Artiste: Barbara Cole Walton

Two little-known 18th-century operas are given inventive new productions featuring some promising young singers.

A contrasting Double Bill of classic Purcell and a little-known French absurdist opera by Poulenc provides an entertaining evening of contrasts.

Puccini's La rondine at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a two hour whirlwind of Parisian love, given a very stylish treatment.