Spotlight On...
Take a deep dive into some of our favourite productions
Immerse yourself in some of Scottish Opera's best loved productions, past and present.
Here you will find never-before-seen photos, in-depth interviews, videos, exclusive programme articles and plenty more, so dive in and keep an eye out for more 'Spotlight on...' content coming soon!
RICHARD STRAUSS
DAPHNE
Director Emma Jenkins shares her thoughts on Strauss' late masterpiece Daphne, speaking to Scottish Opera about the enduring appeal of classic stories, challenges of operas in concert, and updating the setting from ancient Greece to Weimar Germany.
PURCELL
DIDO AND AENEAS
Legendary mezzo soprano Dame Janet Baker shares her memories of the Summer of 1978, when Scottish Opera headed down to the South of France to perform Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
THE GONDOLIERS
Explore the musical intricacies of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera which we will be bringing to the stage in Autumn 2021 (rescheduled from Spring 2020). Featuring performances, in-depth articles and exclusive archive photography.
MACRAE/WELSH
ANTHROPOCENE
Commissioned by Scottish Opera, Anthropocene premiered in 2019 and won the award for Large Scale New Work at the 2020 Scottish Awards for New Music.
BERNSTEIN
CANDIDE
In 1988, Bernstein himself visited Glasgow for the final rehearsals of Candide, in a now celebrated new version by his protégé and friend John Mauceri, Scottish Opera's then Music Director. Find out more and watch the full performance here.
PUCCINI
TOSCA
Anthony Besch's seminal 1980 production has been revived an amazing nine times on the Scottish Opera stage, most recently as part of our 2019/20 Season. Find out why audiences keep coming back for more...