Explore CUOS' past productions, from 1965 to 2025...
2024/2025
CUOS Shorts (Budack, Matty, Wilkinson-Hill)
L'incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi)
King Arthur (Purcell)
CUOS Shorts (Budack, Matty, Wilkinson-Hill)
L'incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi)
King Arthur (Purcell)
2023/2024
CUOS Shorts (Waugh, Gawley, Casey)
Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach)
CUOS Shorts (Waugh, Gawley, Casey)
Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach)
2022/2023
CUOS Shorts (Owusu, Gray, Henderson, Flynn)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Semele (Handel)
CUOS Shorts (Owusu, Gray, Henderson, Flynn)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Semele (Handel)
2021/2022
Denis and Katya (Phillip Venables and Ted Huffman)
Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
Der Freischütz (Weber)
Denis and Katya (Phillip Venables and Ted Huffman)
Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
Der Freischütz (Weber)
2020/2021
CUOS Shorts (Offer, Toner, Keating)
CUOS Shorts (Offer, Toner, Keating)
2019/2020
CUOS Shorts (Murphy, Macdonald, Chesworth, Westbrooke)
La Cenerentola (Rossini)
The Last Hotel (Donnacha Dennehy)
CUOS Shorts (Murphy, Macdonald, Chesworth, Westbrooke)
La Cenerentola (Rossini)
The Last Hotel (Donnacha Dennehy)
2018/2019
ll signor Bruschino (Rossini) - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The Twin Brothers (Schubert)
Carmen (Bizet)
Il signor Bruschino (Rossini)
ll signor Bruschino (Rossini) - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The Twin Brothers (Schubert)
Carmen (Bizet)
Il signor Bruschino (Rossini)
2017/2018
Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein)
L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)
Savitri (Holst)
Radamisto (Handel)
Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein)
L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)
Savitri (Holst)
Radamisto (Handel)
2016/2017
A Dinner Engagement (Berkeley)
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
The Descent of Orpheus to the Underworld (Charpentier)
A Dinner Engagement (Berkeley)
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
The Descent of Orpheus to the Underworld (Charpentier)
2015/2016
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Three Short Stories (Baigent, Bick, Park)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Jephtha (Handel)
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Three Short Stories (Baigent, Bick, Park)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Jephtha (Handel)
2014/2015
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
Candide (Bernstein)
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
Semele (Handel)
Albert Herring (Britten)
Mary of Egypt (Tavener)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
Candide (Bernstein)
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
Semele (Handel)
Albert Herring (Britten)
Mary of Egypt (Tavener)
2013/2014
Tobias and the Angel (Jonathan Dove)
Curlew River (Britten)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
The Fairy Queen (Purcell)
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
Tobias and the Angel (Jonathan Dove)
Curlew River (Britten)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
The Fairy Queen (Purcell)
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
2010/2011
Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
La Serva Padrona (Pergolesi)
The Bear (Walton)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
La Serva Padrona (Pergolesi)
The Bear (Walton)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
2009/2010
Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy)
Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy)
2008/2009
The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
2007/2008
Savitri (Holst)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc)
Savitri (Holst)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc)
2006/2007
Three Portraits of Nero (student-written)
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
Three Portraits of Nero (student-written)
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
2005/2006
Venus and Adonis (Blow)
La Dirindina (Scarlatti)
Shakespeare Deranged (student-written)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Venus and Adonis (Blow)
La Dirindina (Scarlatti)
Shakespeare Deranged (student-written)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
2004/2005
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
2002/2003
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
Heavyweight (Ernst Krenek)
The Hero (Alexander Mosolov)
The Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
Heavyweight (Ernst Krenek)
The Hero (Alexander Mosolov)
The Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
2001/2002
The She-Devil (Goldoni and Galuppi)
Machinist Hopkins (Max Brand)
The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
The She-Devil (Goldoni and Galuppi)
Machinist Hopkins (Max Brand)
The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
2000/2001
Orpheus and Eurydice (Gluck)
Orpheus and Eurydice (Gluck)
1998/1999
Erwin und Elmire (Anna Amalia)
Orfeo (Monteverdi)
Erwin und Elmire (Anna Amalia)
Orfeo (Monteverdi)
1997/1998
Carmen (Bizet)
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Riders to the Sea (Fritz Hart)
The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Janáček)
Carmen (Bizet)
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Riders to the Sea (Fritz Hart)
The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Janáček)
1996/1997
L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
1995/1996
Candide (Bernstein)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Candide (Bernstein)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
1994/1995
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
