Today (7 May), we are delighted to unveil our 2026/27 Season, which features seven new productions spanning almost 300 years of operatic innovation: The Galloping Cure, Turandot, Alcina, Fidelio, Madama Butterfly, Così fan tutte and Hansel & Gretel.
Our commitment to bringing opera right across Scotland continues with three Pop-up Opera shows and a newly commissioned Primary Schools Tour. A concert performance at Lammermuir Festival of Britten: Music for Voice and Orchestra marks the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Ambitious, outward-looking, socially committed and artistically uncompromising, we remain as devoted as ever, holding our artistic nerve in challenging times and producing exceptional work at every scale and creating opera for everyone in Scotland.
Alex Reedijk OBE FRC, Scottish Opera General Director said: ‘Opera is not a luxury, it is a necessity. At Scottish Opera, we believe in the power of music, drama, and great art to provoke thought and move people to their core, and in my 20th year as General Director, that conviction has never been stronger. Nothing matters more to us than bringing opera to everyone across Scotland.
‘The mainstage shows at the centre of the Season centre on brilliant, complex, powerful female characters. We also make a concrete, visible commitment to the women shaping the next era of opera including the work of composers and directors Missy Mazzoli, Olivia Fuchs, Ruth Knight, Daisy Evans, Rebecca Meltzer and Lucy Bradley.
‘There are new co-productions and co-commissions with Irish National Opera, Opera Ventures Productions, NorrlandsOperan, Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera, State Opera of South Australia, and Edinburgh International Festival.
‘Our impact and reach will also be evident as we tour the country, visiting 34 communities with Opera on Your Doorstep, as well as Pop-up Opera, schools shows and outreach and education projects.
‘We are immensely grateful to everyone who buys a ticket and generously supports the Company as a Patron or a Friend, and indeed all our funders. We look forward to welcoming you to one of our performances.’
More information is available on our website, where you can watch the trailer, read the brochure and listen to Alex Reedijk and Music Director Stuart Stratford discuss the 2026/27 Season in The Scottish Opera podcast here.
Friends of Scottish Opera can access 20% off tickets during our priority booking period this year – from Thursday 14 May to Wednesday 27 May. There’s still time to become a Friend of Scottish Opera from £5 a month. Tickets will go on general public sale for the 2026/27 Season on Thursday 28 May.
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