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Annual reports

Scottish Opera is pleased to release its 2022/23 Annual Report – 60 Years of Excellence – in the following formats:

  • View/download full PDF (4.11MB) – this is recommended particularly if you use a screen reader
  • View on FlipHTML5 –  also embedded below


The Year in Numbers

42,134 people in Scotland saw a live performance with Scottish Opera during the year

39,159 people - in Scotland, England and further afield - interacted with Outreach & Education programmes

1,482 individuals with Long COVID benefited from our ground-breaking Breath Cycle project, including Breath Cycle II launched in February 2023

6 immersive performances with community chorus of Bernstein's Candide were held 'under canvas' on land next to Forth & Clyde Canal

3 new productions: Candide, Ainadamar and Il trittico were created along with a revival of Mozart's Don Giovanni

3 premieres: UK staged premiere of Golijov's Ainadamar, Scottish premiere of Massenet's Thérèse and world premiere of Rubble by Gareth Williams

243,000 views on BBC iPlayer

229,232 views on YouTube

1 gala performance opening the 50th Perth Festival

In the Press

★★★★
– The Herald on Don Giovanni

★★★★ ‘A complex and nuanced production that brings a contemporary understanding to the whole opera’
– The Stage on Don Giovanni

★★★★ ‘damnably entertaining’ 
– The Times on Don Giovanni

★★★★ 'an unarguable success'
 – The Telegraph on Don Giovanni

★★★★
– Bachtrack on Don Giovanni

★★★★★ ‘...the not to be missed musical event of the season... witty and engaging but ultimately also deeply moving’
– The Guardian on Candide

★★★★★ ‘Candide is as good, if not better, than anything to be seen at the Festival and Fringe.’
– The Herald on Candide

★★★★★‘Deliciously witty and audacious, this is Candide delivered with a chutzpah of which Bernstein would, surely, have approved.’
 – The Telegraph on Candide

★★★★★‘A festive extravaganza in itself!’
 – The Scotsman on Candide

★★★★
– The Times on Candide

‘What a masterpiece and what a performance!’
 – Edinburgh Music Review on Candide

★★★★★ ‘a spectacular hit’
– The Scotsman on Ainadamar

★★★★★ ‘This is a powerful production of a powerful work. It demonstrates why art is of the utmost necessity to enable humans to learn from our past and seek to understand our future.’
– The Arts Desk on Ainadamar

★★★★★ ‘The energy of Golijov's music seems to generate the stage action and motivates the singers, musicians, and dancers to give their very best... a focused and gripping evening of music drama. It deserves to be a hit.’
– The Times on Ainadamar

 

★★★★★ ‘a visual spectacle of movement and projection... The Orchestra of Scottish Opera is on magnificent form, demonstrating a remarkable range of musicality’
 – The Herald on Ainadamar

★★★★
 – Bachtrack on Aindadamar

★★★★
– The Stage on Ainadamar

★★★★
– The Telegraph on Ainadamar

★★★★
– The Guardian on Ainadamar

★★★★★ ‘Operatic storytelling at its very best’
– Bachtrack on Il trittico

★★★★★ ‘exceptional vocal and dramatic excellence’
– The Stage on Il trittico

★★★★★ ‘an unmitigated triumph’
– The Telegraph on Il trittico

★★★★★ ‘Scottish Opera is a force for music and culture on the world stage’
 – North West End on Il trittico

★★★★★ 
– ScotsGay Arts on Il trittico

★★★★ ‘Stuart Stratford and the orchestra paint the kaleidescopic colours of Puccini's three scores vividly’
– The Guardian on Il trittico

★★★★ ‘The orchestra plays with terrific dramatic colour’
– The Times on Il trittico

★★★★ 
 – The Herald on Il trittico

★★★★ 
– VoxCarnyx on Il trittico

‘Tugging at every emotional heartstring, Scottish Opera's production of Puccini's three one-act operas... was a triumph’
 – The Scotsman on Il trittico

Gallery

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Don Giovanni, 2022

Rubble, 2022.jpg

Rubble, 2022

Candide, 2022.jpg

Candide, 2022

Pop-up Opera, 2022.jpg

Pop-up Opera, 2022

Opera Highlights, 2022 (1)

Opera Highlights, 2022 (1)

BambinO, 2022.jpg

BambinO, 2022

Ainadamar, 2022.jpg

Ainadamar, 2022

Il trittico, 2023.jpg (2)

Il trittico, 2023

Previous Annual Reports

Annual Report 2021/22 – PDF (5.0MB)

Annual Report 2020/21 – PDF (6.0MB)

Annual Report 2019/20 – PDF (3.0MB)

Annual Report 2018/19 – PDF (0.3MB)

Annual Report 2017/18 – PDF (0.2MB)

Annual Report 2016/17 – PDF (1.3MB)

Annual Report 2015/16 – PDF (0.7MB)

Business Plan

Business Plan 2022/23 to 2024/25 - PDF (2.9MB)

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