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Opera Highlights

Bringing opera to 35 venues across Scotland

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Autumn 2025 Tour
2 October – 22 November

Touring to East Kilbride, Ayr, Gartmore, Brechin, Ellon, Crail, Castle Douglas, Melrose, Crawfordjohn, Birnam, Nairn, Lochinver, Glenuig, Castlebay, Lochranza, Johnstone, and Edinburgh

Tickets are now on sale.

 

Spring 2026 Tour
3 February – 14 March

Touring to Glasgow, Tillicoultry, Helensburgh, Town Yetholm, Newton Stewart, Dunlop, Dalmally, Dornie, Stornoway, Gairloch, Newtonmore, Banchory, Fraserburgh, Cromarty, Orkney, Wick, Lairg, and Bathgate

Our Spring 2026 tour will go on sale in Winter 2025.  

Water cooler moments, scheming co-workers and the leaving do that some would like to forget.

Opera Highlights is heading back to the office with a brand new show, transforming recognisable situations - forbidden crushes and awkward workplace conversations - for the stage. Think music paired with the whirr of the photocopier, as you’ll hear music from a range of operas, building a story of all-too-familiar office politics!

We’re taking opera out of the opera house and into halls across Scotland in an intimate, immediate and surprisingly relatable production, with four singers forming the cast of colleagues navigating workplace dynamics. For teens to grandparents, opera buffs to complete newcomers.

So clear your in-tray, unplug the desk phone, and book now for an extraordinary office party this Autumn.


Alongside
Opera Highlights, Scottish Opera will also run a series of outreach workshops at schools and community venues across the tour, giving people a new way to interact with the stories and music of Opera Highlights. Bookings for the free workshops for the Autumn 2025 tour will be available in late summer. 

 

Opera Highlights is supported by Friends of Scottish Opera and JTH Charitable Trust
Part of Scottish Opera's 2025/26 Season 
Order a paper copy of our Season Brochure here >> 

Show Details

Running time:
2 hours including a 20-minute interval

Language:
Both tours will be sung in English

Venue Accessibility:
Please get in touch for more information about accessibility in all our touring venues.

Ticket price:
£20 - booking fees may apply for some venues.

Concessions:
£6 for Under 26s - booking fees may apply for some venues.
Free tickets for essential companions.

Cast & Creatives


Autumn 2025 Performers

Soprano
Ceferina Penny

Mezzo-soprano
Chloe Harris*
*2025/26 Emerging Artists

Tenor
Luvo Maranti*
*2025/26 Emerging Artists

Baritone
James Geidt


Spring 2026 Performers

Soprano
Kira Kaplan*
*2025/26 Emerging Artists

Mezzo-soprano
Alexandria Moon

Tenor
Connor James Smith

Baritone
Daniel Barrett*
*2025/26 Emerging Artists

Autumn Music Director/Pianist
Meghan Rhoades

Spring Music Director/Pianist
Toby Stanford

Director
Emma Doherty

Designer
Kenneth MacLeod

Lighting Designer
Barry McDonald

2025/26 Season

L’heure espagnole / The Bear

Double Bill
Thursday, 04 September - Saturday, 15 November 2025
More info about L’heure espagnole / The Bear

La bohème

Puccini
Saturday, 11 October - Saturday, 22 November 2025
More info about La bohème

Heroines & Heroes

Tchaikovsky
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
More info about Heroines & Heroes

The Great Wave

Dai Fujikura & Harry Ross
Thursday, 12 February - Saturday, 21 February 2026
More info about The Great Wave

Tristan und Isolde

Wagner
Saturday, 07 March - Wednesday, 11 March 2026
More info about Tristan und Isolde

The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart
Saturday, 09 May - Saturday, 20 June 2026
More info about The Marriage of Figaro
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