Opera Highlights Essential Scottish Opera
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We’re hitting the road once more this February with our Opera Highlights tour, an entertaining night out filled with energy, versatility and plenty of humour. Four fantastic young singers introduce a line-up of excerpts from well-known operas combined with some delightful surprises from lesser-known works.

 

A favourite with audiences across Scotland, this gem of an evening has something for everyone, from seasoned fans to opera first-timers. Featuring a mixture of operatic styles including arias, duets and ensembles from operas like Puccini’s La bohème, Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet as well as music by Handel, Rossini, Gilbert and Sullivan, Saint-Saëns and Bernstein.

 

This year’s cast includes: two Scottish Opera Emerging Artists, soprano Miranda Sinani and mezzo-soprano Louise Collett, who are both performing for the company throughout the 2009/10 season; tenor Adrian Ward, winner of the 2008 Royal Over-Seas League vocal section prize; and baritone Robert Tucker, a recent Emerging Performer at the Australian Opera Studio.

 

With accompaniment provided by Ruth Wilkinson on piano, Opera Highlights is the perfect opportunity to experience opera up close and personal at a venue near you, and with tickets at just £10, it’s a night not to be missed!

 

Director – David Hunter

Music Director/Pianist – Ruth Wilkinson

 

To see the audience feedback from the 2009 tour and to read profiles on Louise, Miranda and Robert go to More Information at the bottom of the page.
 

Running Time 2 hours approx. (including one 20 min interval)

Listen to excerpts from Opera Highlights:

 

Don Giovanni

Fin ch’han dal vino
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink / Sir Thomas Allen (EMI Classics)
 

The Tales of Hoffmann

Barcarolle
Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire / André Cluytens /  Elizabeth Schwarzkopf  (EMI Classics)
 

Pagliacci

O Colombina il tenero
La Scala / Georges Pretre / Placido Domingo (Decca Classics)
 

Acis and Galatea

The Flocks Shall Leave the Mountains
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner / Jill Gomez / Robert Tear (Decca Classics)
 

Samson and Delila

Amour viens aider ma faiblesse
Opera de Bastille / Myung-Whun Chung / Waltraud Meier  (EMI Classics)
 

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Please note that Opera Highlights is a piano-accompanied performance
 

Rutherglen Town Hall, 139 Main Street, Rutherglen G73 2JJ
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Tue 2 Feb 7.30pm

Strathmiglo Public Hall, Skene Street, Strathmiglo, Fife KY14 7QL

Thu 4 Feb 7.30pm

Brechin City Hall, 9 Swan Street, Brechin DD9 6EE / Box Office: Brechin Library 01356 622 687 and The Meffan 01307 464 123
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Sat 6 Feb 7.30pm

Midmar Village Hall, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire AB51 7PS
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Tue 9 Feb 7.30pm

Carrbridge Village Hall, Main Street, Carrbridge PH23 3AA
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Thu 11 Feb 7.30pm

Universal Hall, Findhorn, IV36 3TZ / Box Office: Phoenix Stores, The Park, Findhorn
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Sat 13 Feb 7.30pm

Torridon Community Hall, Fasaig IV22 2HB
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Tue 16 Feb 7.30pm

Ardross Community Hall, Alness, Ardross, Alness, Ross-shire IV17 0XN
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Thu 18 Feb 7.30pm

Strathy Village Hall, Strathy, North Sutherland, KW14 7RZ
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Sat 20 Feb 7.30pm

Gairloch Community Hall, Achterciarn Brae, Highland IV21 2BP
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Tue 23 Feb 7.30pm

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye, Sleat, Isle of Skye IV44 8RQ / Box Office: SEALL info@seall.co.uk
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Thu 25 Feb 7.30pm

Sgoil Lìonacleit, Benbecula, Isle of Benbecula, HS7 5PJ / Box Office: MacGillivray's Shop, Balivanich, Isle of Benbecula, Western Isle HS7 5LA
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Sat 27 Feb 7.30pm

Castlebay Hall, Barra, Castlebay, Isle of Barra, HS9 5XA / Box Office: A&C MacLean, The Square, Castlebay, Isle of Barra HS9 5XD
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Tue 2 Mar 7.30pm

Benderloch Victory Hall, Benderloch, Oban PA37 1
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Thu 4 Mar 7.30pm

McLaren Hall, Killin, FK21 8UH / Box Office: Newsfirst, Main Street, Killin FK21 8UJ
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Sat 6 Mar 7.30pm

Tarbert Village Hall, Campbelltown Road, Tarbert / Box Office: Kintyre Electrical, Campbelltown Road PA29 6TN
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Tue 9 Mar 7.30pm

Darvel Town Hall, West Main Street, Darvel, East Ayrshire KA17 0AQ / Box Office: The Palace Theatre, 9 Green Street, Kilmarnock KA1 3BN
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Thu 11 Mar 7.30pm

Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, Eastgate, Peebles EH45 8AD
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Sat 13 Mar 7.30pm

Heart Of Hawick - Tower Mill, Kirkstile, Hawick TD9 0AE / Box Office: VisitScotland box office in Tower Mill
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Tue 16 Mar 7.30pm

Lochside Theatre, Castle Douglas, Lochside Road, Castle Douglas DG7 1EU
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Thu 18 Mar 7.30pm

The Howden Park Centre, Livingston, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6AE
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Sat 20 Mar 7.30pm