Opera

Clive Barda is renowned for his photographs of opera and has enjoyed long associations with many of the world's leading opera houses:

* Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
* English National Opera
* Welsh National Opera
* Opera North
* Glyndebourne.

Clive's specialist knowledge of the opera field is matched by few photographers. Knowing each piece, he can anticipate and capture crucial moments and key characters, meaning his work is equally suited to being used in the press, brochures, or at the front of house.

Opera lighting is uniquely challenging for the photographer. As well as years of experience, Clive uses the latest digital cameras and works with leading experts on post processing techniques to deliver the very best image quality.


The Tempest
Royal Opera House

Hear Our Voice

Agrippina
English National Opera

Ariadne

Queen of Spades
Royal Opera House

Death in Venice
English National Opera

Gianni Schicchi
Royal Opera House

Khovanshchina
Welsh National Opera

Giulio Cesare
Glyndebourne

L'Heure Espagnole
Royal Opera House

Satyagraha
English National Opera

Der Silbersee
Wexford Festival Opera

L'Heure Espagnole
Royal Opera House

Khovanshchina
Welsh National Opera

Giulio Cesare
Glyndebourne

The Tempest
Royal Opera House

Hear Our Voice

Macbeth
Glyndebourne

Tosca
Royal Opera House

Der Silbersee
Wexford Festival Opera

Khovanshchina
Welsh National Opera

Death in Venice
English National Opera

Agrippina
English National Opera

Satyagraha
English National Opera

Agrippina
English National Opera

Gianni Schicchi
Royal Opera House

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Royal Opera House

Carmen
Royal Opera House

Der Silbersee
Wexford Festival Opera

Seven Deadly Sins Lindbergh Flight
Opera National de Lyon

Satyagraha
English National Opera

La Fille du Régiment
Royal Opera House

La Fille du Régiment
Royal Opera House

Seven Deadly Sins Lindbergh Flight
Opera National de Lyon

La Voix Humaine
Opera North

Macbeth
Glyndebourne

Der Silbersee
Wexford Festival Opera

Khovanshchina
Welsh National Opera

Gianni Schicchi
Royal Opera House

The Marriage of Figaro
English National Opera

La Fille du Régiment
Royal Opera House

The Tempest
Royal Opera House

Tosca
Royal Opera House

Macbeth
Glyndebourne

Transformations
Wexford Festival Opera

Carmen
Royal Opera House

Jenufa
English National Opera

Gianni Schicchi
Royal Opera House

Agrippina
English National Opera

Gianni Schicchi
Royal Opera House

Agrippina
English National Opera

Satyagraha
English National Opera

Queen of Spades
Royal Opera House

Bird of Night
Royal Opera House

La Voix Humaine
Opera North

The Tempest
Royal Opera House

L'Heure Espagnole
Royal Opera House

L'Heure Espagnole
Royal Opera House

Queen of Spades
Royal Opera House

The Tempest
Royal Opera House

Death in Venice
English National Opera

Transformations
Wexford Festival Opera

Khovanshchina
Welsh National Opera

Agrippina
English National Opera

Gianni Schicchi
Royal Opera House

Eugene Onegin
British Youth Opera

The Tempest
Royal Opera House

Der Silbersee
Wexford Festival Opera

Transformations
Wexford Festival Opera

Giulio Cesare
Glyndebourne

Gianni Schicchi
Royal Opera House

Satyagraha
English National Opera

Seven Deadly Sins Lindbergh Flight
Opera National de Lyon

La Voix Humaine
Opera North

Queen of Spades
Royal Opera House

Death in Venice
English National Opera

Satyagraha
English National Opera

Giulio Cesare
Glyndebourne

Der Silbersee
Wexford Festival Opera

Satyagraha
English National Opera

L'Heure Espagnole
Royal Opera House

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Royal Opera House

Agrippina
English National Opera

Death in Venice
English National Opera

Macbeth
Glyndebourne

Death in Venice
English National Opera

Der Silbersee
Wexford Festival Opera

Macbeth
Glyndebourne