Scottish Opera

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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

Fiona Maddocks

17, Feb, 2024 @1:00 PM

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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

Keith Bruce

14, Feb, 2024 @1:02 PM

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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

Keith Bruce

06, Sep, 2023 @2:20 PM

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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

David Lee

14, May, 2023 @2:05 PM

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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

David Lee

13, Mar, 2023 @1:08 PM

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Classical music: Fiona Maddocks’s 10 best concerts and operas of 2022
Excellence and perilous funding went hand in hand, Salome sizzled, a piano great led the way, and India and Italy became musical neighbours

Fiona Maddocks

17, Dec, 2022 @1:00 PM

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Scottish Opera Ainadamar review – vibrant and deft production brings Golijov’s opera to the UK
Deborah Colker’s staging of the Argentinian composer’s tale of the poet Lorca is clever and effective, with Scottish Opera’s orchestra capturing the musical colours and the score’s collage of influences

Rowena Smith

04, Nov, 2022 @10:33 AM

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Thérèse review – deliciously over-the-top drama puts the soap into opera
Scottish Opera’s semi-staged performance of Massenet’s opera about a love triangle during the French Revolution is delightful - full of passionate outbursts and high emotion

Rowena Smith

12, Sep, 2022 @7:21 PM

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Candide review – Voltaire and Bernstein enter the social media era
A brilliantly reimagined and boldly immersive promenade performance, complete with flashmob choir, plays to the strengths of Leonard Bernstein’s witty operetta

Rowena Smith

14, Aug, 2022 @2:32 PM

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – Scottish Opera triumphs with nightmarish take on Britten
Staged as a dystopian psychodrama, this sure-footed production is played with beautifully delineated detail

Rowena Smith

03, Mar, 2022 @1:03 PM

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The week in classical: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Cunning Little Vixen; Bath BachFest
Enchantment, glee and fresh voices are well met in Scottish Opera’s winning new production of Britten’s opera, while Janáček’s music holds court at ENO

Fiona Maddocks

26, Feb, 2022 @12:30 PM

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Pamela Helen Stephen obituary
Mezzo-soprano who brought great dramatic insight to bear in operatic roles by composers ranging from Monteverdi to Britten

Barry Millington

19, Dec, 2021 @3:24 PM

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