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GlasgowMary, Queen of ScotsWorld premiere
Various: Mary, Queen of Scots
Sophie Laplane; Scottish Ballet; James Bonas; Soutra Gilmour; Bonnie Beecher
GlasgowLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Stuart Stratford; Renaud Doucet; Scottish Opera; André Barbe; Guy Simard; The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
GlasgowL’heure espagnole / The BearSemi-staged performance
Ravel, Walton
Alexandra Cravero; Jacopo Spirei; Scottish Opera; Kenneth MacLeod; Andrew Burnside; The Orchestra of Scottish Opera; Lea Shaw
GlasgowThe Snow Queen
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Queen
Christopher Hampson; Scottish Ballet; Lez Brotherston; Paul Pyant
GlasgowThe Great WaveWorld premiere
Fujikura: The Great Wave
Stuart Stratford; Satoshi Miyagi; Scottish Opera; Junpei Kiz; Kayo Takahashi Deschene; Yuka Hisamatsu; The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
GlasgowTristan und IsoldeConcert performance
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Stuart Stratford; Justin Way; Scottish Opera; Lizzie Powell; The Orchestra of Scottish Opera; Scottish Opera Chorus; Gwyn Hughes Jones
GlasgowStarstruck
Various: Starstruck
Gene Kelly; Christopher Hampson; Scottish Ballet; Lez Brotherston; Lawrie McLennan
GlasgowThe Marriage of Figaro
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Dane Lam; Sir Thomas Allen; Scottish Opera; Simon Higlett; Mark Jonathan; The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
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Ballet Nights makes an impressive and unforgettable Scottish debut
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Ballet Nights is more than an evening of party pieces: it showcases emerging talent alongside older favourites and, in the case of this first Scottish outing, has an eye to local tradition.
Lampooning the law: Scottish Opera’s satirical new double bill
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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.
Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia
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With misplaced horse heads, violin case guns and as many mafia gags as you could hope for, Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow may not be subtle but it looks and sounds gorgeous.
The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time
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Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.
Scottish Ballet's Nutcracker: brimming with Christmas magic
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In the third revival since 2014, Peter Darrell's 1973 Nutcracker still has all the right ingredients to send the audience home feeling joyous.
Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring: as fresh as dew on a May morning
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Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring is updated to 1990 in Daisy Evans' likeable production, finely sung with a tight ensemble.
Barbe and Doucet's stylish Don Pasquale is a comic delight
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Barbe and Doucet’s witty 1960s Don Pasquale is revived for Scottish Opera, with Stuart Stratford conducting a fine cast.
McVicar’s magic only improves with age: Scottish Opera’s La traviata
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Scottish Opera’s stylish revival is very finely sung with Hye-Youn Lee as Violetta, Ji-Min Park as Alfredo and Philip Rhodes as Germont.