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Tho truste05 prwnt th￿'r annual report and ffir￿￿1 for th8 year •ndod 31 March 2023.
Th• Ilnjroal 8t8t￿￿￿ bggn prBpllrnl in a(x1)rda￿ wilh thp accounlirvj polldej ￿t In note 1 to t
financ4al statements and eomply wth the charit￿3 Memrandum and Midos ofAsS0tsatK￿ in¢otwated on 18 June
2021. the C¢ryanw Art 2Cth aThJ "AcctyJnbrvJ Rwrbry by charrt￿ Stslemgnt of RgLy)mmerthd Pra¢1
opplkabkn to L*ath3 preparing their accounts In aco)rdance Itto Finandal Repoiting Standard applleabl6 In
tho UK and Repub￿¢ ol Ir•land IFRS 1021 (off•cti￿ 1 Januory 2019>..
ObJ•¢tfvM and •¢tlvlO••
irro's L*Jjects are to advanc• the •Oucakn of th• ynarnl Publ￿ thro(¥h lh8 preMnt8tson ol opora. and to fijrti
th• d•¥*lo5xnont of put4ic appreoatson and taste In ts art form. ThrLwh ￿0￿￿Ord￿ tOU￿n9. Innovati￿ outreach
proiects and immernivo tso*nolt)3y UTO enabl8S greatef acuss lo opera. UTO is fArymmitted lo onsunng audi•n¢e•
enjoy ts physica and dwjrtal content rt crnatas. *tther th arn 0tt6rKlir*J crn of UTO'• $70A*both tour
products'on•. ar eTrJagww with an •ugm•ntsd reaty op•ra ¢xp•rnnc* usin9 a amar¢*hon•.
Artl•tl¢ ObJ•ctlvM:
. ID crn¥i¥• for opwa an th• north olth•18lind ol lrnlarKI and boyond
to njn a fiexlbl8 and lean organisabon en8b￿n9 artknlc risk
. to devdop tal￿t 4TrJ Id0￿ through partnw•hps
. to dovow oxcal•nt rel8tsorshwJs wth UTO'S exwtiw WKI fubjre tourfTrJ vanues In Northam lrnlaThJ
and thè Repub￿¢ of Ireland
. to undertske a fla98hip lour kn Swlffj 2023
R•M•rch and D•v•lopm•rt ob￿¢•J¥•I
. to portrwrShi￿ ￿￿thIn ts immefV4e waor on the Id•nd ol Ir•14fKI and b•rfond
to explore a range of volumotn'G caplurn optlonj
. to dovelop *lthln UTO In prepw•tlon for ￿ incnuo kn IMMW•b￿ lecthMh)gy
Tho 8tratfj9￿ ompw to Ihw oty•cbvo8 In th• y•or ¢over•a by th¢￿ •x¢unts Ind￿0 ur#dart&king •
fijily stageoj production in v•nue8 pr•viousty vuited with the A Night at the Opern concert serw. rxep•rirN the
•U9m¢nbJ r•alrty arp for ￿baSe on IOS thr￿ cA￿d stw sdutk*ns. and devebwg strategie partner• for th•
funding and d•livory ¢1 School work•hops and Ulstar Youth Opera. In UTO's third year, tha company h•¥ bullt upon
In r•¥1￿1r@ and d•vd¢)pirvJ Lrro's a¢*4itm and futurn ￿an8, c8refvl con8ideratlon Is gfven to th• publk benefft
orlslng frcrfn UTO'$ work. The Trustets tske parth)Jl8r Actyunt of Ihe Ct• Ccmmljslon NI'$ general guhJanc4 on
Publ￿ benefft vthen re¥￿11r￿j the aims and obj'ocfj￿ ot th•rity. The TnJstse$ ¢onspJgr that the worf( of thg
dmrlty will wovbje con8i¢Jeth b•n•fft to th• pth as Ilustrat•d by th• ac*'wb•s d8Jcrtb&J in this r¥￿rl

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Achl•v•m•ntr and P•rform•nc•
The Bart)•r of S•vlll• tour 2023
Spring 2023 wa5 be a key p8ri¢Jd for th8 curpany. itro produced Tha &ga￿ar of Sewll•. its first fvlty gt8ged tro
bordér tour. Thts production toured to ly￿ venu88 in th• oflrel8rKJ aTrY wThJe8 in Noruwn I[•lw￿, wlth
the MAC Belfrdst as a significant nthv parther.
