About University College Opera
The University
UCL was named 'University of the Year 2004/05' by the Sunday Times and is consistently ranked by the Financial Times among the country's top five universities. In the 2005 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Rankings, UCL was rated 26th in the world. The University has the highest number of 5* and 5 rated departments after Oxbridge.
The Students
With over 19,000 students from over 130 countries, UCL is a truly cosmopolitan university. Its students are also among the most academically gifted in the UK, with 73% graduating with Firsts or Upper Second Honours. They have an estimated spending power of £40 million annually.
UCL Union
Founded in 1893, UCL Union is the oldest student union in the country, with a turnover of £5.5million. Its services include many bars, cafes and shops, as well as a theatre in the heart of Bloomsbury.
UCL Union Music Society
The Music Society is one of the Union's largest and most ambitious societies. It performs in several concerts each year, with challenging repertoires at venues including UCL, the Bloomsbury Theatre and local churches.
University College Opera
The opera company of the UCL Union Music Society provides students with a unique opportunity. The University has no music department, and yet UCOpera has the courage to stage rarely performed operas, including world premieres, with professional singers, directors and designers.
This combination produces incredible energy through the focused enthusiasm of the student chorus and orchestra. Driven by the presence of professionally trained artists, they create an intensity and vitality that many, more professional productions lack.