The 2025 Ensemble OrQuesta Opera Academies: Unlock your Potential!

Founded in 2014 by Marcio da Silva, Ensemble OrQuesta Opera Academy is dedicated to the training of the new generation of opera singers. Opera academies, which are held in a number of places in the UK across the year, give many talented young singers from all over the world the opportunity to perform complete roles in fully staged productions, in the original language, with professional ensemble accompaniment.

Singers benefit from ten days of rigorous tuition and training from the EO team of multi-skilled professionals, receiving coaching on technique, language, style, stagecraft, and movement. The carefully planned intensive programme culminates in two public performances. The exceptional quality of these academies has earned EOOA a flourishing reputation as an outstanding international young artist programme. 

Many of the singers who now perform in Ensemble OrQuesta's professional productions received their early training in stagecraft during an opera academy, and many of our new productions underwent the first stage of their development during these intensive courses.

We recognise that taking part in an academy or YAP intensive course is demanding both in terms of time and financial investment. We are fully committed to ensuring that all participants can make the most of the experience offered to them. 

Mozart: Don Giovanni (13th-22nd March 2025) Hastings

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas | Handel: Acis & Galatea (22nd-31st May 2025) London

Handel: Teseo (10th-22nd June 2025) London

Fee: £1,000 (Does not include accommodation)

To apply for an opera academy place, please send a CV and a video or audio recording to ensembleorquesta@outlook.com.
Roles are allocated continuously upon receipt of suitable applications; for that reason there is no application deadline.