Tickets are on sale now for our Opera Highlights show, The Office Party, which journeys to 18 venues across Scotland this Spring.
Bringing world-class opera direct to communities, the production hits the road from 3 February to 14 March. Telling the story of a raucous office party and a messy love triangle, it features four talented singers and a pianist and is the perfect opportunity to hear extracts from much-loved classics and lesser-known treasures.
This production is woven together with music from Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette, Massenet’s Werther, Handel’s Alcina, Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus and Samuel Barber’s one-act opera, A Hand of Bridge, all sung in English.
Transforming smaller venues into a local opera house, the show travels to Glasgow, Tillicoultry, Helensburgh, Town Yetholm, Newton Stewart, Dunlop, Dalmally, Dornie, Stornoway, Gairloch, Newtonmore, Banchory, Fraserburgh, Cromarty, Orkney, Wick, Lairg and Bathgate.
Created specifically for us each season, performing in The Office Party are 2025/26 Emerging Artists soprano Kira Kaplan (Trial by Jury & A Matter of Misconduct! 2025), baritone Daniel Barrett (L’heure espagnole & The Bear 2025), tenor Connor James Smith (The Merry Widow 2025) and mezzo-soprano Alexandria Moon, who is making her Company debut. Accompanying the singers on piano is Music Director Toby Stanford, Emerging Artist Repetiteur.
The show’s Director is Emma Doherty who last worked with us on the Outreach & Education show, The Giant’s Harp, and was Assistant Director in 2024 on Oedipus Rex and Marx in London! Designs are by the award-winning Kenneth MacLeod, who worked on last Season’s Opera Highlights.
The operatic snapshots in the Spring tour are curated by Fiona MacSherry, our Head of Music, and her choices of music make the story immediate and accessible for the audience, from teens to grandparents, opera buffs to complete newcomers.
The Spring tour follows a successful Autumn production, which visited 17 venues all over Scotland, including East Kilbride, Nairn, Castlebay, Lochranza, Johnstone, and Edinburgh.
Tickets are available from Touring Scotland: Opera On Your Doorstep: The Office Party | Scottish Opera