--- title: "Students visited the English National Opera over the Half Term" url: "https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2017-02-28-students-visited-the-english-national-opera-over-the-half-term" school: "Riverside Secondary School" --- [Click here to apply for Riverside 6th Form](https://riversideschool.applicaa.com/year12) # Students visited the English National Opera over the Half Term ![Image of Students visited the English National Opera over the Half Term](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/news/258.jpg) 28 February 2017 6 brave Riverside student went to West Hampstead where the English National Opera has their rehearsal spaces. Over the 3 day Abiola, Abanti, Caitlin, Kieran, Trisha and Saphron sang, composed and acted their hearts out. This culminated in a 30 minute mini opera comprising of Music from the new opera ‘A winter’s tale’ on at the Coliseum, music made by the students entirely and music edited by the in house composer. The result was a haunting take of madness and jealousy, death, rebirth and destruction’ ![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/258a.jpg) [ Careers fair for all of our Year 11 students](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2017-02-27-careers-fair-for-all-of-our-year-11-students) [Malick Sidiqe WorkShop ](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2017-03-01-malick-sidiqe-workshop) ![Riverside Secondary School](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Riverside Secondary School Renwick Road Barking IG11 0FU 0203 946 5888 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/riverside_campus/) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white.png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2026 Riverside Secondary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://riverside-secondary.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)