The Scottish Opera Interviews #3: Programme Editor, David Kettle
For the third of our series of podcasts with members of Scottish Opera we spoke to the Programme Editor, David Kettle about his role and...
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- Jun 27, 2019
- 1 min
The Scottish Opera Interviews #2: Head Of Music, Derek Clark
For the second of our series of podcasts with members of Scottish Opera we spoke to the Head of Music, Derek Clark about his role and...
- May 13, 2019
- 2 min
That’s Entertainment: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s The Magic Flute…
Few operas have found their way into popular culture in the manner of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. From Neil Gaiman’s adaptation of...
- Apr 16, 2019
- 2 min
Sunday Service: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Silvano…
2019/20 Programme A quick look at Scottish Opera’s 2019/20 programme (right) makes it clear that the company are reaching for a balance...
- Apr 9, 2019
- 2 min
Elysian Feels: A Review Of SOYC’s Orfeo & Euridice…
SOYC’s Orfeo & Eurdice It felt apt that the Scottish Opera Young Company‘s production of Gluck’s Orfeo & Euridice was staged in Greenock...
- Apr 4, 2019
- 2 min
The Scottish Opera Interviews #1: SOYC Artistic Director Jonathon Swinard…
For the latest podcast Ali headed to the home of Scottish Opera in central Glasgow to talk to Jonathon Swinard, the new Artistic Director...
- Mar 14, 2019
- 3 min
On The Level: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Katya Kabanova…
Sometimes you leave a theatre knowing that what you have just witnessed was something special. That was undoubtedly the case with...
- Feb 11, 2019
- 3 min
The Best Of All Possible Worlds: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Highlights Tour 2019…
SPRING 2019 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Touring to 18 venues across Scotland Over the last few years Scottish Opera has been taking to the highways...
- Jan 25, 2019
- 3 min
There Will Be Blood: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Anthropocene…
The first opera I reviewed for Scots Whay Hae! was Scottish Opera’s The Devil Inside, an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The...
- Sep 21, 2018
- 2 min
Tour De Force: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights…
For the last few years Scottish Opera have been taking to the highways and byways of Scotland with their Opera Highlights show. Last...
- Jul 27, 2018
- 2 min
Cheers For A Clown: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Pagliacci…
Staged in a circus tent in a sports field in Paisley, it was the sort of magical evening which will live forever in the memory, and by...
- May 7, 2018
- 2 min
Passion Plays: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Sunday Series – Rachmaninov’s Aleko an
Yesterday (Sunday 6th May) saw the last in the current run of Scottish Opera‘s Sunday Series: Opera In Concert, and, as with the previous...
- Apr 29, 2018
- 3 min
Love & Regret: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Eugene Onegin…
I have written a few reviews of Scottish Opera productions, and they are more often than not along the lines of “I may not know a lot...
- Feb 28, 2018
- 2 min
Tsars On Sunday: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s From Russia With Love…
As Boney M once exclaimed, “Oh those Russians”! Although this is Scots Whay Hae! my first literary loves are 19th century Russian...
- Feb 16, 2017
- 2 min
Singing On The Train: A Review Of Four Singers & A Pianist – Scottish Opera’s Highl
Scottish Opera is hitting the rails, and they’ll be doing so at a venue near you from 16th Feb – 18th Mar, traversing the Borders to the...
- Jan 25, 2017
- 3 min
Judge Dread: A Review Of Philip Glass’s The Trial…
It’s difficult to think of a more apt time for Philip Glass’s take on Franz Kafka’s infamous 1925 novel The Trial to arrive in...
- Jan 30, 2016
- 3 min
One Green Bottle: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s The Devil Inside…
The result, in collaboration with composer Stuart Macrae, is Scottish Opera’s co-production with The Music Theatre of Wales, The Devil...
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