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Scottish Opera

Justina Gringytė as Carmen in the current Scottish Opera production PIC: James Glossop.

Scottish Opera’s 2023-24 season: 'The trick is to do things differently'

Justina Gringytė as Carmen PIC: James Glossop.

Opera review: Scottish Opera: Carmen, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

James Bowman in the title role of Handel's Ottone in 1992

Scotsman Obituaries: James Bowman, acclaimed British countertenor​

Carmen director John Fulljames in rehearsals PIC: Sally Jubb

John Fulljames on reimagining Carmen for Scottish Opera

A dress rehearsal for the Scottish Opera's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers, at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.

Scottish Opera boss tells of ‘direct impact’ of ‘diminution’ of music teaching

Scottish Opera perform Gianni Schicchi, the third part of Il Trittico PIC: James Glossop

Opera review: Scottish Opera: Il Trittico, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Karen Cargill PIC: Nadine Boyd

Karen Cargill: ‘Scottish Opera always feels like a special place to be’

The Curse of MacCabbra Opera House is a creepy dale with a dose of comedy.

Pupils in for a scare thanks to Scottish Opera

Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP was watched by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as he delivered his budget to the Scottish Parliament.Picture: Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament/PA Wire

Creative Scotland in crisis after 10 per cent Scottish Government funding cut

Alfredo Tejada (Ruiz Alonso) in Ainadamar PIC: James Glossop

Opera review: Scottish Opera: Ainadamar, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Deborah Colker

Deborah Colker on helping Scottish Opera embrace the spirit of flamenco for Aina...

Chef

Under the Radar: Chef

Dingle Yandell and Justina Gringyte in Scottish Opera's production of Thérèse PIC: Sally Jubb

Music review: Scottish Opera: Thérèse, St Mary’s Church, Haddington

Opera Highlights comes to Fraserburgh later this month. (photo: Craig Fuller)

Scottish Opera tour stops off in Fraserbrugh

Rehearsals for Scottish Opera's new production of Candide PIC: Julie Howden / Scottish Opera

Opera review: Scottish Opera: Candide, New Rotterdam Wharf, Glasgow

Shengzhi Ren, Margo Arsane, Monica McGhee and Dan Shelvey in Scottish Opera's Opera Highlights. Credit Craig Fuller

Scottish Opera's Opera Highlights brings tour to Banchory

The Comedy of Errors in rehearsal PIC: Alex Brady

Dominic Hill on The Comedy of Errors: 'A perfect little gem'

Rehearsals for Scottish Opera's new production of Candide PIC: Julie Howden / Scottish Opera

Scottish Opera’s Candide: A ‘wear sensible footwear’ kind of show

Hazel McBain as Uccellina in BambinO. (Photo: James Glossop)

Scottish Opera brings BambinO tour to Banchory

Emyr Wyn Jones and Lea Shaw in Scottish Opera's Don Giovanni PIC: James Glossop

Opera review: Scottish Opera: Don Giovanni, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Scottish Opera has included the current season’s revival of Thomas Allen’s Don Giovanni under the 60th birthday banner PIC: James Glossop

'We’re back in business' - Scottish Opera unveils 60th anniversary season

Sarah Pring and Lea Shaw in Mavra PIC: Fraser Band

Opera review: Scottish Opera Double Bill, Perth Concert Hall

Catriona Hewitson (Tytania) and Lawrence Zazzo (Oberon) in Scottish Opera's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream PIC: James Glossop

Opera review: Scottish Opera: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Lady Gibson was a fixture of Scotland’s cultural landscape for six decades (Picture: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan)

Obituaries: Lady Veronica Gibson, arts patron and president of Scottish Opera

Lady Veronica Gibson was involved in Scottish Opera from its formation in 1962.

Tributes paid to Scottish Opera stalwart Lady Veronica Gibson

Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra PIC: Chris Christodoulou

2022 Arts Preview: The Year Ahead in Classical Music

Madeline Squire is one of the dancers playing the magician Drosselmeyer in Scottish Ballet's production of The Nutcracker at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh. Picture: Andy Ross

Scottish culture has made huge progress towards recovery – Brian Ferguson

Scottish Opera's Falstaff PIC: James Glossop

Arts review of 2021: David Kettle on the year in classical music

Scottish Opera's Arthur Bruce PIC: Jane Barlow

Opera review: Scottish Opera: Utopia, Limited, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Richard Suart in Scottish Opera's new production of The Gondoliers PIC: Jane Barlow

'The Victorian equivalent of going to Ibiza' - Scottish Opera's Gondoliers

Michael Mofidian as a puckish Don Alfonso in Scottish Opera's Cosi fan tutte PIC: Sally Jubb Photography

Opera review: Scottish Opera: Così fan tutte, St Mary’s Church, Haddington

Roland Wood as Falstaff PIC: Julie Howden

EIF opera review: Scottish Opera's Falstaff, Festival Theatre

Scottish Opera's new production of Falstaff PIC: James Glossop

Opera review: Scottish Opera's Falstaff, 40 Edington Street, Glasgow

The full cast of Falstaff take a bow. Picture: Scottish Opera

Scottish Opera's pop-up theatre leads the way in reviving live entertainment

Edinburgh University's Old College will become home to a temporary venue for the Edinburgh International Festival this summer.

Edinburgh International Festival sells more than half its tickets in a few days

Scottish Opera staged an outdoor version of La Boheme outside its Edington Street studios in Glasgow last September. Picture: James Glossop

Month-long festival to be staged at pop-up outdoor theatre in Glasgow

Opera lovers headed to the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock during Scottish Opera's pop-up tour in September.

Scottish Opera to stage 200 'pop-up' shows at 40 outdoor venues this summer

A pop-up event hosted by Scottish Opera, which wants to develop an interactive evaluation tool to support its Primary Schools Tour. Picture: John Devlin.

Creative entrepreneurs sought to 'duet' with performing arts organisations

Eden Court in Inverness is one of Scotland's biggest arts centres.

Scottish arts bodies secure share of charity's £30m UK culture recovery package

Kitty Whately (Hansel) and Rhian Lois (Gretel) in Scottish Opera's Hansel and Gretel PIC: James Glossop

Kitty Whately on Scottish Opera's "hippy, vegan, woke" Hansel and Gretel

Maxim Emelyanychev

2021 Arts Preview: The Year Ahead in Classical Music

Michael Mofidian as Don Alfonso PIC: James Glossop / Scottish Opera

Opera review: Scottish Opera's Cosi fan tutte, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Elizabeth Llewellyn and Jessica Rhodes in rehearsals for Scottish Opera's La boheme PIC: James Glossop

Arts review of 2020: David Kettle on the year in classical music

Stornoway, in the Western Isles, which may go into Level 1 in the Scottish Government's new five-tier system of coronavirus restrictions next week.

Live events could return to some parts of Scotland within days - Brian Ferguson

A socially distanced audience takes in a pop-up performance by Scottish Opera in Govan (Picture: John Devlin)

Covid: Few signs of hope for Scotland’s cultural sector – Brian Ferguson

David Ireland as Colline PIC: James Glossop / Scottish Opera

Opera review: Scottish Opera's La bohème, Edington Street Production Studios, Gl...

Scottish Opera is to stage a series of outdoor shows across the country, at locations like Edinburgh Zoo, the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian, the Riverside Museum in Glasgow and Eden Court Musuem in Inverness

Why live events in Scotland will be al fresco for a while – Brian Ferguson

Charlotte Hoather and Ross Stenhouse in A Little Bit of Iolanthe, a previous pop-up production staged by Scottish Opera. Picture: Julie Howden

Flight museum and Edinburgh Zoo to host 'pop-up opera'

The SCO’s principal double bassist, Nikita Naumov.

Edinburgh International Festival: Classical round-up Week 1

The Telephone

Edinburgh International Festival review: Scottish Opera - The Telephone

Jonathan McGovern and Soraya Mafi in Scottish Opera’s The Telephone

Edinburgh International Festival preview: Scottish Opera's The Telephone

Conductor John Currie in May 1989 (Picture: Brian Stewart/TSPL)

Obituary: John Currie, talented conductor and Scotland’s ‘choirmaster general’

Virtual collaboration was key for the Going Places team

RSNO's lockdown youth music project is really Going Places

Arthur Bruce, Mark Nathan and Charlie Drummond in The Narcissistic Fish PIC: Julie Broadfoot

Feast on drama with Scottish Opera’s new film, The Narcissistic Fish

Daniel Keating-Roberts

The Scotsman Sessions #46: Daniel Keating-Roberts

Jade Moffat, Zoe Drummond, Arthur Bruce and Andrew Irwin, the four performers in Scottish Opera's cancelled Spring Opera Highlights Tour PIC: Julie Broadfoot

How Scottish Opera's last enforced shutdown could help it survive this one

The Scotsman Top Stories

A screenshot from one of the Red Ice videos uploaded to BitChute, in which white nationalist broadcadter Lana Lokteff describes Humza Yousaf and his family as "enjoying the fruits of a white society." Picture: BitChute

Police launch investigation into racist abuse and threats aimed at Humza Yousaf

Recycling schemes in other countries are not driven by a political desire to do things differently to England (Picture: Jonathan Pow/PA)

Deposit return scheme's fate is another fine mess, not a constitutional outrage

Analysis of the Scottish Government's consultation on the proposed Land Reform Bill have been released (Katharine Hay/The Scotsman)

Land Reform consultation highlights little trust in Scottish Government