Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Figures from the worlds of opera and pantomime and a beloved writer are among those from the arts in Scotland who have been ...

The latest example of this is a new work for Scottish Opera by Japanese composer Dai Fujikura and Scottish librettist Harry ...

There are strong performances and much to admire in Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross’s opera about the Japanese artist, but it feels strangely inert ...

Scottish Opera has unveiled its 2024/25 Season, which features 13 opera offerings: Oedipus Rex, Albert Herring, Don Pasquale, The Makropulos Affair, The Merry Widow, Trial by Jury, A Matter of ...

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Back in the 1970s, before neglect of women composers was recognised as an urgent issue (with resultant automatic entry to the Radio 3 playlist), there was at least one fine composer who bucked the ...

The creative team behind 2012’s sell-out La traviata returns to bring Jen?fa to life, promising a beautifully observed production that makes full use of their extensive narrative gifts. All the more ...

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Following months of speculation, Scottish Opera has announced the appointment of Italian conductor Francesco Corti as its new music director. The hiring follows a season of commercial and critical ...