Priority booking for best seats at our own promotions
Opportunities to meet company artists and to receive insights into the rehearsal process
Opportunities to book company artists for private performances
A preview of each season from the Artistic Director
Free programmes or interval drinks at our own promotions
4 top price tickets for the price of 3 for all self-promoted performances
Acknowledgement in our programmes, The Classical Opera Company newsletter and other mailings
Friends of the Classical Opera Company receive:
4 top price tickets for the price of 3 for all self-promoted performances
Advance booking facilities
The Classical Opera Company newsletter and other mailings
Acknowledgement in our programmes
Opportunities to attend special, private events
Membership of the Friends is £40 per person.
To encourage younger audiences, we are currently offering free Friends membership to Classical Opera Company supporters under the age of 25
Click on the printer symbol to view and print out our joining form, post it to the address on the form, together with a cheque or the bankers order mandate.
Associates have enhanced opportunities to become closely involved with the company. They receive all the benefits of the Friends:
4 top price tickets for the price of 3 for all self-promoted performances
Advance booking facilities
The Classical Opera Company newsletter and other mailings
Acknowledgement in our programmes
as well as invitations to private events which will typically include:
An annual recital by company artists
An annual lecture related to forthcoming Company repertoire
Occasional invitations to other special private events
Membership £175 (private events payable separately)
Click on the printer symbol to view and print out our joining form, post it to the address on the form, together with a cheque or the bankers order mandate.
In March 1784, Mozart gave a series of three subscription concerts in Vienna, at which he premiered three new piano concertos. For this series he found 176 subscribers, without whose donations these concerts, and the composition of the new works, could not have taken place.
Taking this historical precedent as its starting point, the Amadeus Society is a gathering of enlightened benefactors whose support enables the Classical Opera Company to establish itself and flourish as a benchmark for Mozart and classical performance; the first 176 subscribers become founder members.
Although membership to the Amadeus Society is primarily a donation towards the work of the company, we host a range of private events throughout the year for Amadeus Society members and their guests, which typically include:
Click on the printer symbol to view and print out our joining form, post it to the address on the form, together with a cheque or the bankers order mandate.
We are currently offering half-price membership to those under the age of 35.
£800 membership (includes entrance to 4 private events with refreshments – 2 tickets per event)
£500 membership (private events payable separately)
Society members enjoy the following additional benefits:
An annual recital by company artists
An annual lecture related to forthcoming Company repertoire
An Amadeus Society party
An annual celebrity evening (previous events have featured Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Thomas Allen, Joan Rodgers and Philip Langridge)
Additional impromptu events
We are currently offering half-price membership to those under the age of 35.
