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2012: The opera summer and beyond

Opera Scotland is looking forward to the announcement, now imminent, of the programme for Scottish Opera's fiftieth anniversary season; and to the programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - which nowadays always contains some interesting operatic events. We have plans over the next year for continued development of the website and to spread awareness of its content and historical material. We continue to add material if not literally every day, then certainly most days. Yesterday, for...

Posted 20 May | Comments

Royal Opera: Edinburgh and Aberdeen Big Screen event

The free live relay of La bohème from the Royal Opera House takes place at 7.30 this Thursday, 17 May, and will be shown in Duthie Park, Aberdeen and Festival Square, Edinburgh. The separate audiences will be treated to an impressive production of Puccini's renowned opera - check out photographs here. Before the broadcast in Festival Square, Aria Alba- Opera for All - an Edinburgh based opera group (pictured) - will be giving a free live concert of music from 6.30pm. Read about their...

Posted 14 May | Comments

Puccini's Tosca triumphs again!

On the eve of our national company's fiftieth birthday, Anthony Besch's renowned 1980 production of Tosca for Scottish Opera is deservedly revived again. It was controversial in its time, as Besch set it in Mussolini's Italy rather than at the time of Napoleon as originally intended. But the presentation quickly won over critics as it became evident quite how true it was to the spirit of the original. This latest revival has gathered strong reviews for its young and talented cast (starring...

Posted 10 May | Comments

Puccini in Duthie Park

Party time in Duthie Park, Aberdeen as Puccini's La bohème, in the Royal Opera House's great production, is screened live and free as part of the annual BP Summer Big Screens programme. Regular attenders know what fun it is to be partying - surely more fun in Duthie Park than Cafe Momus (Act II) as shown in our picture! The free open air performance starts at 7.30 on May 17, and will be screened in Festival Square, Edinburgh as well. To see more details and images, check out our opera...

Posted 9 May | Comments

Tayside Opera

Tayside Opera are this year presenting a concert version of Verdi's La Traviata, under musical director Richard Johnston. The accompanist is Flora Tzanetaki, and there are to be three performances. Click here on La Traviata for more information.

Aria Alba and Figaro

Aria Alba-Opera for All are one of the first to announce their programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. They are performing Marriage of Figaro, with emerging singers, recruited from the community. Their offerings also include a touch tour, a pre-performance talk and a youth performance....

A little bit of...

Two members of Opera Scotland's team caught Puccini's Tosca in cut-down form at Dundee College recently. Many people across Scotland will be familiar with these mini performances, now in their third year. The team from Scottish Opera consisted of storyteller Lissa Lorenzo, with a lively...

New on the website in April

Biographies and obituaries of Graeme Broadbent, Arthur Davies, Ryland Davies, Stafford Dean (rev), Phil Gault, Leah-Marian Jones, Fanny Moody (rev), Stuart Macrae,

Posted 6 May | Comments

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