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SINGING STORIES OF TODAY, AND TOMORROW.

We’re a visionary collective of artists, creating a sustainable place for contemporary performing arts in Australia; a catalyst in the opera journey for audiences and artists to connect, create and be inspired.

We’ve been boldly sharing stories in song since 2008, inviting all inquisitive minds to experience the artform we love; and developing talent pipelines along the way. 

 

We believe in the power of the arts, for both the audience and those centre stage.

By telling stories our way, we’re challenging conventions, pushing boundaries and creating a place for contemporary opera in Australia. 

 

Come curious, leave inspired.

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​Melbourne (Feb 21-28)

Mornington Peninsula (Mar 1 - 2)​

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An unforgettable 10-day, international contemporary opera and song festival

- the only one of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere​​

 

ACOCO International Festival of Contemporary Opera and Song puts you, the audience, at its heart: it exists to move you with thrilling stories, superb music and astounding artistry.

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No opera experience necessary

A welcoming, awe-inspiring place of connection

Spectacular array of established and new generation Australian talent

Bold and compelling stories of today and tomorrow

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p r i s m

Sanatorium Express

Danielle de Niese

Soldier Songs

Fairy Songs

Festival Showcase

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celebrating 15 years on stage

  • Performed live in UK & USA

  • Engaged online with 30 countries

  • 30+ Australian Premieres of international contemporary operas

  • Provided professional development for 72 international artists and creative leaders


 

  • Performed live in UK & USA

  • Engaged online with 30 countries

  • 30+ Australian Premieres of international contemporary operas

  • Provided professional development for 72 international artists and creative leaders


 

  • Performed live in UK & USA

  • Engaged online with 30 countries

  • 30+ Australian Premieres of international contemporary operas

  • Provided professional development for 72 international artists and creative leaders


 

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  • Pioneered a world-first, ten day online Australian Opera Festival

  • More than 200,000 views in 30 countries

  • Gallery: Hybrid live performance - video installation

  • Site specific, outdoor and immersive productions

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  • Performed live in UK & USA

  • Engaged online with 30 countries

  • 30+ Australian Premieres of international contemporary operas

  • Provided professional development for 72 international artists and creative leaders

  • 9 years (ongoing) partnership with Monk Parrots NYC


 

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  • Collaborated with 12 international arts companies

  • Collaborated with 10 Australian arts organisations

  • International New Work Partner: Monk Parrots USA

  • Cross art-form

  • Multi-generational

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  • Embraced new ways of operatic storytelling

  • Founded the only Australian international opera & song festival

  • Push traditional production and musical boundaries

  • Champions of professional development and leadership for established and rising artists

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  • Founded during global financial crisis (2009)

  • Surivived global pandemic (2020-2022)

  • The only professional opera company in Australia to be led by an Australian female opera singer

  • Champion of female leadership in opera

Australian Contemporary Opera Company is based on Wurundjeri land in the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge that we live and work on unceded lands. We are privileged to create and perform on Country where songs and stories have been sung for many thousands of years.

Australian Contemporary Opera Company pays our deep respects to their Elders, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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