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Passion Play: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Tosca…
Every so often you go to an event where the excitement and anticipation among the audience beforehand is palpable, and that was the case...
Oct 17, 20193 min read

Cosmic Entities: A Review Of Amadeus & The Bard…
In the fourth of our Scottish Opera podcasts we spoke to the Director of Education & Outreach, Jane Davidson who explained the ways SO...
Oct 16, 20192 min read


The Scottish Opera Interviews #6: Staff Director, Roxana Haines
Roxana Haines. © Julie Broadfoot – http://www.juliebee.co.uk For the sixth in our series of podcasts in conjunction with Scottish Opera...
Oct 9, 20192 min read


The Scottish Opera Interviews #5: Head of Props, Marian Colquhoun
For the fifth in our series of podcasts with members of Scottish Opera we spoke to Marian Colquhoun, the Head of Props. If you have ever...
Sep 24, 20191 min read


On The Road Again: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s 2019 Autumn Highlights…
The Scottish Opera Highlights tour has quickly become an annual musical must-see. Taking opera around the country, this season they go...
Sep 13, 20193 min read


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...
Jul 26, 20191 min read


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...
Jun 27, 20191 min read


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...
May 13, 20192 min read


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 16, 20192 min read


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 9, 20192 min read


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...
Apr 4, 20192 min read


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...
Mar 14, 20193 min read


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...
Feb 11, 20193 min read


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...
Jan 25, 20193 min read


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...
Sep 21, 20182 min read


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...
Jul 27, 20182 min read


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...
May 7, 20182 min read


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...
Apr 29, 20183 min read


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 28, 20182 min read


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...
Feb 16, 20172 min read
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