Supported Digital Package
Get your pupils singing and moving while learning!
New for 2026, our Supported Digital Package provides teachers with a comprehensive set of high-quality learning resources alongside a support visit from one of our teaching artists to help you stage your own show in school.
During your rehearsal process, one of our Scottish Opera artists will visit your school to provide a twilight CPD session for the class teachers. In that session, they will guide and support you in how to rehearse and stage the show, working on elements such as how to position the pupils, move them between songs, and build their stage skills – as you work towards staging your own production.
This project has three stages:
Stage 1 - where you use the music and videos on Scottish Opera’s website to help the pupils learn the songs, practice the dance moves, and get to know the characters in the story. You can also try some of the suggested further activities included in this pack to help your pupils learn more about The Dragon of the Western Sea, learn about the world of opera and theatre, and build excitement for their performance day!
Stage 2 - where one of the Scottish Opera teaching artists visits your school during a twilight CPD session for the class teachers, providing them with tips and tricks on how to manage the rehearsals and prepare your pupils for their performance.
Stage 3 - where all this knowledge and experience feeds into the performance itself.
Kindly supported by Scottish Opera’s Education Angels
The Dragon of the Western Sea
In the year 1405, the great Dragon Throne Emperor of China, Zhu Di, has decided it is time his nation expanded its influence beyond the edge of the known world and into the mysterious Western Sea.
He assembles an enormous fleet of mighty ships with 28,000 crew, and fills them with all the treasure and riches of China. Enough to buy the gratitude and friendship of those unknown lands beyond the setting sun.
Only one man could be trusted to lead such a dangerous and important mission, the great Admiral Zheng He, the Dragon of the Western Sea.
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The Dragon of the Western Sea supported digital package costs £375 plus VAT.
This package provides you with everything you need to make the project – and the performance day – a success. This includes:
- PDF of the lyrics, and full teaching pack
- Audio files including the full score, instrumental only backing tracks, and detailed teaching tracks which take you line by line through the music, which can be both downloaded and listened to online in playlists
- Videos which teach you the staging and dance moves for each song
- Videos to be used on the performance day, providing the backdrop and music for your show, including solo roles sung by Scottish Opera professionals
- A twilight CPD session with teaching artists to guide and support you on how stage to the performance
If you would benefit from using our teaching resources in your own time, explore our On-demand Digital Packages for £100 plus VAT.
Contact
Questions about our digital package?
Please contact our Producer Madeleine Coxshott using the contact form below: