Scottish Opera
Review – Last One Out
Scottish Opera’s Last One Out is described as ‘ a haunting mix of opera and Country’. Gareth Williams’ music and Johnny McKnight’s libretto combine to produce an elusive, impressive tale of how the past continues to influence the present.
Review – the Pirates of Penzance
✭✭✭✭✩ Upping the ante:
Frothy and fun – just as any production of the Pirates of Penzance should be – this new collaboration between Scottish Opera and the D’Oyly Carte Theatre Company has a rarely heard quality to it.
Preview of the week Mon 27 May – Sun 2 June
There’s a busy but rather bitty week ahead for theatregoers in Edinburgh with plenty of new shows opening – or arriving in town – but few on for more than a day or three.
Review – Werther
Bursting at the seams with big, pent-up emotions, director Pia Furtado’s take on Massenet’s Werther gets right to the throbbing, angst-ridden heart of his tragedy.
On Edinburgh’s Stages This Week: Sun 18 November 2012
Big opera, a dance festival and a swathe of amateur companies join the Edinburgh Gang Show for a packed week on Edinburgh’s stages.
Review – The Rake’s Progress
★★★★☆ Detailed
A malignant skeleton leers down on the audience from the front cloth in Scottish Opera’s fine, fine production of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress at the Festival Theatre.
Opera Review – Five:15 Operas made In Scotland
★★★☆☆ cerebral
It was a balmy summer evening in Edinburgh for the opening of Scottish Opera’s third instalment of their project to create short new Scottish operas, but the stage of Traverse One was ice-cold.
Preview for the week: 23-29 November
It’s another busy week at Edinburgh’s theatres, where the amateur companies are taking centre stage with three productions – at St Columba’s, Adam House and Saughtonhall – while Scottish Opera continue to hold the stage at the Festival Theatre.
Opera Review – The Italian Girl in Algiers
★★★★☆
Busy to the point of bursting, Scottish Opera’s vigorous co-production with the NBR New Zealand Opera of Rossini’s shining comic opera at the Festival Theatre is a captivating yet strangely disconcerting affair.
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