Welcome

The Victorian Lyric Opera Company (VLOC) was founded in 1978 to perform musical works of the Victorian era. Our first show was Trial By Jury paired with Cox and Box. Since that time we have performed all of the works in the Gilbert & Sullivan canon, most of them many times over. We have also branched out into other European operettas and even grand opera, like Mozart's The Magic Flute & Donizetti's The Elixir of Love. The mission of the company has been and continues to be to provide high quality performances of light operatic works, providing educational and performance opportunities for our community. Our membership is drawn from all over the Greater Washington Metropolitan area. We have performers of all ages in our company, and often will have multiple generations of the same family on stage at the same time. In 2011, The Victorian Lyric Opera Company merged with The Forgotten Opera Company. VLOC is a resident company at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at the Rockville Civic Center.

Audition for us!

Auditions for our 2019 production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers will be held October 28-30, 2018.
​To find out more and sign up for an appointment, visit our Auditions page. 

Coming Soon to the Gaithersburg Arts Barn!

Jack and The Beanstalk
A children's opera
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Words and story adaptation by John Davies

Directed by Kate Huntress-Reeve
 
October 20, 21, 27, & 28 at 11AM and 2PM each day

All performances at the Arts Barn 
311 Kent Street, Gaithersburg MD 20878
Opera Incognito

October 20 at 7pm
(reception at 7pm, concert at 7:30pm)

Performance will be held at The Parthenon
9201 Harrington Drive, Potomac, MD 20854

It’s almost Hallowe’en, and the Forgotten Opera Company invites you to Opera Incognito, a concert which takes a light-hearted look at disguise and deception in opera. 
VLOC is supported in part by a grant from the
​Maryland State Arts Council.
VLOC is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
The Victorian Lyric Opera Company (including the Forgotten Opera Company) is a 501(c)[3] organization.
We depend on charitable contributions to continue to bring you productions at the quality level of production you've come to know. 
​Please consider supporting us in these efforts!
If you prefer, checks can be made out to "VLOC" and mailed to us at P.O. Box 10391, Rockville, MD 20849-0391.
Unless otherwise noted, all photographs on this site are copyright Harvey Levine.