Scottish Opera 2019/20 Season brochure

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TOS C A NIXON IN CHINA A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM THE GONDOLIERS B R E A K I N G T H E W AV E S Z A N E T TO SUSANNA’S SECRET IRIS C AVA L L E R I A R U S T I C A N A ZINGARI U TO P I A , L I M I T E D FOX-TOT !

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5 Subscription Information 6 Tosca 8 Nixon in China 10 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 12 The Gondoliers 14 Breaking the Waves 16 Opera in Concert 20 Opera Highlights 22 Fox-tot!

24 Merrily We Roll Along 26 Amadeus & The Bard 28 Pop-up Opera 32 Emerging Artists 33 Opera Unwrapped 34 Dementia Friendly Performances 36 Audio-described Performances 37 Pre-show Talks 38 Get Involved 40 Box Office Information

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WELCOME

TO S C OT T I S H O P E R A’ S 2019|20 SEASON Scottish Opera has been entertaining audiences the length and breadth of the country for over 56 years, and still at the heart of all we do are the words of our founder, Sir Alexander Gibson, whose vision was ‘to lay the treasures of opera at the feet of the people of Scotland’.

In our 2019/20 Season, we are delighted to take forward his momentous legacy with a wealth of operatic fare – including 12 operas – that takes us to over 50 venues, and is augmented by numerous events in schools, community centres, care homes and our own travelling theatre trailer.

An iconic production of Tosca, 20th-century masterpieces by Benjamin Britten and John Adams, and our latest staging of a Gilbert & Sullivan favourite are complemented by concerts celebrating Mascagni and rarely heard gems by Leoncavallo and Wolf-Ferrari. The Scottish Opera Young Company presents Sondheim and gets involved in an enthralling new production about two 18th-century rebels – Burns and Mozart. And there’s also our new show for toddlers and more of our important Dementia Friendly performances.

At a time when, perhaps more than ever, we are all thinking and talking about partnership, we are proud of the relationships that are critical both to Scottish Opera’s success and to our ability to create new work for you.

We don’t work in isolation, and this Season exemplifies this spirit of collaboration across the world of opera, embracing our partnerships and co-productions with festivals, companies and opera houses in Scotland, England, Australia, Denmark, Spain and the United States, and with artists and creative teams from near and far.

We hope that you find much to enjoy, and look forward to welcoming you to a performance soon. As ever, we extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who makes it all possible – our audiences, our supporters and the Scottish Government for its invaluable funding and support.

Alex Reedijk General Director

Stuart Stratford Music Director

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For over 56 years, Scottish Opera has taken opera the length and breadth of Scotland – travelling by land, air and sea to highlands, lowlands, cities and islands, from the smallest village halls to theatres, community centres and everything in between. We couldn’t do this without support from all sorts of people and organisations, who give what they can to help us do what we do best.

Thank you, each and every one of you.

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1. Aberdeen 2. Aboyne 3. Alford 4. Annan 5. Arisaig 6. Arrochar 7. Ayr 8. Barrhead 9. Bathgate 10. Beauly 11. Birnam 12. Bowmore 13. Bunessan 14. Callander 15. Campbeltown 16. Castle Douglas 17. Cumnock 18. Cupar 19. Dirleton 20. Dunfermline 21. Earlston 22. Edinburgh 23. Ellon 24. Fochabers 25. Galashiels 26. Giffnock 27. Glasgow 28. Greenock 29. Haddington 30. Inverness 31. Kirkcudbright 32. Kirkwall 33. Largs 34. Lerwick 35. Markinch 36. Melrose 37. Motherwell 38. Musselburgh 39. Oban 40. Old Kilpatrick 41. Paisley 42. Peebles 43. Perth 44. Portree 45. Rutherglen 46. St Andrews 47. Stirling 48. Stonehaven 49. Stornoway 50. Stranraer 51. Tain 52. Thurso 53. Ullapool

DON’T MISS OUT – SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE! Save up to £70 • B ook our subscription series – Tosca, Nixon in China, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Gondoliers – in Glasgow or Edinburgh and save up to £70.

• Book Tosca and The Gondoliers in Aberdeen or Inverness and save up to £20.

Get further discounts Subscribers qualify for exclusive discounts on some Opera in Concert performances – book before 29 April 2019.

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Free seat upgrades If an upgrade is available on the day of performance, subscribers can exchange tickets for a better seat.*

Free ticket exchanges If a date no longer suits, subscribers can exchange tickets up to 24 hours before a performance.† For more information, go to scottishopera.org.uk or contact your local box office. * Upgrades are subject to availability in a higher price band. Ask at the box office counter 1 hour before the start of a performance until 30 minutes before curtain up. † Free ticket exchanges are subject to availability in the venue for which

you originally booked. If your replacement tickets are of a higher value, we will let you know the cost.

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REVIVAL OF THE 1980 PRODUCTION

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Passion, glamour, love worth dying for – Anthony Besch’s Tosca has it all. In 1940s Rome, in the shadow of Mussolini’s tyrannical rule, the ill-fated lovers come to life against a backdrop of political corruption and intrigue. With Peter Rice’s designs providing a spectacular setting to equal the drama, this superb production is beloved the world over. Don’t miss it as it comes home to the Scottish Opera stage.

