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