Welcome to HGO
NORTH LONDON'S LEADING OPERA COMPANY
We bring opera to North London in fully staged productions with orchestra.
And by advancing young singers we empower the new generation of performers.
“An engine of opera development in the UK” – Sunday Times, 30.10.22
2024 and 2025 Offies Opera Performance award winner. Offies finalists every year since 2013
'Poppea' at Jacksons Lane
Nov. 7 -16
Get tickets here for our November 2025 production of Monteverdi’s ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea’ at Jackson’s Lane Theatre, directed by Ashley Pearson, with the HGOAntiqua baroque ensemble under Seb Gillot. Set somewhere between the Caesars and the Kardashians…
Audition call – ‘The Rape of Lucretia’
The audition call for our April 2026 production of Britten’s ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ is now available – applications by October 18th for auditions 1/2 November.
'Poppea' at the Italian Cultural Insitute
Come to the free presentation of our production on Friday 17th October at 18:30 at the Italian Cultural Insitute, 39 Belgrave Square. It features talks on the opera’s history and our production, and, best of all. arias sung by members of our star cast. Get your free tickets here!