‘Scottish Opera’s Tosca is flawless, from start to finish a feast for the eyes.’ The Herald Puccini’s music, at times heartbreakingly tender, at others powerful and harrowing, captures the sweeping span of the story – from the exquisite stillness of a silent dawn in Rome to the raw drama of Tosca’s final, desperate plight. The must-see internationally renowned cast includes award-winning soprano Natalya Romaniw (Eugene Onegin 2018), tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones (Il trovatore 2015) and baritone Roland Wood (Pelléas & Mélisande 2017). Music Director Stuart Stratford conducts.

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Conductors Stuart Stratford & Derek Clark Original Director Anthony Besch Revival Director Jonathan Cocker Designer Peter Rice Lighting Robert B Dickson

Theatre Royal Glasgow 16 • 18 • 22 • 26 Oct 2019 7.15pm 20 Oct 2019 3pm Dementia Friendly Performance 24 Oct 2019 3pm (see page 34) His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen 31 Oct • 2 Nov 2019 7.15pm Dementia Friendly Performance 1 Nov 2019 3pm (see page 34) Eden Court, Inverness 5 • 7 • 9 Nov 2019 7.15pm Festival Theatre Edinburgh 14 • 21 • 23 Nov 2019 7.15pm 17 Nov 2019 3pm Dementia Friendly Performance 19 Nov 2019 3pm (see page 34) Running time approx. 2 hrs 45 mins Sung in Italian with English supertitles

Tosca Natalya Romaniw & Sinéad Campbell-Wallace Cavaradossi Gwyn Hughes Jones Scarpia Roland Wood Angelotti Dingle Yandell Spoletta Aled Hall Sacristan Paul Carey Jones Sciarrone Lancelot Nomura

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SCOTTISH OPERA PREMIERE

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A new co-production with The Royal Danish Theatre & Teatro Real Madrid

A first for Scottish Opera. John Fulljames – Director of Opera at The Royal Danish Theatre – directs Adams’ iconic work, with designs by the ever-inventive Dick Bird (The Mikado 2016).

Inspired by Nixon’s much-publicised visit to China in 1972, this groundbreaking piece explores the reality behind the hype. It is as much about the private moments as the public, about the wives as much as the husbands, and about what we choose to remember as much as what actually happened…

Theatre Royal Glasgow 18 • 20 • 22 Feb 2020 7.15pm Festival Theatre Edinburgh 27 • 29 Feb 2020 7.15pm Running time approx. 3 hrs 30 mins Sung in English with English supertitles

‘The most influential opera of the last few decades, it has lost none of its power and remains Adams’ finest stage work.’ The Guardian

John Adams

N I XO N IN CHINA

Famed for giving minimalism a human face, Adams mixes a huge range of sounds in his eclectic score. Pre-recorded electronics sit alongside live passages echoing Wagner and Johann Strauss; jazz references alongside big band sounds that evoke the 1930s of Nixon’s youth. Acclaimed Portuguese conductor Joana Carneiro leads an exciting cast including American baritone Eric Greene, Swedish soprano Julia Sporsén (Ariadne auf Naxos 2018), British tenor Mark Le Brocq (Anthropocene 2019) and South Korean soprano Hye-Youn Lee (La bohème 2017).

Libretto Alice Goodman Conductor Joana Carneiro Director John Fulljames Set & Costume Designer Dick Bird Lighting Designer Ellen Ruge Video Designer Will Duke Sound Designer Cameron Crosby Original Choreographer John Ross Revival Choreographer Nathan Johnston

Richard Nixon Eric Greene Mao Tse-tung Mark Le Brocq Chou En-lai Nicholas Lester Pat Nixon Julia Sporsén Henry Kissinger David Stout Chiang Ch’ing (Madame Mao) Hye-Youn Lee First Secretary to Mao Louise Callinan Second Secretary to Mao Sioned Gwen Davies Third Secretary to Mao Emma Carrington

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NEW PRODUCTION

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Supported by The Alexander Gibson Circle

Dominic Hill, Artistic Director of the Citizens Theatre, returns to Scottish Opera to bring his Shakespearean expertise to bear once more. Joined by designer Tom Piper, famed for the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation at the Tower of London, he promises to enchant and entertain with Britten’s beguiling work. Four lovers lost in the woods, fairies, magic, comedy and more – all come together in an otherworldly blend of imagination and reality.

Conductor Stuart Stratford Director Dominic Hill Set & Costume Designer Tom Piper Lighting Designer Lizzie Powell Movement Director Kally Lloyd-Jones

The music is some of Britten’s most atmospheric. With a staggering range of instrumental colours that brings to life fairies, lovers and rustics – as well as the wood itself – it is intense, heady, and packed with standout vocal writing.

The cast of talent-to-watch includes David Shipley, recent graduate of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, and countertenor Morten Grove Frandsen, a winner of Denmark’s Reumert Talent prize, alongside soprano Jennifer France (Anthropocene 2019) and Scottish tenor and BBC broadcaster Jamie MacDougall (Ariadne auf Naxos 2018).

Music Director Stuart Stratford conducts.

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Bottom David Shipley Oberon Morten Grove Frandsen Tytania Jennifer France Demetrius Michel de Souza Helena Charlie Drummond* Snout Jamie MacDougall Flute William Morgan Snug Dingle Yandell Starveling Mark Nathan* Theseus Trevor Eliot Bowes

Festival Theatre Edinburgh 31 Mar • 2 • 4 Apr 2020 7.15pm Theatre Royal Glasgow 21 • 23 • 25 Apr 2020 7.15pm Running time approx. 3 hrs 15 mins Sung in English with English supertitles

* Scottish Opera Emerging Artist (see page 32)

Look out for…

HERMIA’S NIGHTMARE A new work from Composer in Residence Samuel Bordoli, exploring the scenes from the play that Britten cut. Performed in the foyer before each show – more info coming soon!

‘Britten’s wonderful music has always captivated me, plunging us into the mysterious, unnerving world of sleep and dreams.’ Dominic Hill 11

A new co-production with D’Oyly Carte Opera & State Opera South Australia

Gilbert & Sullivan

THE GONDOLIERS

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Supported by Scottish Opera’s ‘Play A Supporting Role’ Appeal

Sunny, funny and with more ‘tra la la las’ per square inch than any other opera in the canon, The Gondoliers is a joy from start to finish. In a flight of the satirical whimsy so typical of G&S, two happy-go-lucky gondoliers discover that one of them is, in fact, heir to the throne of a distant kingdom. True to their (adopted) Republican roots, they set off together to rule in idealistic, if somewhat chaotic, style... Director Stuart Maunder, Artistic Director at State Opera South Australia, teams up with designer Dick Bird (The Mikado 2016) to stage a production that is fast, furious and full of fun.

‘The Gondoliers is a glorious confection – the sunniest, most joyous of the Savoy scores, jam-packed with star roles, all unforgettable.

It’s an irresistible helping of relentless joy.’

Theatre Royal Glasgow 14 • 15 • 16 • 22 • 23 May 2020 7.15pm 17 May 2020 2.30pm His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen 28 • 29 • 30 May 2020 7.15pm Eden Court, Inverness 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 Jun 2020 7.15pm Festival Theatre Edinburgh 10 • 11 • 13 Jun 2020 7.15pm 13 Jun 2020 2.30pm Hackney Empire, London 15 • 16 • 18 Jul 2020 7.30pm 16 • 18 Jul 2020 2.30pm

Stuart Maunder

Running time approx. 2 hrs 40 mins

The score sees Sullivan at the top of his game and is packed with favourites including the ‘Regular Royal Queen’ quartet.

The fabulous ensemble cast includes ENO Harewood Artist William Morgan (The Magic Flute 2019), Ellie Laugharne (The Pirates of Penzance 2013), Ben McAteer (The Mikado 2016), Sioned Gwen Davies (Rigoletto 2018) and G&S favourite Richard Suart (The Mikado 2016). Scottish Opera’s Head of Music and G&S aficionado Derek Clark conducts.

Sung in English with English supertitles * Scottish Opera Emerging Artist (see page 32)

Don’t miss…

UTOPIA, LIMITED Conductors Derek Clark & James Hendry Director Stuart Maunder Set & Costume Designer Dick Bird Lighting Designer Paul Keogan Choreographer Yvette Lee

Marco Palmieri William Morgan Giuseppe Palmieri Mark Nathan* Gianetta Ellie Laugharne Tessa Sioned Gwen Davies The Duchess of Plaza-Toro Sarah Pring The Duke of Plaza-Toro Richard Suart Don Alhambra del Bolero (The Grand Inquisitor) Ben McAteer Casilda Charlie Drummond* Antonio Arthur Bruce*

A semi-staged performance of one of G&S’s lesser-known works – more information on page 19.

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EUROPEAN PREMIERE A new co-production with Opera Ventures & Houston Grand Opera, in association with Bristol Old Vic

Edinburgh International Festival 2019

Co-presented with Opera Ventures & Edinburgh International Festival

Missy Mazzoli’s dark and daring opera caused a sensation when it premiered in 2016 – it won the 2017 Best New Opera Award from the Music Critics Association of North America and was shortlisted for an International Opera Award. Based on Lars von Trier’s award-winning film, it tells the story of a young woman living in the Scottish Highlands in the 1970s. Caught in a torrent of contradictions about how to behave, she struggles to appease. Then, following a tragic accident, she finds herself in an impossible situation, and has no choice but to carve out her own path…

King’s Theatre, Edinburgh 21 • 23 • 24 Aug 2019 7.15pm Running time approx. 2 hrs 30 mins Sung in English with English supertitles Please note: Contains strong language, violence, adult themes and partial nudity

‘Savage, heartbreaking, and thoroughly original.’

The Wall Street Journal

Bristol Old Vic’s Tom Morris, Tony Award-winning director of War Horse, follows his acclaimed The Death of Klinghoffer at ENO and the Met with the European premiere of Mazzoli’s hugely original work. The international cast includes American soprano Sydney Mancasola, Edinburgh-born baritone Duncan Rock and Irish-Canadian mezzo Wallis Giunta, winner of the 2018 International Opera Awards’ Young Singer of the Year.

Music Director Stuart Stratford conducts.

Libretto Royce Vavrek

Missy Mazzoli

BREAKING T H E WAV E S

Conductor Stuart Stratford Director Tom Morris Designer Soutra Gilmour Lighting Designer Richard Howell Projection Designer Will Duke Sound Designer Jon Nicholls Associate Director & Movement Sara Brodie

Bess McNeill Sydney Mancasola Jan Nyman Duncan Rock Dodo McNeill Wallis Giunta Mother Orla Boylan Dr Richardson Elgan Llŷr Thomas Terry Byron Jackson Councilman Freddie Tong

This production has been made possible with support from Howard and Sarah Solomon Foundation, Denise Coates Foundation, Karl Sydow, Scottish Opera’s New Commissions Circle, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music and a syndicate of donors.

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Opera in Concert 19 | 20 Supported by Scottish Opera Endowment Trust & Friends of Scottish Opera

Following the overwhelming success of recent years, Music Director Stuart Stratford again curates the Opera in Concert series – offering a fantastic selection of rarely performed gems. This Season’s semi-staged performances include several firsts both for Scottish Opera and for Scotland.

Stuart continues to celebrate his love of the verismo works of Pietro Mascagni, and we delve deeper into the world of Gilbert & Sullivan with a rare performance of one of their lesser-known works.

Mascagni

ZANETTO

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SUSANNA’S SECRET

Lammermuir Festival St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington | 20 Sep 2019 7.30pm

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IN CONCERT The Orchestra of Scottish Opera

David Parry conducts this double bill of semi-staged two-handers, the Mascagni a Scottish Opera premiere. Silvia, a lonely courtesan, has lost her faith in love – until an encounter with a wandering minstrel re-awakens her heart. Set in the hills above Renaissance Florence, Zanetto is a far cry from the earthy grit of Cavalleria rusticana but nonetheless shares the atmosphere and lyricism of Mascagni’s best-loved work. Susanna’s Secret is sophisticated and charming – of the same time as Zanetto, but the perfect comedic contrast. A husband, smelling smoke on his wife’s clothes, accuses her of cheating. She reluctantly admits to having a secret, but it isn’t quite what he expected.

Conductor David Parry Director Rosie Purdie Soloists include Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, Hanna Hipp, Richard Burkhard & Clare Presland Running time approx. 1 hr 50 mins Sung in Italian with English supertitles

On sale 28 May 2019 at lammermuirfestival.co.uk

‘Scottish Opera’s Opera in Concert series is an invaluable contribution to opera in Scotland.’

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Mascagni

A new co-production with D’Oyly Carte Opera & State Opera South Australia

City Halls, Glasgow | 1 Dec 2019 3pm

Gilbert & Sullivan

IRIS

A gripping story of innocence lost, Iris tells the tale of a naive young girl. She is blissfully unaware of life’s darker side but, tempted from her home, suffers a brutal crash course in how cruel the world can be.

Looking to Japan for inspiration, Iris pre-empted Puccini’s Madama Butterfly by six years. An opera of contradictions, where the most despicable characters are often given the most alluring melodies, it is full of colour and vibrancy, and includes the stunning ‘Hymn to the Sun’ – often extolled as Mascagni’s finest writing.

Conductor Stuart Stratford Director Roxana Haines Soloists include Ric Furman, Natalya Romaniw & Roland Wood Running time approx. 2 hrs 45 mins Sung in Italian with English supertitles

Mascagni

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ZINGARI

Usher Hall, Edinburgh | 2 May 2020 7.30pm A young Sicilian villager returns from the wars to find his fiancée has married another. Unable to resist her former lover she is soon back in his bed, but her husband is distraught and intent on revenge… Effortlessly evoking the harsh romance of Sicilian life, Cavalleria rusticana is a work of pulsing passion and rich lyricism.

In this semi-staged performance, Stuart Stratford chooses to pair it not with Pagliacci, as is often the case, but with the Scottish Opera premiere of a lesser-known work by Leoncavallo, Zingari.

With a parallel narrative that sees another love triangle go disastrously wrong, it is based on Pushkin’s The Gypsies – a fiery testament to Leoncavallo’s love of combining music and poetry.

Conductor Stuart Stratford Director Orpha Phelan Soloists include Evez Abdulla, Justina Gringyte & Julia Sporsén Running time approx. 2 hrs 30 mins Sung in Italian with English supertitles 18

UTOPIA, LIMITED Theatre Royal Glasgow | 21 May 2020 7.15pm Festival Theatre Edinburgh | 12 Jun 2020 7.15pm Hackney Empire, London | 17 Jul 2020 7.30pm Gilbert & Sullivan’s penultimate opera, Utopia, Limited, was written immediately after The Gondoliers. Here, in a semi-staged performance with an updated libretto by director Stuart Maunder and a revised musical version by Scottish Opera’s Head of Music Derek Clark, it is given its Scottish Opera premiere and the airing it so deserves. Satirising the conceits of the mighty British Empire, its politics, monarchy and press, Utopia, Limited is as incisive now as ever it was.

On the island of Utopia, in the far South Seas, King Paramount dreams of England. But his hope to ‘civilise’ his people by adopting English ways backfires, and all turns out to be decidedly less civilised than expected… Full of sparkling wit, Utopia, Limited is packed with showstopping patter, brilliant choruses and music that is, at times, of almost Verdian beauty. Performed by the cast of The Gondoliers.

Conductor Derek Clark

Director Stuart Maunder Set & Costume Designer Dick Bird Lighting Designer Paul Keogan Choreographer Yvette Lee Running time approx. 2 hrs 40 mins Sung in English with English supertitles

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Supported by Friends of Scottish Opera

Each year, Opera Highlights takes four singers and a pianist out and about around Scotland, travelling the highways and byways by land, air and sea, to bring a musical mix of operatic treasures to venues the length and breadth of the country.

This Season, the show is visiting 34 venues over Autumn 2019 and Spring 2020, and is packed with operatic classics and must-hear rarities, once again curated by Scottish Opera’s Head of Music Derek Clark. Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti rub shoulders with Gilbert & Sullivan and a new piece by Scottish Opera Composer in Residence Samuel Bordoli.

‘A splendid evening, beautiful music with verve and humour. And on our doorstep!

I’d go again at the drop of a hat.’

Audience member 2018

‘A wonderfully diverse view of what opera has to offer.’

On the Road

AUTUMN 2019 12 Sep to 19 Oct Touring to Motherwell, Stirling, Stonehaven, Tain, Ullapool, Stornoway, Portree, Oban, Galashiels, Perth, Dunfermline, Thurso, Kirkwall, Ellon, Stranraer, Greenock & Musselburgh On sale Summer 2019 SPRING 2020 4 Feb to 14 Mar Touring to Bathgate, Birnam, Markinch, Campbeltown, Bowmore, Arrochar, Bunessan, Arisaig, Beauly, Cumnock, Castle Douglas, Callander, Lerwick, Peebles, Fochabers, Alford & Rutherglen On sale Winter 2019 Running time approx. 2 hrs

Scots Whay Hae 2019

Roxana Haines (Edgar 2018) directs two casts of fresh, new talent, including Scottish Opera’s Emerging Artist singers for 2019/20 – soprano Charlie Drummond, former young artist at the National Opera Studio; baritone Mark Nathan, recent graduate from the Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; and baritone Arthur Bruce, a former member of Scottish Opera Young Company, who also recently graduated from the RCS Opera School.

Why not…

JOIN THE FRIENDS Become a Friend of Scottish Opera and help make this tour happen – find out more at scottishopera.org.uk

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WORLD PREMIERE

For Little Ones

A new co-commission with Royal & Derngate, Northampton Supported by Scottish Opera’s Education Angels & New Commissions Circle

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Following the enormous popularity of BambinO, composer Lliam Paterson is back with a brand new opera for 12 to 24 month olds. Director Roxana Haines and designers Giuseppe Belli and Emma Belli (BambinO 2017) join him to create a show that is full of imagination – a magical journey of discovery for those taking their first small steps into the big wide world.

‘A perfect piece for the youngest audience.’

Sunday Herald on BambinO 2018

A little fox is sent on an adventure to explore the world and learn to see through the eyes of other creatures. Stretched out in the sun as a cat, soaring in the sky as a butterfly... it’s fun to be someone else. But, as Mother Vixen guides her cub’s journey from the shadows, will the little one discover what it takes to become an excellent fox?

Edinburgh Academy Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2 to 16 Aug 2019 (excl. Mondays) 10am & 11.30am On sale now – see page 43 Royal & Derngate, Northampton 27 Aug 2019 2pm 28 Aug to 1 Sep 2019 11am & 2pm On sale now – see page 44 Touring Scotland Spring 2020 Go to scottishopera.org.uk for more details from Summer 2019 Running time approx. 45 mins

Set in a woodland world where anything can happen, this engaging mix of music and puppetry is an interactive experience for small people and their adults to enjoy together. Performed by two singers, a cellist and a percussionist, Paterson’s score draws on influences from French Baroque dances to contemporary opera – all cleverly reimagined for an audience at the very start of their musical lives.

Lliam Paterson

Director Roxana Haines Designers Giuseppe Belli & Emma Belli Puppet Designer Mervyn Millar for Significant Object

Mezzo-soprano Katie Grosset Countertenor Daniel Keating-Roberts Cello Laura Sergeant Percussion Michael D Clark

This production is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

F OX -TOT !

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SCOTTISH OPERA PREMIERE Supported by Scottish Opera’s Education Angels

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The Scottish Opera Young Company continues to stretch its wings – this Season performing Sondheim’s multi-Olivier Awardwinning Merrily We Roll Along. Young Company Artistic Director Jonathon Swinard conducts this Scottish Opera premiere of a sophisticated score that was, unusually, written to be performed entirely by young adults.

Scottish Opera Young Company

Glasgow Spring 2020 On sale Winter 2019 Running time approx. 2 hrs Sung in English

‘Sondheim’s wonderful score is both uplifting and incredibly poignant – his jazzy ensemble writing full of characteristic wit and toe-tapping Broadway energy.’ Jonathon Swinard Merrily We Roll Along has long been a go-to work for recording artists from Sinatra to Liza Minnelli, and the unfailingly original score is full of the devilish wit for which Sondheim is so loved.

A dark tale of ambition and disillusion, the story starts at the end of a successful career that has seen Franklin Shepard go from penniless composer to Hollywood impresario. But as the years roll back, it is soon evident that much has been lost to get there, and success isn’t necessarily the key to happiness…

Stephen Sondheim

M E R R I LY WE ROLL ALONG

Scottish Opera Young Company For 17 to 25 year olds with a passion for performance Scottish Opera Young Company gives aspiring young singers and stage managers a unique and practical introduction to the world of opera. Rehearsing throughout the year, Young Company members work with a range of opera professionals – including directors, choreographers, conductors and vocal coaches – to hone their skills, culminating in their own fully-staged production. And for those not yet quite ready for the Young Company, SOYC Gateway is the perfect first step – for 14 to 17 year old aspiring singers.

