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The Great Wave review – Hokusai opera sounds and looks beautiful but skimps on drama

There are strong performances and much to admire in Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross’s opera about the Japanese artist, but it feels strangely inert

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L’heure espagnole/The Bear review – Scottish opera pairs Ravel with Walton in pacy pantomimic staging

Jacopo Spirei’s double-bill of Ravel’s L’heure espagnole and Walton’s The Bear is huge fun, with baritone Daniel Barrett particularly impressive

The Guardian - UK

The Merry Widow review – come for the big tunes, stay for the birthday cement mixer

John Savournin has huge fun transplanting Lehár’s fictional Balkan Neverland to mafioso Manhattan in a hyperactive production

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Trial by Jury/A Matter of Misconduct! review – gags and Spads in Scottish Opera’s sparkling double bill

Gilbert and Sullivan’s 150-year-old comic opera gets a lively update, while there is plenty of fun to be had at the expense of politicians in Toby Hessian’s pacy new operetta

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Second World War papers found hidden in desk bought at auction

It is hoped that relatives of Ian Rodger can be traced so the papers can be passed on to them.

The Independent UK

The week in classical: The Makropulos Affair; Uprising – review

Orla Boylan captivates in Olivia Fuchs’s masterly Scottish Opera Janáček. And Jonathan Dove’s rousing new community opera puts down firm roots

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The Makropulos Affair review – immaculately paced and gripping opera storytelling

Olivia Fuchs’ production of Janáček’s opera is a remarkable achievement, with Orla Boylan’s riveting performance at its heart. In the pit, Martyn Brabbins is superb

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Glasgow institution announces closure – and demolition – after 40 years trading

A GLASGOW "institution” has announced that it will be closing for good at the end of January after 40 years in business ...

The National (Scotland)

New Scottish Opera building and student flats approved despite objections

Scottish Opera has won permission to build a new headquarters and student housing beside the Forth and Clyde Canal.

The National (Scotland)

Plans for new Scottish Opera HQ and 700 student beds approved despite objections

PLANS for new Scottish Opera headquarters and over 700 student beds on a canalside site in Glasgow have been recommended for approval — despite…

The National (Scotland)

Albert Herring review – Britten’s postwar comic opera sits surprisingly well in the 21st century

Impressive debuts, thoughtful characterisations and an Albert who was easy to root for helped Scottish Opera’s production feel remarkably timely

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Oedipus Rex review – an unmissable and inclusive update of Stravinsky

There was wonderfully precise singing and magnificently dramatic orchestral work, but the promenading community chorus, featuring local NHS workers, may have been the crowning glory of this bold Scottish Opera staging

The Guardian - UK

Mark Brown: Here's my biggest picks for this year's Fringe

IT’S that time of year again, when many a well-heeled Edinburgher departs for three-and-a-half weeks in Provence, renting out their home for the…

The National (Scotland)

Does UK opera have a future to sing about?

Nestled deep in the Sussex countryside, Glyndebourne has been attracting opera fans for almost a century. This year, its flagship summer festival coincides with a celebration of the company’s 90th anniversary. This is no small feat, given the harsh economic climate and challenges UK opera companies face to keep the…

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Composer Gareth Williams on the 10 things that changed his life

Nan Spowart spoke with composer and songwriter Gareth Williams on the 10 things that changed his life...

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The week in classical: Marx in London!; The Barber of Seville; LSO/ Stutzmann; RPO/ Petrenko – review

A day in the life of the father of communism is full of laughs in Scottish Opera’s new production of Jonathan Dove’s buoyant farce. Elsewhere, notable house debuts at ENO, a Bruckner double bill and Rachmaninov to remember

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Marx in London! review – Dove’s opera is capital entertainment

A magnificent cast led by Roland Wood and Stephen Barlow’s vivid staging ensure that Scottish Opera’s production of Jonathan Dove’s rumbustious farce is both cogent and witty

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Baillie Gifford urged to divest from firms linked to illegal Israeli settlements

An investment firm that sponsors Scottish cultural organisations invests in companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, The…

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Daphne review – Scottish Opera’s semi-staged Strauss is in masterly hands

Skilfully cast and sung – tenor Shengzhi Ren a particular stand out – and beautifully played, this was the Scottish premiere of Strauss’s late one-act opera

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Opera stage show inspired by Nazi-era martyr Sophie Scholl

RICHARD Strauss’s Daphne, which draws upon Ancient Greek myth and drama, is a fascinating work from the 20th-century operatic canon. It is also,…

The Independent UK

Ballet and opera figures recognised in honours list

Christopher Hampson of Scottish Ballet and Peter Lawson of Scottish Opera have been made CBEs.

The Guardian - UK

Kathryn Harries obituary

Versatile singer whose roles ranged from Wagner and Janáček to Dido in the first complete performance of Berlioz’s Les Troyens

The Guardian - UK

Carmen review – a true-crime thriller with an uneasy heroine

Scottish Opera’s new production makes the most of the work’s reinstated spoken-word sections, but suffers from a lack of charisma in its star

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Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival to feature packed programme of storytelling and theatre in May 2023

Highlights include an immersive music, food and drink event in Castle Douglas and Pop-Up Opera in Sanquhar and Moniaive

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Il Trittico review – Scottish Opera’s vivid new staging has humour and heartbreak

David McVicar’s atmospheric production of Puccini’s triptych gains from magnificent performances by Roland Wood and, in her company debut, Sunyoung Seo

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