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Gothic Opera
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Productions of rarely-seen operatic works that take inspiration from the uncanny atmosphere of the Gothic and supernatural. London, UK

www.gothicopera.co.uk
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Our interview is out! It was so much fun chatting to Holly from Opera Now about our company, how it all started, and our plans for this year and the future.

Read it here: www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/fe...
A photo of the front cover of Opera Now’s Autumn 2025 edition, with stars and arrows pointing to the words “Gothic Opera - meeting the founders ahead of their Halloween show”
August 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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The wait is over. Announcing our 2025 production!

We’ll be returning to Battersea Arts Centre this Halloween with the UK staged premiere of Die Rheinnixen by Offenbach. Performed with chamber orchestra 30 Oct - 2 Nov
April 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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The Gothic Opera Maria de Rudenz team at the Offies 🤩
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L-R Davide Basso, Lorna McLean, Lysanne Van Overbeek, Daniella Sicari, Alice Usher and Helene Mathiesen standing the foyer of the Offies ceremony at Central Hall Westminster
March 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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We are hiring! If you’re interested in being our next Stage Director, please see the job description at www.gothicopera.co.uk/vacancies

Deadline for expression of interest: 12pm on Friday 7th March
Application deadline: 5pm on Monday 10th March
Stage Director Open Call Halloween 2025
February 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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We staged Maria at Halloween this year at the stunning Battersea Arts Centre🩸🫀🎶
“It’s a fantastic production which deserves to be more widely seen.” - Jane Darcy, The Reviews Hub “Battersea Arts Centre’s gloriously restored Grand Hall, with its bare, crumbling walls and latticed ceiling provided the perfect backdrop for this production, the stone arches at the back of the stage creating the ideal Gothic castle vibe.” - Nick Boston, Bachtrack "Gothic Opera, committed to reviving seldom-seen works, has scored a triumph with Donizetti's Maria de Rudenz." - Jane Darcy, The Reviews Hub “This was a production that [...]packed a hefty punch, refreshingly immediate and engaging throughout.” - Nick Boston, Bachtrack
December 31, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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2 0 2 4 (Part two of two) - Maria de Rudenz

The critics were unanimous! Here is a small selection of some of the press coverage we received for our triple Offie-nominated production of Donizetti's epic opera Maria de Rudenz.
“The three principals I heard in this double-cast production brought dramatic fervour and vocal excellence of a standard that easily surpassed the trio who'd sung a day or two earlier at a major London house.” - Mark Valencia, Opera Magazine “London is blessed with a number of smaller opera companies with a passion for less well known works – Gothic Opera has a proud place in this group.” - Owen Davies, Plays to See “I’ve long enjoyed seeing Gothic Opera’s productions, and I hope they continue to go from strength to strength – I can’t wait to see what they do next year.” - Palely Loitering “This splendid performance by Gothic Opera proves that the piece is well worth dragging from the vaults of operatic obscurity and that it is wrong to assume that neglect is always justified.” - Patrick Shorrock, Mark Aspen Reviews
December 31, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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This was our first time reviving one of our productions, and it was extra special because Der Vampyr is the opera that launched our company back in 2019!
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📸 Craig Fuller
“What this fresh young company has done, for the second time since its inception in 2019, is to rip it open and extract the fun while keeping the corpse of Marschner's score quivering yet alive...” - Mark Valencia, Opera Magazine “Looking back on Der Vampyr in the cold light of day, it’s hard to believe how entertaining it was, arteries, entrails and all...” - Mark Valencia “Can we take vampires and Gothic horror seriously in opera today? Mintzer doesn’t and sends up the genre in a fang-tastic, feminist retelling packed with chuckles, outrageous cape-twirling and a gory denouement.” - Mark Pullinger “Musically, things are pretty peachy. Cuts are few and music director Kelly Lovelady’s arrangement for cello, double bass, sousaphone(!) and piano works tremendously well.” - Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack
December 31, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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2 0 2 4 (Part one of two) - Der Vampyr
In August, we presented Der Vampyr 🧛‍♂️ at the Grimeborn Festival @arcolatheatre.bsky.social. Here's a selection of some of the press we were lucky enough to receive.
“The fact that Gothic Opera has managed to sell out multiple nights of this production, finding a way to make Marschner’s opera speak in 2024, is no mean feat.” - Flora Willson, The Guardian ““I’m just having too much fun!” declares Giuseppe Pellingra’s Lord Ruthven, the title character in Heinrich Marschner’s Der Vampyr. He’s not alone. In Julia Mintzer’s 2019 production for Gothic Opera, given a buff and a polish to open the Grimeborn festival in Dalston, the cast are clearly having a ball. And so is the audience.” - Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack “Gothic Opera’s production ramps up the silly in its screamy, cloak-sweeping homage to Marschner’s 1828 original, with a magnificent Gráinne Gillis as the Vampire Master.” - Flora Willson, The Guardian
December 31, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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To all our supporters, colleagues, friends and audiences, thank you for making this year such a memorable one. Wishing you all the very best for the festive season! 🎶✨🎄

"Christmas Eve, Public Square at Night," by Carl Gaertner, 1928
December 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM