Welcome!
Paisley Opera is a community opera company, founded in 2017 to bring great music and drama closer to the people of Paisley. We bring local people and professional artists and creatives together to create ambitious, welcoming productions rooted in community, creativity and a real love of opera. From our first invitation to “Dare to Sing Opera!” in 2017 to recent large-scale productions like our Paisley reimagining of Carmen at the Tannahill Centre in the heart of Paisley’s Ferguslie Park, we believe that opera should be accessible, powerful and open to everyone who wants to be part of it.
Who We Are
Opera made with and for the community
At the heart of Paisley Opera is a community chorus open to all who wish to take part, from beginners to experienced singers, working alongside professional musicians, performers and creative teams. Together, we create productions that aim to share the beauty, emotion and storytelling of opera with the wider community.
What makes Paisley Opera distinctive is not only what and where we perform, but our on-going commitment to our communities – There is a space for everyone, whether it’s as a part of our community chorus, children’s chorus or school’s project, as our local audiences who may be completely new to opera, as one of the professional musicians or creatives we are able to offer employment to, as a local young person seeking work experience in the creative arts, or even as one of the many people using the same community spaces we rehearse in who unexpectedly get exposure to opera being performed in their local language.
Please continue to find out more about us through our website and social media, and we’d love to see you at rehearsals or performances in the future! Paisley Opera is a Charity, and some of our most important outreach work is only made possible through the generosity of others – please see our Support Us page for more information on how to help.