Opera Scotland

New Season's Opera for Royal Conservatoire

The highlights of the RCS opera season include a UK stage premiere of the Jake Heggie opera Dead Man Walking, to be performed in May 2019.

There is a comic double bill in January, of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tirésias.

In March, there is a further double bill. Purcell's evergreen Dido and Aeneas is coupled with Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, marking his centenary year.

The well-known format of Opera Scenes is to be staged at the end of November. This year, to...

Posted 5 Sep 2018 | Comments

Scots and Gaelic and Baroque Opera

A pioneering project to perform a baroque opera in Scots and Gaelic will be taking place this summer with a new production of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas sung completely in Scots and Gaelic.

 The Scots Opera Project are fast building a reputation for these ground-breaking productions; having previously created, performed and toured Charpentier's Actéon, La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers and Mozart’s Magic Flute, sung entirely in Scots. This year the Scots Opera Project will introduce Gaelic...

Posted 29 Jul 2018 | Comments

Edinburgh Fringe programme announced

Thi year's opera productions offer a number of delights.

Notable are Opera Bohemia's new production of Verdi's Falstaff and  Mozart's Idomeneo, performed by Aria Alba-Opera for All.

New opera is represented by Tumbling Lassie, performed by Edinburgh Studio Opera. Music is by Tom Cunningham to a libretto by Alexander McCall Smith.

Opera Allegra are to perform Violetta, a contemporary version of Verdi's Traviata.

The Savoy operas are represented too, with a number of versions. Patience, by...

Posted 9 Jun 2018 | Comments

Street Scene spectacular at RCS

A sizzling slice of 1940s New York life comes to Glasgow in one of the most ambitious productions ever staged by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. There are only four performances.

 Blurring the boundaries between musical theatre and opera, Kurt Weill’s Street Scene brings together a show-stopping set, an infectious score and a cast of almost 60 from across the disciplines, including young performers from the Junior Conservatoire.

This production features:

• A spectacular 7m-high set of...

Posted 19 May 2018 | Comments