Without preamble, loud music begins. It turns out that the figures in the building are an orchestra, the men on the truck are the poet Rodolfo (Samuel Sakker) and the painter Marcello (Roland Wood), ...

Rachmaninov’s The Miserly Knight and Stravinsky’s Mavra are an unlikely pair. Even if they are both based on Pushkin, they are unlikely to become as entrenched a coupling as Cav and Pag, but each ...

Pirates, four brand-new operas, and the return of Wagner to the Scottish Opera stage for the first time in nine years mark the 50th anniversary season of Scotland's national opera company. In a ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Verdi’s work is far more profound than the program’s gloss, which seems to reach for contemporary relevance. As ...

The Scottish Sun and Scottish Opera have teamed up to offer the chance to attend the opening night of La bohème at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal. 700 pairs of tickets will be available to readers at a cost ...

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Scottish Opera presents a digital version of its hugely popular Opera Highlights, which will be released on October 25, World Opera Day, at 6pm. While the Autumn tour usually sees the company ...

As any performer will tell you, preparation is key. For Bridget, a role in Scottish Opera’s latest production means arriving at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow at least an hour before the show, leaving ...

I have been attending performances by Scottish Opera for over 25 years, but for most of that time other people have been reviewing the shows for The Herald, and it is only in very recent months that ...

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