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Edward Jowle (Figaro) and Ava Dodd (Susanna) © Mihaela Bodlovic

Sir Thomas Allen’s Marriage of Figaro for Scottish Opera still entertains

By David Smythe, 09 May 2026

A traditional Marriage of Figaro entertains with a strong cast, eye-catching design and lighting, and Amanda Holden’s earthy libretto.

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Glasgow

09 May 2026

Sir Thomas Allen’s Figaro for Scottish Opera still entertains

By David Smythe

Mario Chang (Rodolfo) and Hye-Youn Lee (Mimì) © Mihaela Bodlovic

Glasgow

Sepia memories: Scottish Opera’s La bohème delights in revival

By David Smythe, 11 October 2025

Hye-Youn Lee and Mario Chang head a strong cast in Barbe and Doucet’s revival of La bohème, which marks the retirement of veteran lighting designer, Guy Simard.

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Glasgow

11 Oct 2025

Sepia memories: Scottish Opera’s La bohème delights in revival

By David Smythe

Ross Cumming (Roger Penistone) in A Matter of Misconduct! © Mihaela Bodlovic

Glasgow

Lampooning the law: Scottish Opera’s satirical new double bill

By David Smythe, 14 May 2025

Scottish Opera’s double bill of Trial by Jury and the world premiere of Toby Hession’s fun-packed A Matter of Misconduct! features an ensemble cast, mostly of Emerging Artists.

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Glasgow

14 May 2025

Lampooning the law: Scottish Opera’s satirical new double bill

By David Smythe

Orla Boylan (Emilia Marty) © Mihaela Bodlovic

Glasgow

From Wales to Scotland, The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

By Mark Valencia, 15 February 2025

Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.

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Glasgow

15 Feb 2025

The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

By Mark Valencia

Glen Cunningham (Albert) and Susan Bullock (Lady Billows) © Mihaela Bodlovic

Glasgow

Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring: as fresh as dew on a May morning

By David Smythe, 22 October 2024

Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring is updated to 1990 in Daisy Evans' likeable production, finely sung with a tight ensemble.

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Glasgow

22 Oct 2024

Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring: as fresh as dew on a May morning

By David Smythe

Jenny Stafford (Manon) and Aiden Edwards (Lescaut) © Richard Hubert Smith

London

English Touring Opera opens spring tour with an off-the-wall Manon Lescaut

By Mark Valencia, 24 February 2024

Jude Christian's indulgent reinvention of Puccini's opera does not serve English Touring Opera well as it embarks on its spring tour.

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London

24 Feb 2024

ETO opens spring tour with an off-the-wall Manon Lescaut

By Mark Valencia

Francis Gush (Giulio Cesare) © Richard Hubert Smith

Buxton

Caesar conquers Buxton: ETO's slimmed-down Giulio Cesare strikes just the right note

By Sarah Noble, 11 May 2023

Top notch singing, judicious pruning and production which prioritises human drama over camp spectacle make for an illuminating take on Handel's most frequently staged opera.

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Buxton

11 May 2023

Caesar conquers Buxton: ETO's slimmed-down Giulio Cesare

By Sarah Noble

Il viaggio a Reims © Richard Hubert Smith

London

ETO's new Il viaggio a Reims is a long journey

By Dominic Lowe, 04 March 2023

A Rossini comedy should sparkle, but this new production, starting its tour from Hackney, is decidedly lacking bubbles.

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London

04 Mar 2023

ETO's new Il viaggio a Reims is a long journey

By Dominic Lowe

Paula Sides (Lucrezia) and Aidan Edwards (Alfonso) © Richard Hubert Smith

London

The Poisoner’s Dilemma: English Touring Opera presents a dramatic Lucrezia Borgia

By David Karlin, 03 March 2023

Donizetti’s tale of one the Italian Renaissance’s objects of hate is well sung and superbly acted in ETO's new spring tour production.

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London

03 Mar 2023

The Poisoner’s Dilemma: ETO presents a dramatic Lucrezia Borgia

By David Karlin

James Hall (Ottone) © Richard Hubert Smith

London

Emerging from the gloom: Handel's Ottone revived by ETO in Hackney

By Mark Valencia, 01 October 2022

A revival of James Conway's staging of Ottone launches English Touring Opera's autumn season of three Handel operas.

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London

01 Oct 2022

Emerging from the gloom: Handel's Ottone revived by ETO in Hackney

By Mark Valencia

London

Who knew desert islands could be such tuneful fun? Offenbach's Robinson Crusoe at the RCM

By David Karlin, 13 March 2019

A delicious evening which showed off its young talent to best advantage and made us want more Offenbach.

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London

13 Mar 2019

Tuneful desert island fun: Robinson Crusoe at the RCM

By David Karlin