Cambridge City Opera People

Photograph by James Bellorini

Founder and Artistic Director Sinéad O'Neill is a director and producer of opera with a passion for collaborating with composers and performers to create new work.

She is most proud of the original pieces of music theatre that she conceived, directed and produced: The Barrington Hippo, On the Axis of this World, The Raven, and The Albatross, with composers Kate Whitley, Matt Rogers and Kim Ashton.

Sinéad directed the revival of Annabel Arden's Il Barbiere di Siviglia for Glyndebourne Festival 2019. She was Stage Director of the inaugural Glyndebourne Opera Cup, 2018. In Autumn 2018 she directed The Secret Marriage for Hampstead Garden Opera.

In January 2020, Sinéad's production of La Calisto will be performed at Project Arts Centre, Dublin. She will direct the second Glyndebourne Opera Cup later that year, followed by a new commission for Glyndebourne Youth Opera.

Here are photos of some of Sinéad's work:

The Secret Marriage
Hampstead Garden Opera at Jackson's Lane
Designer Rufus Martin
Lighting Designer Matthew Swithinbank
2018

Photographs by Laurent Compagnon

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Gala
Featuring Anna Procter, Nicola Benedetti and members of the OAE
2018

The Barrington Hippo
with music by Kate Whitley
Cambridge Science Festival 2018
and
Tête-à-tête Opera Festival 2018

Photographs by Claire Shovelton

The Albatross
with music by Kim Ashton
Tête-à-tête Opera Festival 2017

photographs by Claire Shovelton

And London Burned
By Matt Rogers and Sally O'Reilly
Temple Music Foundation 2016

Photographs by Chris Christodoulou

On the Axis of this World
with music by Matt Rogers
Tête-à-tête Opera Festival 2014 and Cambridge Science Festival 2016

Photographs by Claire Shovelton