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CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF LADY GIBSON

We at Scottish Opera are all deeply saddened to hear of the recent death of Lady Veronica Gibson, President of Scottish Opera and wife of Scottish Opera Founder Sir Alexander Gibson. Lady Gibson, or V – as she was known to all her friends, was a beloved fixture of Scotland’s cultural landscape for six decades, and played a key role in Scottish Opera’s behind the scenes development when her husband founded the Company in 1962. She was also President of Scottish Opera from 20 September 2013 until her death yesterday at the age of 85.

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THE GONDOLIERS AND UTOPIA, LIMITED TOURS TO LONDON’S HACKNEY EMPIRE

Our hit production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers is back and opens at London’s Hackney Empire on Wednesday 30 March, following a successful run in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness in 2021. This co-production with D'Oyly Carte Opera and State Opera South Australia also includes the chance to catch G&S’s Utopia, Limited in a semi-staged concert performance on Friday 1 April.

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NEW RECORDING OF ERNEST CHAUSSON’S POEME DE L’AMOUR ET DE LA MER RELEASED BY SCOTTISH OPERA, FEATURING 2020/21 EMERGING ARTIST MARGO ARSANE

Former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist, Margo Arsane, performs in a new recording of Chausson’s song cycle for voice and orchestra, Poème de l'amour et de la mer. Recorded this summer on the stage of Theatre Royal Glasgow, our Music Director, Stuart Stratford, conducts the French mezzo soprano and The Orchestra of Scottish Opera.