Grianan theth Lettethenny on 10.02.23, MAC Belfast on 15.0123 (sdd rJJtl and Tcr•mhall Arts Space Cavan on
17.0123.
Norlhem Irish V*inr*rs of the Glenami Festival of Voi(* jcAned a rThipany of ni￿ singerJ, as Maladry Frnme
performed the rol8 of and Peler c¥J￿red the roie of CountAlmavi8 as as p8rfomiing tenor chorus.
Northern Irish rising star Sarah F￿chMOnd made her rolo debut as Rosina and ThcAnas Chonhall played Fuam.
Jack Roberts sang th• mlo of Count Akna%Trt h&ryrvJ thi¥ pwfornanca of Ler￿ty at the D￿ra
H(Alarnl Park Yow¥J Arlwt ELyn• ¢kn9iTh Penrarr•q arKI Loren• Paz tr* rokn5 of Dr. Bartolo
•nd Bert&
Tho aCc¥)M￿nImenf forthe yodudon exparthd on the lu￿89 Ot th• A ffttwht •t Owa tswr. addiTrJ rl•rir*t
the plano acc¥)mpaniment EXcep￿ana1 piani¥l WKI corKIKtyr Gary Mathe*w vrns tr* Mwcal Diroctor for th8
produdon. Critscal ac£laNn was garr￿Ted frcxn respecled publicabons suth u OP￿ Ncw maga2irva, vthich *ill
feabjro a rnviwi in the May 2023 •dfaon:
'Ro￿￿11.$ Tr• Bathr of S•th demants ddicacy. flL*ncy. •rnl IV*8e• of lis pwfrym•rn. Durirvj its 1511
Fobnjary wrforn)ance at 8etlas¥s MAC. Uistsr TwriTrJ Oprn's company dwrtonsl￿ cwdty on all
Sarah M￿le&Ve, - In Oporn May 2023
proYKle slgnificant benefft to existing aTrd 4udieneas:
. iffo d¢)ubled the per(*ntsg8 of wople bet44WI the agos of2M4 b•tsfftn 21￿ *rKt 2023
Ilentsfy as Dldeaf or disabled. or hm a lo1￿1•mI health C1￿1￿0n.
knpact ofthe comparfs
it n•ar￿*￿ I vffjnd•rful. h1￿ to tra￿1..
atterKI the Malket Pla￿ Theatre in Armagh. bui I was unabh• to m*e ¢ so I cl￿8 théi MAC. I do hope
AR Op•rn B•lfast and Dublin pr•ml•v
Folk￿1￿ the ofAR Gbvanrd at th• SXSW F•$1I4ol rn Lrro Ixwhtthis expgrbnce l¥yn8 through
premieres in Belf¥t arKI Dublin. The Dubfm PMbigTP to(A( ptac£ at the ARVR Innovate COrrferen￿ on 1511 June
2022. vthere Dafydd Hall wifwis damortstrated the &)p as VRII as tskn'fWJ part in Creative Ind￿tr￿ panel
dtscussion which awa￿able tr) Yie4V ¢)n YOUTU￿ The Belfast p￿i￿re took at 2 Royal AbEnue on 7

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Butter¢r•no Opera Flash Mob
UTQ develijped lis relationship wtth Arts & Business Nl to reach audiences in unexpected IcKatsons. such as
business patfts and sh¢Jpping centrBs. On MorKlay 2nd May 2022 Ihe thnpany surprised Shoppers al thg
Buttefcrane Centrg in Ngwry with an unforgettable perfofftance, 5LlPPQrted by Arts & Bu5ine3s Nl. Tenor P&lriGk
Hyland. pianist Keith m￿ls￿r and eight other pertomers underto￿% a Flash Mob ol PU￿1n1'S dassic oFera aria
chorus 'Nessun Dom)a'. Thg piece was performed at three differBnt points in tho day, and footag8 of the e￿rtt
has now l)88n watched on YouTube ovor 4.000 Ilmes.
Nl Scr••n Developm•nt Fund
Wth Support from Nl Sulon through tho Scrnen Deb￿0pment Fund, UTO workod with B8lfast4)asod gamos
development company ￿llep0t to bnng the AR Opera damonstrator devolowj during the XRX programma to the
IOS App Store and to a global market using doud4iased t8thnology. this work was complet*J in the 202>24
financial year, a significant portion of this work was undertaken durirw period of these accounts. As well as
creating an engaging immefsN6 eypenonce. UTO ha¥ rye•tsd unique intelloctual property arourKI the dlssomin•lion
ol volumeirtcally captured perlOrnan￿ that UTO is IoL*ing to develop furttw.
8prfng 2023 School Oporn Work•hop• and Op•rn Dn th• Lough Conc•rt
The Fernanagh Choral Sod8ty securgj on ACNI Rural Arts Engagement Programme grant In partnorship wth
Ulgter Tourtng Opera and the Femanagh arvj Omagh Dl$tn"d Counal. The grant 5UPPOrted an ambitsou8
programmg of eng89ern￿t in Spring 2023. knduding an Opgra on th8 Lough Cofi￿rt featurin9 tha Choral Souety
as ￿?11 98 UTO'8 soloists, and an exlensive cwa wothshop IKowima.
The COn￿rt took pla￿ on V February 2023 4t thè Ardhowen. and indudod a profewional pianisL mezzo4oprano
and baritone Bs well os lh8 Fe￿anagh Choral SOCW. 1(X)% of the Chofal Soclety members agreed that it felt
r6wardln9 to sing alongside profBs5ional opera singe￿. and 95% agreed Ihat they fell haPP￿r after partI￿patIng In
the projecL 87% of Chor81 Sou8ty Members feft that the project made them feel more ¢onr*rted to other8 In Ihe
Choral Society.
Thor& was slgnlficant demand for thè fr88 Schools, wothshops.. all of tha wothsh¢¥*S were fvlly booked withln one
wèèk of release, and the twn w&r6 abla to deliver the to 640 chlldren. 25 workshops were deliverod
betsveen 17m January 2023 ar￿ 14th February 2023 in arnas such as L¢stellaw. m￿uIreSbrldge, Brookeborowh,
Garrison. Ennisks'1￿n, Newtownbutlar. Donagh, Edwney, INinest(rwn. Aghadrum$è8, Lisnaskaa ar￿ Floren¢e¢ou
Th& feedback from the chikjren demonstratss that Ihe vhirkshops mad8 a signtfic8nt Imp8d on thair mood end
Sense of wellbging. Aquots from the reFM)rt by Th11￿ o)nfiTms Ihis..
e saw 8 massive improvement in emoti￿81 kgve13 88 a result of the school workshops: before tho
workshops, 54% of 3tsJd•nts were happy. After the workshops. thi5 metric In¢￿8$8d to 76% of students..
Thriva roport 2023
76% of the chiklren who took part in ts wclect agreed that Ihey should do mor8 muslc drama wotksh¢JPS in
$th0015, ther6 compellirvJ data to sury)fy1 the neeAI for thi8 hind of positive impact on the lives of children In
Fernanagh.
The impact of Ihis proieds work was recognised by thg BBC, who serrt o reporter to attend ono of tho W0￿$hoP$ at
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Ul•tsr Youth Op•ra
Lrro is commstted to a lon*term approach b er¥Jag￿t In the areas in *fiith It wo￿. The cLYnpany secJJred
support from thè Bank of IrelaTrd Begin Together Fund the ACNI YOUNJ Peq)le ar#J Vklbeing Fund to support a
nw arKI innovat¥* Ulstef Youth Opara pr(¥ramm8 in parts￿￿ with tre Ardh¢y•M. Enniskillen. The programm•
dolNars wortshcps to your¥J pwle tth￿en the agfjs of &18 for a subsidised rate of £3 per wortshop.
PartiC4pants develop their Tnusic and drama skms, as as buikjing 0)nffiden￿ and boneffting from th8 proven
Il*ing ben8fits of ¢ommunty arts er4Jagement
The first session was h81d on ThWYd￿ 1611 Marth 2023. *ith an &13 s¢ssion betrAten 5wn arrtl &45w arKI a 1
Fln•nclal Tevlew
Total income recor4*d 01 £124.502 for th• poriod •nd•d 31st Math 2023. wilh rhryt of £124,188 and
fijnds at th8 wnod end of£9.578 (restric￿ ffijnds £8.738 4Th1 of£2,840>.
