OCI is grateful for the support our Benefactors and Patrons provide each year
Project 2025
• Cautionary Tales an opera for children and familes, composed by Errollyn Wallen with libretto/text by Hilaire Belloc and Pia Furtado, will be given five performances by Opera Collective Ireland in September 2025.
• Cautionary Tales is a music theatre opera about naughty children that will intrigue and entertain all the family! For seven year olds and older, this short opera is an adaptation of Hilaire Belloc’s verses, featuring memorable characters whose unruly behaviour is cautioned in humorously gruesome ways.
• Cautionary Tales is one of the most imaginative, innovative, playful and melodious operas for children. It’s a wonderfully wicked introduction to opera, and children – whether naughty or not – will absolutely love it. They’ll be talking about the colourful characters like lying Matilda and string-eating Harry King for weeks afterwards.
• Listen to the reaction of children following a performance of Cautionary Tales.
• OCI requires additional support of €20K for this project.
PROJECT DATES & VENUES
• September 13 Mermaid Theatre, Bray
• September 16 & 17 Civic Theatre, Tallaght
• September 19 Solstice Theatre, Navan
• September 21 An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Complimenting Opera Collective Ireland’s production of Cautionary Tales will be a programme of specially designed schools workshops for children aged 7–11.
• The workshops will be followed by attendance at a Cautionary Tales performance.
Membership
Benefactors are vital members of our extended family – a community of supporters and arts-lovers who see the deep, intrinsic value of the arts in Ireland. Donations from our annual Friends underpin our work and also enable us to share our skills in schools and communities around the country. As an Opera Collective Ireland benefactor you will enjoy benefits including opportunities to meet your favourite singers plus exclusive sneak-peek benefactor communications – all designed to being you closer to the world of opera and introduce you to a community of like-minded people.
By becoming a member of OCI you can help us plan our future work with certainty, so that we can remain a vital part of Ireland’s cultural landscape.
Would you like to invest in the developing careers of current and future Irish artists and allow us to share our award-winning productions with audiences of all ages in every corner of Ireland?
Becoming a member of Opera Collective Ireland at a level that suits you, is the perfect way to invest, not to mention a wonderful gift for the music lover in your life.
Bronze Friends
€20 PER MONTH
(€240 PER YEAR)
Benefits include:
- e-newsletter
- Name on OCI website and in opera programme
- Advance copy of digital programme
Silver Friends
€30 PER MONTH
(€360 PER YEAR)
Benefits include:
- OCI Bookmark
- Invite to educational performances
- All benefits of Bronze Friends
Gold Friends
€40 PER MONTH
(€480 PER YEAR)
Benefits include:
- Interval reception on opening night
- Reserved seating at pre-performance talks
- All benefits of Silver Friends
Platinum Friends
€60 PER MONTH
(€720 PER YEAR)
Benefits include:
- Opening night post-show reception
- All benefits of Gold Friends
Benefactor Schemes
Solo
€210 PER MONTH
(€2520 PER YEAR)
Benefits include:
- Invitation to Sitsprobe
- Backstage Tour
- All benefits of Platinum Friends
Duet
€420 PER MONTH
(€5040 PER YEAR)
Benefits include:
- Branding Acknowlegement
- Attendance at closed rehearsal
- Meet the Cast
- All benefits of Solo Benefactor
Trio
€840 PER MONTH
(€10,080 PER YEAR)
Benefits include:
- Invitation to VIP Launch
- All benefits of Duet Benefactor
Quartet
€1680 PER MONTH
(€20,160 PER YEAR)
Benefits include:
- Exclusive Invitation to Artistic Directors Annual Lunch
- All benefits of Trio Benefactor
Major Gifts
At the higher level of support we offer a bespoke package tailored to the benefactor’s particular interests with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, invitations to working rehearsals, hosting opportunities and more.
