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INTERVIEW: Gareth Williams and Johnny McKnight discuss the inspiration behind the world premiere of Scottish Opera Young Company’s Rubble

Ahead of the world premiere of Rubble at the Company’s Elmbank Crescent premises on 30 and 31 July we caught up with composer Gareth Williams and director and pantomime legend Johnny McKnight about the new work.

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FIVE-STAR ‘OPERA FOR BABIES’ BAMBINO TOURS TO EIGHT VENUES AROUND SCOTLAND THIS AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER

Our critically acclaimed opera for babies is back. After a four year hiatus we can’t wait to welcome our littlest audience members to our production of BambinO as we tour East Kilbride, Perth, Inverness, Banchory, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Motherwell and Renfrew between 13 August and 11 September.

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SCOTTISH OPERA PRESENTS CONCERT PERFORMANCES OF MASSENET’S THÉRÈSE AT LAMMERMUIR FESTIVAL AND PERTH CONCERT HALL THIS SEPTEMBER

On 8 September, we are delighted to be returning for a fourth time to Lammermuir Festival in East Lothian with Jules Massenet’s Thérèse, at St Mary’s Parish Church Parish in Haddington. This heart-wrenching work of French Romanticism then travels to Perth Concert Hall for a performance on 10 September.