Wyllyotts TheatreWyllyotts TheatreOPERA MINOR EDUCATION OUTREACH SCHEME
Music Director: Kathleen Shanks
Opera Minor has been based at the Wyllyotts Theatre since 2002
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Opera Minor provides children with a cultural activity that has achieved recognition in the top ranks of the performing arts world. Rehearsals take place at the Wyllyotts Theatre on Fridays from 4.30 to 5.30
Opera Minor Community Award 2007
The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, 20 June 2007. The scale of Opera Minor’s work ensures a standard of performance which no one school can match within a normal timetable. Every school should work directly with the arts and cultural communities in their area.
HRH Prince of Wales 2007 If we can help to foster a love of the arts in young people’s souls, we will have given one of the greatest gifts of all – for it is this wonder and appreciation, in my view, that makes us truly human
National Community Music Award 2025
Opera Minor has been nominated for a national music award for its concert at the actors’ church, Covent Garden, May 2025.
