Education

Current Projects

The Starry Welkin

An introdution to instruments of the orchestra and to Shakespeare

The Starry Welkin is a new piece for children aged 4 to 7, and is an introduction to the instruments of the orchestra, to singing, and to Shakespeare.

The Midnight Moon

An opera for children with profound learning difficulties and special needs

The Midnight Moon is a workshop based on the story and music of Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and looks in particular at the story of the fairies.

Previous Projects

In the Belly of the Horse

Interactive opera for Key Stage 2 pupils

In the Belly of the Horse is a new fully interactive children's opera for Key Stage 2 pupils, exploring the fantastic story that leads the Greeks to build the wooden horse.

According to Handel

A performance-based workshop featuring 5 leading artists

Lasting just over an hour, this workshop is set on this particular day and is performed in character. Featuring arias and instrumental music from Teseo.

National Portrait Gallery

Primary School Music Workshops, Secondary School Workshops

We collaborated once more with the National Portrait Gallery in the delivery of a series of inspiring and creative workshops for key stage 2 children.

Jack & the Beanstalk

Engaging with Key Stage 1

Jack & the Beanstalk was performed by three singers and twelve players from English Touring Opera in this fabulous retelling of the story for Key Stage 1 pupils.

One Day, Two Dawns

Community opera

One Day, Two Dawns was a new full-length community opera created with nearly 250 people in Cornwall in 2008/2009.

Voices of the Future

You Can Only Dream

ETO brought 20 pupils with special needs to perform their own exciting new work on stage at the Royal Opera House.

Speakout was a brand new opera written by the students of Corbets Tey Special School, working alongside professionals from ETO. The piece involved every single child in the school performing on stage at the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch

Turtle Song

An ETO, Turtle Key Arts and Royal College of Music collaboration

Turtle Song is an opportunity for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia and their companions to sing and compose their own songs with professional musicians.

A House on the Moon

Celebrating the diversity of the West Midlands

A House on the Moon was a new opera in Wolverhampton, working with different communities, and celebrating the diversity of the West Midlands, and performed at the Grand Theatre in June 2007.

One Breath

Major collaboration with 200 people of every age and ability in Sheffield and Doncaster in 2005

This major collaboration with 200 people of every age and ability in Sheffield and Doncaster in 2005 saw us perform a new opera on the largely forgotten site where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned for 11 years.

Opus Operandi

Opus Operandi is our ongoing project for secondary schools

Opus Operandi is our ongoing project for secondary schools, introducing and exploring repertoire creatively and engagingly.

Red Riding Hood

A short piece for players and actors based on the famous story

Red Riding Hood was a short piece for players and actors based on the famous story, and written for younger children as an engaging introduction to orchestral instruments.