Flourish New Opera Competition in association with OperaUpClose. Now in it's fourth year, this competition provides a platform for emerging and established composers and librettists and aims to raise awareness of the wealth of contemporary opera being written today.Olivier Award Winning OperaUpClose is known for work that is large in ambition and small in scale, the parameters of Flourish reflect this. Submissions are now open until Midnight on 7 September 2015… Show more Flourish New Opera Competition in association with OperaUpClose. Now in it's fourth year, this competition provides a platform for emerging and established composers and librettists and aims to raise awareness of the wealth of contemporary opera being written today.Olivier Award Winning OperaUpClose is known for work that is large in ambition and small in scale, the parameters of Flourish reflect this. Submissions are now open until Midnight on 7 September 2015. Composers and librettists are invited to right a piece for up to seven performers (this includes instrumentalists and singers). The first stage of the competition will be judged anonymously. Five shortlisted operas will then have extracts performed at a showcase event on Sunday 22 November 2015, at Kings Place in London. A panel of industry judges will choose the winning opera on the night. Judges in previous years have included playwright Mark Ravenhill, producer James Clutton, opera critic Anna Picard and composer Robert Saxton.The competition winner will have their opera professionally produced by OperaUpClose in autumn 2016, giving the composer and librettist a year to develop the piece into a full length production. Previous winners can be viewed here: www.operaupclose.com/flourishOur 2013 competition winner, 'The Blank Canvas'​ Composed by Spyros Syrmos with a libretto by Fay Wrixon, was staged at the King's Head Theatre in September 2014 and won the OffWestEnd.com award for Best Opera Production this year.The 2014 Flourish Competition winner was 'Ulla's Odyssey'​, a family-friendly opera about a young girl's solo sail around the world and the mythical creatures and environmental obstacles she encounters on her journey. The opera was composed by Anthony Young with a libretto by Leanna Brodie and will be staged at Kings Place in November 2015, followed by a UK tour in 2016.More information and Application sheets can be downloaded from our website:www.operaupclose.com/flourish Show less