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Anthropocene: a timely chiller from Scottish Opera

By David Smythe, 26 January 2019

Climate change, challenged egos and a strange Ice woman tell a gruesome tale in Anthropocene, a finely sung new opera from Stuart MacRae, with libretto from Louise Welsh, set in the Arctic with a cinematic score.

***11

***11

Glasgow

26 Jan 2019

Anthropocene: a timely chiller from Scottish Opera

By David Smythe

Glasgow

The Devil Inside: a deeply chilling opera receives its world première in Glasgow

By David Smythe, 23 January 2016

The Devil Inside, a chilling new opera by Stuart Macrae with libretto by Louise Welsh, is a fairy tale for grown-ups. Who will be the last owner of the devilish bottle and the curse of eternal damnation?

****1

****1

Glasgow

23 Jan 2016

The Devil Inside: a deeply chilling opera

By David Smythe

Edinburgh

Hebrides Ensemble: The Lads in Their Hundreds

By Alan Coady, 11 February 2014

The Hebrides Ensemble commemorate WW1 in an ingeniously crafted centenary programme at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall.

*****

*****

Edinburgh

11 Feb 2014

Hebrides Ensemble commemorate World War 1

By Alan Coady