Holly Jarvis, Dillon McFarlane & James McIntyre, Scottish Opera Young Company 2018/19

For more information on how to join, go to scottishopera.org.uk or call the Education team on 0141 332 9559 25

Supported by Edith Rudinger Gray Charitable Trust & Scottish Opera’s Education Angels

On the Road

Love, magic, music… there are a surprising number of similarities between Mozart and Robert Burns. Conceived, written and directed by Mary McCluskey, former Artistic Director of Scottish Youth Theatre, this original piece is an energetic exploration of the links between two disparate, but much-loved, 18th-century Enlightenment giants.

AUTUMN 2019 9 Sep to 12 Oct Touring to Earlston, Kirkcudbright, Annan, Cumnock, Ayr, Largs, Edinburgh, Glasgow & Paisley

‘Two protégés blessed with exceptional talent, both hugely passionate. This piece is a celebration of their lives, their loves and their legacy.’ Mary McCluskey

Running time approx. 1 hr

On sale Summer 2019

* Scottish Opera Emerging Artist (see page 32)

Scottish Opera’s Head of Music Derek Clark curates a programme of music that celebrates the work of these extraordinary men – from the magical and mystical in The Magic Flute and Tam O’Shanter to the wonderful declarations of love in Don Giovanni and A Red, Red Rose.

Traditional Burns songs sit alongside new arrangements by Music Director and pianist Karen MacIver, one half of award-winning duo PianoPiano. The cast includes renowned Scottish actor Andy Clark; Arthur Bruce, one of Scottish Opera’s Emerging Artists for 2019/20; and Samling Young Artist Stephanie Stanway, as well as a four-voice ensemble from the Scottish Opera Young Company.

Music Director/Pianist Karen MacIver Director Mary McCluskey

AMADEUS & THE BARD

Soprano Stephanie Stanway Baritone Arthur Bruce* Actor Andy Clark

‘ Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.’

Mozart

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Supported by Scottish Opera’s Education Angels

Pop-up Opera is back on the road in 2019 with three brilliant shows for audiences of all ages. Performed in a specially adapted trailer, each performance is brought to life by a storyteller, two singers, musicians and a series of colourful illustrations. A Little Bit of Magic Flute and A Little Bit of Iolanthe are cleverly rewritten 25-minute versions of the full operas, while Puffy McPuffer & the Crabbit Canals has been created for 5 to 8 year olds.

A LITTLE BIT OF IOLANTHE Gilbert & Sullivan arr. Derek Clark Supported by The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Iolanthe is banished by the Fairy Queen for marrying a mortal.

Now, 25 years later, two worlds again collide when her son announces he’s in love. Unfortunately, his beloved is a popular girl and he has some serious competition… Light-hearted satire at its best, Iolanthe is full of fun.

On the Road

SUMMER 2019 24 May to 20 July Tour includes Perth Festival of the Arts, Dunfermline, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival, Old Kilpatrick, Barrhead, Giffnock, Borders Book Festival, Dirleton, Callander, Cupar Arts EDEN, Aboyne & Deeside Festival, Haddington Show & Glasgow Canal Festival Go to scottishopera.org.uk for details

A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC FLUTE Mozart arr. Derek Clark Tamino is in love with Pamina, the daughter of the mysterious Queen of the Night. When she is abducted, he sets off to rescue her but soon realises all is not quite as it seems. A beguiling mix of comedy, fantasy and pantomime, The Magic Flute is also a profound story of the search for love, wisdom and truth.

PUFFY McPUFFER & THE CRABBIT CANALS Music Marion Christie Words Allan Dunn For kids aged 5 to 8 A tale of the five waterways that link Scotland from the North Sea to the Atlantic. Like most families, each one is different: Caledonian – the longest; Crinan – the most beautiful; hard-working Monklands; Union – the fastest; wise old Forth & Clyde. Each one thinks they’re the best. Can an ordinary little puffer boat make them think again?

POP-UP OPERA 2019

Storyteller Ross Stenhouse Sopranos Jessica Leary & Charlotte Hoather Baritone Aidan Edwards

Accordion Lizy Stirrat Flute Laura Cioffi Harp Sharron Griffiths & Gwen Yorke Sinclair 29

B E C AU S E YO U L OV E . . .

MUSIC DRAMA T H E AT R E B E C AU S E YO U L OV E . . .

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DEVELOPING

OPERA

N E W TA L E N T

UNWRAPPED

Scottish Opera has a long history of nurturing talent: from performers to composers and costume trainees, it’s always been an integral part of the Company’s activity. This Season there is a whole range of performances featuring up-and-coming stars, including our Emerging Artists.

Whether you’re new to opera or an old hand, you can find out more at Opera Unwrapped – hour-long tasters that give insights into our shows and how they are created. Presented from the stage, Unwrapped events involve singers, backstage crew and The Orchestra of Scottish Opera.

You’ll hear highlights from the music and find out more about the props, costumes, lighting and direction, as well as some backstage secrets.

Tickets are just £5 – come along and find out more!

