinist Maeve Herd holds a BMus and MMus at the University of Auckland, and a PGDipAS from the Royal Northern College of Music. She is an alumna of the New Zealand Opera School, and career highlights in New Zealand include performing in the NZ Opera Chorus, and her role as Acting Director of Music at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Auckland from 2021-2023. Since moving to the UK for further study at the Royal Northern College of Music, Maeve has starred as Giulia in Rossini’s La scala di seta with RNCM Opera, creating the role of Miranda in Bicarregui’s Capsule, produced an original play: Please God, Make Me Ugly! — a coming-of-age drama-dy infused with music from Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte — for RNCM’s 2025 Lab Week, and made her London debut at the Tete-a-tete Festival 2025 as Eve in Lambert’s The Rapture. She is currently London-based, and continues private studies whilst running a busy voice teaching studio.

Performing as 'Belinda / Spirit' is Bethan Terry ().Tickets for 'Dido and Aeneas?' are available here: https://www.omnib...
24/06/2026

Performing as 'Belinda / Spirit' is Bethan Terry ().

Tickets for 'Dido and Aeneas?' are available here: https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/whatson/dido-and-aneas

Bethan Terry is a lyric-coloratura soprano, praised for her honest and captivating performances. She was a prize-winner in the Leach Award and joint won the Dean & Chadlington Competition. She was a finalist or semi-finalist in the ROSL Singers Prize, Hurn Court Singer of the Year, LSF Schubert Prize and Somerset Song Prize. Bethan performed in Wigmore Hall and Paris’ Salle Cortot with the Wigmore French Song Exchange. She was a Leeds Lieder Young Artist and sang on BBC Radio 3 in a concert of George Walker’s music.

Her operatic highlights include Adina in L’elisir d’amore (Wild Arts), Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (Merry Opera), Belinda in Dido & Aeneas (Somerset Opera) and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (NWOS), as well as regular appearances with Clonter Opera. In concert, Bethan’s repertoire includes Haydn’s Nelson Mass and The Creation, Mozart’s Requiem, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem and Bach’s Magnificat. She is a Josephine Baker Trust Artist.

Bethan was a Junior Fellow at Guildhall School, where she completed her master’s with Janice Chapman and Marie Vassiliou. She took her undergraduate at Trinity Laban, with Sophie Grimmer. For more information, head to www.bethanterry.com

Performing the role of 'Aeneas' is Cameron Galvin ().Tickets for 'Dido and Aeneas?' are available here: https://www.omni...
23/06/2026

Performing the role of 'Aeneas' is Cameron Galvin ().

Tickets for 'Dido and Aeneas?' are available here: https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/whatson/dido-and-aneas

Cameron Galvin is a tenor currently in his second year of undergraduate study at Trinity Laban, where he studies with Dr Robert Alderson and vocal coach Rianka Bouwmeester.

In 2024, Cameron made his operatic debut with Trinity Laban, performing the role of Kaspar in Giancarlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors as part of the conservatoire's Winter Opera Scenes. He has also sung in the chorus for Jules Massenet's Cendrillon and will
in the chorus for Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges in Trinity Laban's upcoming Summer Term Opera Production.

Alongside his operatic studies, Cameron has been a Choral Scholar at St Alfege Church, Greenwich, for the past two years and has also held a Choral Scholarship with the Esterhazy Singers. In the forthcoming academic year, he will take up choral scholarships with the Old Royal Naval College Chapel under Ralph Allwood MBE and with the Eltham Choral Society.

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