Gregor Forbes is a composer and pianist based in Glasgow. He is a student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, having graduated from the University of Cambridge Music Tripos in 2014. Besides his main musical activities, Gregor enjoys writing about music, organising concerts and conducting, and has interests in visual art and film.
More relevant than ever, the patriarchal nightmare of Verdi's Rigoletto is dark and unflinching in Scottish Opera's revival of their 2011 production, with some striking scenes and fine singing.
There are no answers, nor indeed many probing questions, in this Scottish Opera revival of Sir David McVicar’s production from 2008, but it is sumptuous and enjoyable.
Scottish Opera’s production of Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton's The Trial says less about Kafka’s vision of an absurd world and more about the absurdity of contemporary operatic conventions.