Emerging Artists Supported by The Robertson Trust, Elizabeth Salvesen & Scottish Opera’s Emerging Artist Benefactors The Emerging Artists programme gives young artists the opportunity of a lifetime – a period of full-time work with the Company to help them launch their careers.

Our 2019/20 artists are: Soprano Charlie Drummond Baritones Arthur Bruce & Mark Nathan Repetiteur To be announced Costume trainee To be announced Composer Samuel Bordoli

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Emerging Artists are involved in productions throughout the Season, and you can hear Samuel Bordoli’s work in Hermia’s Nightmare, as well as in our Opera Highlights tour.

The singers also perform in three recitals during the year: University of St Andrews | Wed 20 Nov 2019 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | Fri 10 Jan 2020 University of Glasgow | Thu 16 Jan 2020 For more information, performance details and how to book, go to scottishopera.org.uk

Tosca Unwrapped Glasgow | Mon 21 Oct 2019 6pm Inverness | Fri 8 Nov 2019 6pm Edinburgh | Mon 18 Nov 2019 6pm

Nixon in China Unwrapped Glasgow | Fri 21 Feb 2020 6pm Edinburgh | Fri 28 Feb 2020 6pm

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Unwrapped Edinburgh | Wed 1 Apr 2020 6pm Glasgow | Wed 22 Apr 2020 6pm Presenter Allan Dunn

FREE

SCHOOL TICKETS...

Available for secondary school groups. Call our Education team on 0141 332 9559 to book.

Limited availability.

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DEMENTIA FRIENDLY

PERFORMANCES Performances for people living with dementia have become an important part of Scottish Opera’s Season. Designed to make attending a favourite opera as easy as possible, they run alongside the full-length performances in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and this Season, for the first time, in Aberdeen too.

Each of our Dementia Friendly operas is specially created, and is a fully-staged, shortened version of one of our main titles.

This Season, it’s Puccini’s Tosca. Packed with passion and drama, and some spectacular music, it’s one of the world’s favourite operas.

A narrator, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera and a full cast of singers lead audiences through the story and some of the best-loved music from the opera. The show lasts under two hours, with an interval, and doors open 45 minutes before the start time so there is lots of time to find your seat and get settled in for the performance. There are plenty of wheelchair spaces and extra staff on hand to help those who wish to transfer. Lighting levels in the auditorium are slightly brighter, and members of the audience are able to come in and out of the auditorium if they need to, or to watch the show in the bar on TV screens if they prefer. Quiet areas are available and the cafés at each theatre are open for teas, coffees and a selection of cakes.

Tosca Glasgow | Thu 24 Oct 2019 3pm Aberdeen | Fri 1 Nov 2019 3pm Edinburgh | Tue 19 Nov 2019 3pm Presenter Allan Dunn Sung in Italian with English supertitles Running time approx. 1 hr 45 mins

‘Great experience. We couldn’t have been looked after better.’

Audience member

‘So relaxing to have a day at the opera again without worrying about offending anyone or having to start explaining about [my spouse’s] behaviour.’ Audience member

Tickets £10 – call your local box office to book. Wheelchair spaces should be booked in advance. Groups welcome.

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AUDIO-DESCRIBED

PRE-SHOW

If you’re visually impaired, you can enjoy the full opera experience with a live commentary that describes the action on stage, without compromising the music.

Want to know more about the opera you’re going to see?

PERFORMANCES

As part of the experience, we include: • A free CD with an introduction to the production • A Touch Tour of the set, costumes and props before the show • An audio introduction 15 minutes before the start of the main performance.

If you or someone you know is interested in booking for an audio-described performance, simply contact the box office at your chosen theatre. Discounted tickets are available.

Tickets for audio-description and Touch Tours must be booked at least two weeks in advance.

Guide dogs are welcome.

Audio-described performances are listed opposite. Touch Tours start at 6pm for evening performances and 1.45pm for matinees (1.15pm for The Gondoliers on 13 Jun).

Interested?

FIND OUT MORE...

There’s more information on all this service provides at scottishopera.org.uk

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Breaking the Waves Edinburgh | Fri 23 Aug 2019 7.15pm

Tosca Glasgow | Sat 26 Oct 2019 7.15pm Aberdeen | Sat 2 Nov 2019 7.15pm Inverness | Sat 9 Nov 2019 7.15pm Edinburgh | Sun 17 Nov 2019 3pm

Nixon in China Glasgow | Sat 22 Feb 2020 7.15pm Edinburgh | Sat 29 Feb 2020 7.15pm

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Edinburgh | Sat 4 Apr 2020 7.15pm Glasgow | Sat 25 Apr 2020 7.15pm

The Gondoliers Glasgow | Sat 23 May 2020 7.15pm Aberdeen | Sat 30 May 2020 7.15pm Inverness | Sat 6 Jun 2020 7.15pm Edinburgh | Sat 13 Jun 2020 2.30pm

TA L K S

These free half-hour sessions delve deeper into the opera, enhancing your enjoyment and extending your knowledge of the piece.

Tickets are free but should be reserved by calling the box office at your chosen venue.

Limited availability.

