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
Audition call – La sonnambula’
The audition call for our November 2026 production of Bellini’s ‘La sonnambula’ is now available here. Applications by May 1!
#26 Off West End Awards
Congratulations to Theano Papadaki (Performance, Poppea), Ashley Pearson (Staging, Poppea) and Jonathan Darbourne and HGO Orchestra (Sound and Mmusic, Cenrentola – Philip Sheffield holding the award here) – winners of 2026 Offie Awards!
‘Poppea’ is a hit!
Our November 2025 production of ‘L’incoronazione di Poppea’ was a sell-out! – see photos and reviews here