Free online songwriting workshops for 14 – 25 year olds. Our free songwriting workshops are a great opportunity for you to get some support and feedback if you are a … Continue reading →

Celebrating the Lysaght Institute in Song! Music pupils from Lliswerry High School, working with composer Richard Barnard and director Kate Willetts, have created seven beautiful songs about the Lysaght Institute … Continue reading →

The Gypsy Stars Choir meets every Monday at Lliswerry High School and Maindee Primary School. We sing songs from the Roma tradition. CREATIVE TASKS FOR AT HOME Choir Leaders: Rhian … Continue reading →

The Coronavirus Time Capsule is a project created by Company 3 that is being shared with groups of young people around the world. Week-by-week they are creating a cumulative video … Continue reading →

An operatic space voyage through the history of human transport… for children aged 6 – 12 years old and their families! Captain Houston and Lieutenant Schmidt are counting down to … Continue reading →

L’Albero & Operasonic October 2019 – March 2020 In Autumn 2019 Operasonic Creative Director Rhian Hutchings will visit Matera in Southern Italy to observe the team at L’Albero as they … Continue reading →

Operasonic has partnered with the Weill Institute at Carnegie Hall, New York to bring the Lullaby project to Wales! In Autumn 2019, the first Lullaby Project took place at the … Continue reading →

Operasonic, Clytha Primary School, Woodlands Community Primary and Ysgol Gymraeg Caerffili are working together to create three mini-Mabinogi operas this year! From March 2019 – June 2019, year 5 pupils … Continue reading →

Art on the Hill is a local Newport Festival celebrating art in the city. It takes place every November. Operasonic has hosted the following events at Art on the Hill. … Continue reading →

Sing with Operasonic! Join our Opera Creators Family Choir and perform at Big Splash 2019. Operasonic Composer Helen Woods is putting the finishing touches to our amazing new opera – … Continue reading →

Operasonic and Clytha Primary School collaborated this autumn to take place in the Global Science Opera 2017. The production this year was entitled Moon Village and told the story of the … Continue reading →

Go Figaro! is an opera-writing project based on Rossini’s ‘The Barber of Seville’ created in collaboration with Iford Arts and Bristol Plays Music. Following on from the successful 2016 MacQuest project based on … Continue reading →

What and who are the legends of Newport? Are there mythological beasts that once roamed the shores of the Usk? Is there a Maindee community member who bravely saved someone’s … Continue reading →

A Richard Barnard / Operasonic Production Dewi stumbles into a Hidden Valley and falls in love with Ariene, a river princess whose father is not to be messed with! This … Continue reading →

Aggie Cornog tells stories, dangerous and enchanting stories. Usually they end and everything goes back to normal, but this terrifying tale has come to life! It’s down in the Basement, … Continue reading →

PAMINA’S STORY Pamina is the daughter of the Queen of the Night. She is being kept prisoner by Sarastro. She’s about to be rescued by Prince Tamino. Operasonic has created … Continue reading →

Pandora’s Locker — Mixing up science and opera! Pandora’s Locker is a youth opera, composed by Dean Burry, that resets the original Greek myth of Pandora’s box in a contemporary … Continue reading →

PORT SONGS We love Newport — it’s a city worth singing about! So we created a special song cycle, working with groups of young people from Newport and the operasonic … Continue reading →