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.
Curated by our Music Director Stuart Stratford, these concert performances of Thérèse with Justina Gringyte (Edgar 2018) in the title role, and concert staging by Roxana Haines, are conducted by Anu Tali, making her Scottish Opera debut.
Also in the cast are Shengzhi Ren (Don Giovanni 2022), Dingle Yandell (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2022), Dan Shelvey (The Gondoliers 2022) and Colin Murray, one of our new Emerging Artists.
Telling the story of a woman who finds herself at a crossroad, caught between her husband, a revolutionary representative, and her former lover, who is a deposed nobleman and her husband’s close friend, this sumptuous opera by Massenet, who also composed Manon and Werther, sits against the backdrop of the French Revolution and Robespierre’s infamous Reign of Terror.
In November, our Opera in Concert series continues with The Verdi Collection. Touring to Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow and Edinburgh in November and February, these concerts, conducted by Stuart Stratford with The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, will feature the romance of La traviata, the intrigue of Un ballo in maschera, the passion of La forza del destino, the domestic tragedy of Otello, and Don Carlo.
Thérèse and The Verdi Collection are supported by Friends of Scottish Opera and The Scottish Opera Endowment Trust.
Book your tickets here: www.scottishopera.org.uk/shows/therese/