Press Releases
Burlesque & Opera Hit the Fringe in One-off Show
10 June 2010
Club Noir and Scottish Opera present a burlesque night with an operatic twist in a very special one-off show at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Scottish Opera announces new season
26 May 2010
Scottish Opera’s new 2010/11 season combines high-quality opera productions with inventive education work and one
or two more unusual operatic experiences to both satisfy and challenge core opera audiences and encourage new
attenders.
Five:15 in Twenty:10
18 February 2010
Scottish Opera will premiere five original short operas at the Word Festival in Aberdeen this May, marking the third year of the Company’s commissioning strand - Five:15 Operas Made in Scotland.
From Rossini to Puccini - Opera Highlights has it all
5 January 2010
Scottish Opera is coming to a venue near you this February with its annual tour of Opera Highlights (previously Essential Scottish Opera) – a relaxed, informal, concert-style evening of well-known opera tunes and little-known gems.
La bohème: All you need is love?
19 December 2009
This February, Scottish Opera presents one of the world’s most loved operas. Transporting Puccini’s epic romantic tragedy from the café society of 19th Century Paris to the art society of 21st century New York, Tony award-winning director and designer Stewart Laing gives us the modern equivalents of Mimi, Rodolfo and friends.
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War and Peace
14 November 2009
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Scottish Opera’s world premiere of Prokofiev’s original and unadulterated version of War and Peace opens in Glasgow and tours to Edinburgh in January 2010.
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Scottish Opera invests in stars of the future
29 June 2009
Scottish Opera, in partnership with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, is piloting a new programme to give graduate singers the opportunity of a lifetime – a year of full time work with the company to help them launch their careers.