The Spanish Lady (Elgar)
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
The Spanish Lady (Elgar)
1993/1994
The Beggar's Opera (Britten)
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein)
The Telephone (Menotti)
The Beggar's Opera (Britten)
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein)
The Telephone (Menotti)
1992/1993
Berenice (Handel)
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
The Fairy Queen (Purcell)
Berenice (Handel)
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
The Fairy Queen (Purcell)
1991/1992
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
My Fair Lady (Lerner and Loewe)
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
My Fair Lady (Lerner and Loewe)
1990/1991
Amadigi di Gaula (Handel)
Idomeneo (Mozart)
Owen Wingrave (Britten)
Amadigi di Gaula (Handel)
Idomeneo (Mozart)
Owen Wingrave (Britten)
1989/1990
Beatrice and Benedict (Berlioz)
Guys and Dolls (Loesser, Swerling and Burrows)
Acis and Galatea (Handel)
Beatrice and Benedict (Berlioz)
Guys and Dolls (Loesser, Swerling and Burrows)
Acis and Galatea (Handel)
1988/1989
Carousel (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Floridante (Handel)
The Soul of Chi'en Nu Leaves her Body (Colin Huehns)
Ba-ta-Clan (Offenbach)
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
Carousel (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Floridante (Handel)
The Soul of Chi'en Nu Leaves her Body (Colin Huehns)
Ba-ta-Clan (Offenbach)
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
1987/1988
The Soul of Chi'en Nu Leaves her Body (Colin Huehns)
Savitri (Holst)
Oh, Kay (George and Ira Gershwin)
Orfeo (Monteverdi)
The Soul of Chi'en Nu Leaves her Body (Colin Huehns)
Savitri (Holst)
Oh, Kay (George and Ira Gershwin)
Orfeo (Monteverdi)
1986/1987
The Soldier's Tale (Stravinsky)
Flavio (Handel)
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
Fidelio (Beethoven)
The Giant's Heart (David Nicholls)
Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc)
The Soldier's Tale (Stravinsky)
Flavio (Handel)
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
Fidelio (Beethoven)
The Giant's Heart (David Nicholls)
Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc)
1985/1986
The Giant's Heart (David Nicholls)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
The Giant's Heart (David Nicholls)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
1984/1985
Zeller (Peter Cowdrey)
Rodelinda (Handel)
The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
La Traviata (Verdi)
Zeller (Peter Cowdrey)
Rodelinda (Handel)
The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
La Traviata (Verdi)
1983/1984
Dulcima (Giles Ghanndy)
The Soldiers Tale (Stravinsky)
Socrate (Satie)
Bastien and Bastienne (Mozart)
Happy End (Brecht and Weill)
Blake (Andrew Gant)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
The Lighthouse (Maxwell Davies)
The Return of Ulysses (Monteverdi)
The Terrorist (Terence Sinclair)
Dulcima (Giles Ghanndy)
The Soldiers Tale (Stravinsky)
Socrate (Satie)
Bastien and Bastienne (Mozart)
Happy End (Brecht and Weill)
Blake (Andrew Gant)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
The Lighthouse (Maxwell Davies)
The Return of Ulysses (Monteverdi)
The Terrorist (Terence Sinclair)
1982/1983
Fidelio (Beethoven)
The Lighthouse (Maxwell Davies)
The Terrorist (Terence Sinclair)
The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart)
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Curlew River (Britten)
The Fairy Queen (Purcell)
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
Fidelio (Beethoven)
The Lighthouse (Maxwell Davies)
The Terrorist (Terence Sinclair)
The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart)
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Curlew River (Britten)
The Fairy Queen (Purcell)
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
1981/1982
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Nabucco (Verdi)
The Seven Deadly Sins (Weill)
Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev)
La Cambiale di Matrimonio (Rossini)
Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Nabucco (Verdi)
The Seven Deadly Sins (Weill)
Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev)
La Cambiale di Matrimonio (Rossini)
Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
1980/1981
Abu Hassan (Weber)
Stiffelio (Verdi)
Der Freischutz (Weber)
Abu Hassan (Weber)
Stiffelio (Verdi)
Der Freischutz (Weber)
1979/1980
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Pulcinella (Stravinsky)
Master Peter's Puppet Show (De Falla)
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Pulcinella (Stravinsky)
Master Peter's Puppet Show (De Falla)
1977/1978
The Coronation of Poppaea (Monteverdi)
The Coronation of Poppaea (Monteverdi)
1976/1977
Fidelio (Beethoven)
Fidelio (Beethoven)
1975/1976
Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
1974/1975
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
1973/1974
I due Foscari (Verdi)
I due Foscari (Verdi)
1972/1973
Semele (Handel)
Semele (Handel)
1971/1972
Ariodante (Handel)
Ariodante (Handel)
1969/1970
The Condemnation of Lucullus (Paul Dessau)
Venus and Adonis (Blow)
The Condemnation of Lucullus (Paul Dessau)
Venus and Adonis (Blow)
1968/1969
La Cambiale di Matrimonio (Rossini)
The Seven Deadly Sins (Weill)
The Kiss (Smetana)
La Cambiale di Matrimonio (Rossini)
The Seven Deadly Sins (Weill)
The Kiss (Smetana)
1967/1968
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Beatrice and Benedict (Berlioz)
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Beatrice and Benedict (Berlioz)
1966/1967
Oberon (Weber)
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss)
Oberon (Weber)
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss)
1965/1966
Orpheus and Eurydice (Gluck)
Orpheus and Eurydice (Gluck)
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