Founded in 1974, Dorset Opera has produced an opera each year since, with the exception of 1975:

This is the full listing of soloists, designers, producers (directors from 1990 onwards) and the conductor.

2002 - NORMA - Bellini - Karine Babajanyan, Andrea Baker, Annalise Whittlesea, Eduardo Itaborahy, Mauro Wrona, Michail Milanov. d - Howard Lloyd, dir - Cleber Papa, c - Patrick Shelley. Click here to read more about  Norma.

2001 - MACBETH - Verdi - Christine Bunning, Annalise Whittlesea, Eduardo Itaborahy, Breffni Horgan, Daniel Lee, Michail Milanov, Jürgen Frantz. d - C David Higgins, dir - Mark Clark, c - Patrick Shelley. Click here to read more.

2000 - SALVATOR ROSA - Gomes - Lisa Livingston, Andrea Baker, Caroline Dowd-Higgins, Fernando del Valle, Christopher Lemmings, David Curry, Michael Gluecksmann, Michail Milanov, Jürgen Frantz.  d - C David Higgins, dir - Michael Beauchamp, c - Patrick Shelley. Click here to read more about Salvator Rosa

1999 - LA GIOCONDA - Ponchielli - Susan Stacey, Milena Kitic, Frances McCafferty, Francesco Petrozzi, Michael Gluecksmann, Michail Milanov, Mark Ferrer, Jürgen Frantz, Martin King. d - C David Higgins,  dir - Michael Beauchamp, c - Patrick Shelley. 

1998 - AIDA - Verdi - Susan Stacey, Andrea Baker, Caroline Dowd-Higgins, Ron Carter, Michael Gluecksmann, Gary Jankowski, Stephen Holloway, Mark Ferrer. d - C David Higgins, dir - Michael Beauchamp, c - Patrick Shelley.

1997 - L'ELISIR D'AMORE - Donizetti - Sandra Ford, Jane Webster, Dominic Natoli, Richard Whitehouse, Roderick Kennedy, d - Mark Friend, dir - Gordon McKechnie, c - Patrick Shelley.

1996 - RUSSLAN AND LUDMILLA - Glinka - Sandra Ford, Liubov Chuchrova, Violetka Ivanova, Frances McCafferty, Stephen Allen, Ivan Sharpe, Robert Poulton, Henry Waddington, Roderick Kennedy. d - Mathias Wardeck,  dir - Tom Hawkes, c - Patrick Shelley.

1995 - LA PÉRICHOLE - Offenbach - Claire Henry, Jane Webster, Janet Jacques, Sylvia Clarke, Jean Hornbuckle, Ivan Sharpe, Omar Ebrahim, Wei Kiat Ong, Kevin West, Michael Gordon, Martin King, d - Mark Friend, dir - Tom Hawkes, c - Patrick Shelley

1994 - UN GIORNO DI REGNO - Verdi - Anna Steiger, Sabine Sommerfeld, Warren Mok, Omar Ebrahim, Roderick Kennedy, John Hall, d - Mark Friend,   dir - Tim Coleman, c - Patrick Shelley

1993 - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR - Donizetti - Christina Knochenhauer, Julie Gossage, Zoran Todorovec, Adrian Clarke, David Gwynne, Ya-Lin Zhang, Toby Spence. d - Mark Friend, dir - Gordon McKechnie, c - Patrick Shelley

1992 - CARMEN - Bizet - Sonia Nerdrum, Sarah Pring, Julie Gossage, Sophie Daneman, Zoran Todorovec, Richard Salter, Ashley Thorburn, Richard Halton, Ivan Sharpe, Andrew Morton. d - Mark Friend, dir - Anthony Besch, c - Patrick Shelley

1991- MEFISTOFELE - Boito - Marie Slorach, Janet Jacques, Elizabeth Harley, Riccardo Calleo, Zoran Todoroveæ, Michail Milanov, d - Mark Friend, dir - Terry Gilbert, c - Patrick Shelley

