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Concert: MCYO Collaborative Opera Lab 2024

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A brand new 15-minute opera devised over ten days by our 2024 Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera collaborating artists.

Performance times on Friday 6 September 2024:
15:30 (followed by a free Artist Q&A)
16:30
18:15 (followed by a free Artist Q&A 1830-1900)
19:30

About the MCYO Collaborative Opera Lab:

Our creative team of young and emerging artists with diverse skills present a new 15-minute opera devised over eight days.

The team began work on 27 August, and will develop the entire opera performances from scratch.
There will be repeat performances of the 15-minute opera on the afternoon and evening of Friday 6 September.

We hope you can join us for one or more of the performances!

Selected MCYO artists in 2024:
Amit Manna
Deniz Dortok
Gemma Dyer
Hannah Lam
Hannah Salter
Johanna Leung
Natalie Summers

MCYO Artistic Directors:
Richard Strivens
Nina Whiteman

Guest mentors in 2024:
Rebecca Hurst, Kerry Firth, Adam Davies, Eli Randle

Artist selection panel in 2024:
Elayce Ismail
Kerry Firth
Nina Whiteman
Richard Strivens

With thanks to generous support from The Henfrey Charitable Trust.