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Dorset Chamber Opera was founded in 1990 and gave many successful opera performances for over twenty years. It was a small, non-profit making company, which had at its core a group of professional and semi-professional singers, some of whom have sung with the best opera groups in the country.
It toured Dorset and the South West, performing in country houses, theatres, churches and arts centres.
Fully-staged operas were presented, in costume, usually in English and to a piano accompaniment. 


DCO was recognised as a company dedicated to the art of singing and the production of fine, small-scale operatic performances.  Its performances raised in excess of £20,000 for charity. 
Past Productions
1991    The Marriage of Figaro       1991    Cosi fan Tutte
1992    Suor Angelica                      1992    Hansel and Gretel
1993    Don Pasquale                      1993    The Marriage of Figaro
1994    The Secret Marriage             
1995    The Barber of Seville          1995    Il Seraglio
1996    Cosi fan Tutte                      1997    La Traviata
1998    Don Pasquale                     1998    G & S Excerpts
1999    The Marriage of Figaro        2000    The Elixir of Love                 
2000    The Devil’s Trill                    2003    Amahl and The Night Visitors
2003     Barber, Boheme, Rusticana, Rigoletto excerpts
​2004    Echo and Narcissus             2010    The Cask of Amontillado

The Marriage of Figaro

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Cosi Fan Tutte

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Hansel and Gretel

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Don Pasquale

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The Secret Marriage

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The Barber of Seville

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La Traviata

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Gilbert and Sullivan Excerpts

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The Elixir of Love

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The Devil's Trill

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Amahl and the Night Vistors

Joint production with Puddletown Middle School.  Following workshops given by Dorset Chamber Opera within the school, the opera was performed with the school choir as chorus and featuring Robbie Bowering's operatic debut in the title role.  It was presented twice, once for the school children and once for parents and friends.

Barber, Boheme, Rusticana and Rigoletto highlights

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Echo and Narcissus

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The Cask of Amontillado

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