1990 - MANON LESCAUT - Puccini - Malmfrid Sand, Jane Stein, Ian McKinven, Robert Poulton, Ian Comboy, Ivan Sharpe, Jonathan May, Andrew Morton. d - Andrew Sawers, dir - Terry Gilbert, c - Patrick Shelley

1989 - MACBETH - Verdi - Pamela Myers, Carol Lesley-Green, David Hillman, David Ashmore-Turner, Terence Sharpe, Roderick Kennedy, Jonathan May, Duncan Wilson. d - Alison Davis, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1988 - MARIA PADILLA - Donizetti - Pamela Myers, Helen Walker, Julie Gossage, David Hillman, Robert Poulton, Stephen Caira, Graham Stone, Richard Halton, . d - Rendel Sawers, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1987 - THE PEARL FISHERS - Bizet - Bronwen Mills, Alessandro Volpi, Richard Jackson, Tae-Woong Han, d - Alison Davis, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1986 - GIOVANNA D'ARCO - Verdi - Marie Slorach, William Pugh, Ivan Sharpe, Henry Newman, Tae-Woong Han, d - John Hodgkinson, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1985 - GABRIELLA DI VERGY - Donizetti - Marie Slorach, Elfrieda Langemann, Justin Lavender, Ivan Sharpe, Peter Savidge, David Gwynne.   d - John Hodgkinson, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1984 - DON CARLOS - Verdi - Marie Slorach, Helen Attfield, Janine Roebuck, Kristian Johannsson, Terence Sharpe, Roderick Kennedy, David Gwynne, John Connell, Thomas Pope. p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1983 - NABUCCO - Verdi - Janet Jacques, Jean Bailey, Linda Marshall Cole, Delme Bryn-Jones, Roderick Kennedy, David Fieldsend, Christopher Lackner.     d - Gordon Rendell, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1982 - DER VOGELHANDLER - Zeller - Pamela Hamblin, Linda Marshall Cole, Helen Attfield, Henry Howell, Thomas Lawlor, Harry Nicoll, Christopher Booth-Jones, Robert Thomas,  d - Anthony Skinner,  p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley.

1981 - MAID OF ORLEANS - Tchaikovsky - Jean Bailey, Janet Jacques, Linda Murray, John Treleaven, Paul Hudson, Christian du Plessis, Roderick Earle, Christopher Booth-Jones, Bonaventura Bottone, Paul Wilson, Thomas Pope.   d - Margaret Smail, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1980 - EDGAR - Puccini and CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA - Mascagni - Jean Bailey, Iris Dell Acqua, Janet Jacques, Patricia Taylor, Nico Boer, Henry Howell, Alun Jenkins, Michael Lewis, Roderick Kennedy, d - Eric Baker,  p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1979 - THE MAGIC FLUTE - Mozart - Fiona Dobie, Christine Isley, Janet Jacques, Patricia Taylor, Helen Attfield, Linda Murray, Bonaventura Bottone, Robert Thomas, Martin Shopland, Peter Savidge, Paul Wilson, Roderick Kennedy d - Eirion Neubauer, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1978 - TURANDOT - Puccini - Janet Jacques, Catherine Occhiato, Geoffrey Pogson, Bonaventura Bottone, Robert Thomas, Martin Shopland, Peter Savidge, Paul Wilson, Roderick Kennedy.  d - Peter Cole, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1977 - AIDA - Verdi - Janet Jacques, Anna Benedict,  Gillian Knight, Henry Howell, Bonaventura Bottone, Robert Bickerstaff, Colin Iveson, Roderick Kennedy.  d - Eric Baker and Peter Cole, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1976 - CARMEN - Bizet - Vivien Townley, Anna Benedict, Sally Presant, Anne Pashley, Henry Howell, David Clyde, Robin Pardoe, William Elvin, Niall Hoskin, Paul Hudson, d - Eric Baker, p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley

1974 - BARTERED BRIDE - Smetana - Janet Price, Mary Hobbs, Jennie Stoop, Lucia Etchells Gregg, Bonaventura Bottone, David Cusick,  William Parish, Niall Hoskin, Michael Follis, Ian Davies, d - Eric Baker and Derek Whittaker,  p - Robert Glen, c - Patrick Shelley.