Blackheath Halls Opera is a community project, based at Blackheath Halls in South-East London, which gives local people and school children the chance to take part in the performance of a fully staged, professionally produced opera. The community works with a professional creative opera team and young professional opera singers.


The project began in 2007 with three sell out performances of Bizet’s Carmen with a cast of professional singers alongside more than 40 amateur singers, an orchestra of over 50 players and 300 local school children as well as local dancers, a marching band and a majorette troupe.


In 2008 Blackheath Halls staged Puccini’s La Boheme set in 1968 during the Paris riots. 2009’s opera is ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ by Gluck. As well as the usual community chorus, community orchestra and school children, this year we will also be working with children from two local special schools and dancers from Laban. We need singers, dancers, instrumentalists and stage hands. You will find information about this project and how to take part on this website.