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A Mission to Commission

W11 Opera has commissioned and produced 27 new operas, more than any other UK company, providing a rich repertoire of music theatre for its cast of 9 to 18 year olds. Each has a running time of just over one hour. Most of our commissions are available for performance by schools and music theatre groups. A number of them have already been revived in the UK, the Continent and the USA.

For full details on each commission just follow the links below. Should you be interested in reviving one of our operas, or would like further information, please contact , or the composer as listed. We would be grateful to hear from any company reviving a W11 opera, and would hope for a credit to W11 Opera for the commission in any performance programme.

If you are interested in composing a new work for W11 Opera please get in touch and we will send you our Commission Brief. We commission two to three years in advance and are always interested to hear from composers and librettists.


 

W11 Opera Productions

Click on the dates in the first column to go to a page for that year’s production, where you will find information on that show along with pictures and excerpts of music.

Year

Work

Notes

2007

Shadowtracks

2006

Chincha-Chancha Cooroo

2005

ANTiphony

Revival

2004

All in the Mind

2003

Game Over

2002

Stormlight

2001

Flying High

2000

Deep Waters

1999

Rip

1998

Birthday

Revival

1997

Eloise

1996

Ulysses and the Wooden Horse

Revival

1995

The Dancing Princesses

1994

ANTiphony

1993

Travellers Tale

1992

Listen to the Earth

1991

A Time of Miracles

1990

Double Trouble

1989

Koppelberg

1988

The Return of Odysseus

1987

Ulysses and the Wooden Horse

1986

The Tin Knight

1985

Bel and the Dragon

Revival

1984

The Adventures of Jonah

Revival

1983

Rainbow Planet

1982

Birthday

1981

Wenceslas

1980

Mak the Sheep Stealer

Not W11 Commission

1979

Dreamtime

1978

The Girl and the Unicorn

1977

The Adventures of Jonah

1976

Like This, Like That

1975

Joseph

Not W11 Commission

1974

The Winter Star

Not W11 Commission

1973

Bel and the Dragon

1972

The Pied Piper

1971

Noye’s Fludde

Not W11 Commission