Marcio da Silva
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

“Handel stripped down and brilliant”

“thoroughly engrossing and absorbing”

“Cut-down but thrilling…held you in its grip”

“outstanding creativity and musical authenticity”

“exquisite voices…with terrific verve and energy”

Coming Up:

Il Ritorno

d’Ulisse

in Patria

Monteverdi

The Cockpit
Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH

10th-11th June 2026

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Rinaldo

Handel

The Cockpit
Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH

19th-20th June 2026

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Press.

Press
Review: Le Nozze de Figaro 2024

“Comedy and physical theatre along with veins of seriousness and anger in a chamber production that really drew you into Mozart and Da Ponte's world”

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2024 Offies Nominations for ‘Le Nozze de Figaro’

We’re delighted to announce that our Anne-Luise Wagner has been nominated for a 2024 Offie Award for her dazzling performance as ‘Cherubino’ in our 2024 production of Le Nozze de Figaro for the Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola theatre in London.

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UK premiere of Céphale et Procris featured in The Telegraph Summer 2023 Hot 100

We’re thrilled to see Ensemble OrQuesta’s UK premiere production of ‘Céphale et Procris’ featured in The Telegraph Summer 2023 Hot 100.

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​2022 Offies Finalist for ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea’

Congratulations to Marcio and the Poppea team who were nominated as OFFIES Finalists for the ‘Opera Performance’ category.

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Céphale et Procris 2023 Reviews

Reviews of EO’s 2023 performance of Jacquet de la Guerre’s ‘Céphale et Procris’ at The Cockpit Theatre in London.

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Press Release: Céphale et Procris

Ensemble OrQuesta returns to The Cockpit with a baroque opera by French Female composer Elizabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.

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Watch us in action.

Ensemble OrQuesta perform a concert version of Cavalli’s ‘Xerse’ as part of a special livestream at the Cockpit Theatre in 2021.