Rlsk management
plac• tp mlty'gate ¢xpo•ur¢ to m•Jor r5*&
Vheent Crossey, estabttshing that h Compan￿5 risk managemert contrnc*TrJ and fin•nual wowlurns •re in li
wlth the best praciu eyperted of a prolessional arts organisation.
Dafydd Hall williams completed the Rlsk Als￿￿AwarThsS Cowse run by RegerArate. and has cunpleted a
range of risk assèssments, indudin9 thos8 for e%¢nts durirvj Iho parKlwnio To ensure best waCti￿. UTO has
In Othber 2022 Ulster Tourlng Opera stgned a serte agreement wlh the F8rmanagh Rural Communlty Inltiativ&.
whith 8nables th8 FRCI to submrt Ac￿sS Nl downents on behalf of irro as a regi8tor•d umbr* ¢YganisatiorL
Accass Nl.
Tho next finanLiaS year see a ft>raM on the grry￿ •nd expanslon of Ulster Youth Opern. both wthin Ennlskn19n.
nd al￿ in new Wdnu8S 8crrJss Northern Ireland. Ulstsr Touring Opera ￿11 be appoaring in tho Bellast Intemational
Fèstival for tha firgt timè, both as 8 partrnr in an ACNI Organisation Dyital Evolukn pArtr￿hr￿ led by poety
company Quotsdian. and 8190 pmnbng prwniwo offv Kraina soThJ cyde by Mcoonnel arvj perf0M￿d
Orchards. The e￿nt will take place in F•bruary 2024 Jnd vnll invofve irro solosts. the Ulster Sthng Quartet and
the Ami4h City Cholr. This marks an impotsnt de￿10%￿nent lor the c(xnpany as it begws to partrw with
•n8embles in Nl rather than uiili%ng Ix•no for a¢xcryanbnant
lh8 next tour. In parbailar. trle a)m￿Y researth h(MT to t*tter appty the recommendations In th•
ThDAtr• Green Book in FyududiM$ 80 that UTO can become a rokn model in sustainable op8ra produ¢tion.
Flnalty. UTO wll ro188so the AR Opera app for free +Jn Iha IOS app store plakn. Foll(ThvirKJ ts ￿lease of the app.
Apple I￿lon Pm l*a(tsèts.

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Structurei governance and managem•nt
UTO's year of operatlons began regrntra*"on Ydth Companies House on 2> Dewnber 2019 by founder
and ArUsti¢ Director Oafydd H911 Williams. As UTO was set up wlth the intention of achiewng charty status, it wa$
regi6tered as a Company by Guarnntso.
The trustse8, who are a150 tho diré¢tor8 lor ts purpose of compgny Iwrf, arKI who dunng tr* yo#r and up to
the date of 8KdnabJre of the financial statemarts V**re."
M¥ Catherine Mccann
(ReAiJnad 23 Marc*b 2023)
Ms Anne Doherty
Ms Karen MGShane
Ms Marieioulse Muir
Dr Hyolung Sun
Mr Robert Thlcknes
Mr James Donn•lty
M8 Jane Monari
Mrs Nuala Tralnor
{Re8&ned 23 Marth 2023)
I￿rnt¥d 23 March 2023)
{Appointad 23 March 2023)
{Appolnted 23 March 2023)
Th& current Trugtees of Ulster Tounng Opefa ha￿ ba8n rocruited to lh8 board durirrfJ the period covered by th•s8
accounts. Drawn from Ihe arts, •vents, accountsn9, engineering, ioumalisn and ¢rgatNe ir*dustn"e$ se¢tors, th19
group ot professlonals represents a dsverso. 0Xporw￿ ar￿ passionate govaming body, weu suit8d lo th8 task of
over3eein9 the organisation'5 inlbal years of 9foN¥th.
Th8 trustsg$' rfjport was aFprofftl by ts BO4￿ ofTrust￿5.
Ma Karen MGShane