Opera Highlights 2012
31 Jan to 3 Mar 2012 - Visiting 15 venues across Scotland
Supported by The Friends of Scottish Opera
All aboard, all aboard! It’s that time of year again and our hugely popular Opera Highlights is setting off on a fifteen date tour the length and breadth of Scotland. A welcome winter warmer for audiences of all ages, it offers something for everyone, from seasoned fans to opera first-timers.
Four enthusiastic young singers will introduce a mixture of operatic styles, including arias, duets and ensembles from Verdi’s La traviata, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Bizet’s Carmen as well as less well-known gems by Smetana, Ambroise Thomas, Rimsky-Korsakov and Emmerich Kalman.
The show promises to bring a glow to your cheeks and put a spring in your step. So avoid the rush, buy your tickets now and sit back and enjoy the ride!
Soprano Anita Watson
Mezzo-soprano Rosie Aldridge
Tenor Robert Anthony Gardiner
Baritones Marcus Farnsworth (31 Jan to 18 Feb)
and Riccardo Simonetti (21 Feb to 3 Mar)
Pianist Susannah Wapshott
Director Pia Furtado
La traviata Brindisi
Luciano Pavarotti / Richard Bonynge / National Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca Classics)
Tancredi Di tanti palpiti
Cecilia Bartoli / Giuseppe Patanè / Vienna Volksoper Orchestra (Decca Classics)
Semele Where e’er you walk
Kenneth McKellar / Adrian Boult / Royal Opera House (Decca Classics)
Madama Butterfly Scuoti quella fronda
Angela Gheorghiu / Enkelejda Shkosa / Antonio Pappano / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (EMI Classics)
Così fan tutte Donne mie, la fate a tanti
Dale Duesing / Bernard Haitink / Glyndebourne (EMI Classics)
Louise Depuis Le Jour
Joan Sutherland / Richard Bonynge / L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Decca Classics)
The Pearl Fishers Au fond du temple saint
Gregory Cross / Gino Quilico / Charles Dutoit / Orchestre Symphonique to Montréal (Decca Classics)
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