Now in its 6th year, our ambitious annual winter collaboration with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama is an important opportunity for the Company to provide support, encouragement and hands-on experience for students at the start of their professional careers.

This year our co-production is Janáček’s life-affirming The Cunning Little Vixen. A revival of the landmark Scottish Opera/Welsh National Opera co-production created by David Pountney, with designs by Maria Bjørnson, this is a profound work brimming with humour, which explores the relationship between man and nature, and the natural cycle of life from birth to death.

The Orchestra of Scottish Opera and the Company’s senior specialist artisans and technicians act as mentors for the RSAMD’s young musicians, costume makers, set builders and stage technicians throughout the process of creating this new opera production. Three of Scottish Opera's Emerging Artists, Marie Claire Breen, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones and Michel de Souza will perform.

Conductor Timothy Dean

Director Elaine Tyler

Theatre Royal Glasgow
21 22 Jan 2011

Festival Theatre Edinburgh
27 29 Jan 2011

Tickets on sale Autumn 2010
See rsamd.ac.uk for more details