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Welcome to Opera South East

Opera South East is based in Hastings and is one of the few companies in the South East to regularly perform opera with full chorus and orchestra.

We attract established singers and musicians as well as young professional performers at the start of their career. At its heart is a chorus of enthusiastic and friendly amateur singers under professional music and artistic direction.

We welcome new members of all ages interested in any aspect of opera performance, be that on or off stage.

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What's on in East Sussex - Hastings, Battle, Winchelsea and Bexhill...
Forthcoming OSE events

Next forthcoming events 2019:
Sat 23th Nov '19 - Winchelsea - Opera: Amahl and the Night Visitors
Sun 24th Nov '19 - Bexhill - Opera: Amahl and the Night Visitors

2020 - Next major opera production
The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan
Fri 24th Apr 2020 - White Rock Theatre, Hastings at 7.30pm
Sat 25th Apr 2020 - White Rock Theatre, Hastings at 7.30pm

November 2019: -

Concert - Amahl and the Night Visitor - 23-24 November 2019

Amahl and the Night Visitors

by Gian Carlo Menotti

Saturday 23rd November 2019 at 6pm
at St Thomas the Martyr, Winchelsea
Sunday 24th November 2019 at 3.30pm
at St Barnabus Church, Sea Road, Bexhill

Ticket price for both venues £10, and can be available on the door or reserved in advance from Winchelsea Farm Kitchen and Second Spin:

Winchelsea Farm Kitchen
11-12 High Street Winchelsea, TN36 4EA 01797 226287
Second Spin
14 Sackville Road Bexhill on Sea, TN39 3JL 01424 210894
or call 01424 425028

Other events will be published in due course so check back, or join our mailing list (below or on the mailing list page). Past events can be found here, a history of past productions are here, and we've also been performing at several private events, and have provided choirs for weddings. New members of the choir are most welcome, as are volunteers behind the scenes

Save the date for:
The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan
Fri 24th Apr 2020 - White Rock Theatre, Hastings at 7.30pm
Sat 25th Apr 2020 - White Rock Theatre, Hastings at 7.30pm

Other recent past productions

Eugene Onegin - 2018

Eugene Onegin 2018

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If you would like to be advised of our next production dates by email then please add (or remove) yourself from our performance mailing list by entering your email address here:

Recent Operas - 2019

La Traviata, 2019

The Magic Flute 2017

Join our OSE Chorus as a new singing Member

Calling all New Chorus - Consider joining our Chorus line for rehearsals for our next concert or opera production - see Join our chorus and apply

Welcome to Opera South East. We will be looking for new Chorus members to join us for our next concerts and operas. Whatever your singing voice, please consider joining us for rehearsals, generally held on Sunday afternoons.

We have a new page to describe this in more detail, so please see Join our Chorus... for further information and a contact form.

Join our Chorus

Macbeth Act 2 Finale after Banquo’s assassination, with ailing Macbeth and embarrassed dinner guests, photos courtesy of Mark Duncan

La Traviata, 2019

Opera news

Glyndebourne just tweeted @OperaSouthEast :)

Azucena and the Count Di Luna with the chorus of soldiers, Act 3 No.10 Scena and Terzetto, Il Trovatore, April 2015

Video Clip from Il Trovatore Sitzprobe with the SCO
(by kind permission on members of the Sussex Concert Orchestra)

Mari Wyn Williams singing from Act IV of Il Trovatore with the Sussex Concert Orchestra - Monday 20th April. Recorded on an iPhone without a proper mic but OK actually! If the video picture is not buffering well then we suggest you download the video and play it locally for best results - free to download for non-commercial purposes (copyright OSE 2015)

Rent a Choir !

If you have a wedding or other event for which you'd like to hire a choir of say 15 then consider Opera South East. A regular event would typically cost £500, plus £100 for an organist. Contact our Chairman...