Tosca Glasgow | Sat 26 Oct 2019 6pm Aberdeen | Sat 2 Nov 2019 6pm Inverness | Sat 9 Nov 2019 6pm Edinburgh | Sat 23 Nov 2019 6pm

Nixon in China Glasgow | Sat 22 Feb 2020 6pm Edinburgh | Sat 29 Feb 2020 6pm

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Edinburgh | Sat 4 Apr 2020 6pm Glasgow | Sat 25 Apr 2020 6pm

The Gondoliers Glasgow | Sat 23 May 2020 6pm Aberdeen | Sat 30 May 2020 6pm Inverness | Sat 6 Jun 2020 6pm Edinburgh | Sat 13 Jun 2020 6pm London | Sat 18 Jul 2020 6pm

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G E T I N V O LV E D . . .

The Opera Factory

Spinning Songs

Join in with choirs, school events, community projects and more.

For information on all of these projects, call our Education team on 0141 332 9559 or go to scottishopera.org.uk

For Primary 3 classes What are the essential ingredients for making an opera? Singers? Orchestra? Costumes?

Scottish Opera invites young audiences on a whirlwind musical adventure to find out how opera is made. Supported by online resources designed to reinforce key learning outcomes of A Curriculum for Excellence for Level 1.

Community Choir

Primary Schools Tour

Presenter Allan Dunn May to Jun 2019

An intergenerational programme for pre-school, primary and elderly citizens This new project is inspired by a growing awareness of the mutual benefits of interaction between people living with dementia and young children. During weekly workshops, participants are encouraged to develop their musical and expressive arts skills, together creating a series of original songs that reflect life in their local community.

For adults of all ages We need your voice! With a mix of opera, classical, popular, folk and world music, our Community Choir meets on Wednesday evenings in the Robertson Trust Education Rooms at Theatre Royal Glasgow. You don’t need to be able to read music or have any previous experience. Just come and give it a go, and see what fun singing can be!

For Primary 5-7 classes Our children’s operas make learning fun and creative. Pupils participate in a high-quality, day-long music theatre workshop, culminating in a performance for parents and guests.

This year’s show is Warriors! The Emperor’s Incredible Army, commissioned in partnership with the five Scottish Confucius Institutes.

Conductor Katy Lavinia Cooper Sep to Dec 2019 Jan to Apr 2020 | May to Jun 2020

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Music Alan Penman | Words Ross Stenhouse Jan to Mar 2020 | Apr to Jun 2020

Memory Spinners For people living with dementia Memory Spinners groups meet weekly in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Airdrie. Using music, movement and the visual arts, the programme helps participants relax, get creative and form new support networks, sharing memories that are incorporated into a relaxed performance for friends and family.

Airdrie Aug to Sep 2019 | Jan to Mar 2020 Glasgow Sep to Nov 2019 | Apr to Jun 2020 Edinburgh Oct to Dec 2019

Our education work is supported by Scottish Opera’s Education Angels

Become an

EDUCATION ANGEL...

And support projects like these.

Go to scottishopera.org.uk to find out more.

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION

282 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA

13-29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9FT

BOX OFFICE By phone: 0844 871 7647 Mon to Sat 9am-10pm & Sun 10am-8pm.

BOX OFFICE By phone: 0131 529 6000 Mon to Sat 11am-6pm.

In person: Mon to Sat 10am-6pm (until curtain up on performance nights).

Online: capitaltheatres.com Text relay: 18002 0131 529 6003

Calls cost up to 7p per minute, plus your phone company’s access charge.

In person: Mon to Sat 10am-6pm.

(8pm on performance nights – sales for that evening’s performance only from 6pm.)

Online: atgtickets.com/glasgow Access Freephone number: 0800 912 6971 Text relay: 18001 0871 297 5477 YOU CAN PAY BY All major credit cards including Amex (Electron only in person). Cheques payable to ATG London Ltd. DISCOUNTS (*except Fri and Sat evenings) Discounts available for over 60s.* Discounts available for wheelchair users, people with disabilities, audio-description patrons, full-time students and unwaged.

Group rates available.* Call Group Bookings on 0333 009 5389. Mon to Fri 9am-5.30pm.

Calls charged at local rate.

Under 26s – £10 tickets, any seat, any performance. Bookable in advance. Show valid ID when booking.

YOU CAN PAY BY Visa Electron, Visa/Delta, Mastercard and Maestro. Cheques payable to Capital Theatres.

DISCOUNTS (*except Fri and Sat evenings) Day seats – £14 (Subscription Series), £11 (Utopia, Limited). Available from 10am on the day of the performance. Limited availability, in person only. We reserve the right to limit to 2 per person.

Discounts available for over 65s, unwaged, Capital Theatres Friends, YoungScot card holders and full-time students.* Discounts available for people with disabilities, wheelchair users and audio-description patrons.

Please contact box office for details.

Full-time students and unwaged – £10 standby ticket. Show valid ID when booking. Subject to availability on the day of performance, from 10am in person with valid ID.* Group/school rates available.* Call Group Bookings on 0131 529 6005. Mon to Fri 11am-6pm.

Under 26s – £10 tickets, any seat, any performance. Bookable in advance. Show valid ID when booking.

TICKETS IN PERSON £20-£84 (Subscription Series), £15-£40 (Utopia, Limited) TICKETS ONLINE/PHONE £21-£85 (Subscription Series), £16-£41 (Utopia, Limited) A one-off £2.85 transaction fee applies to online, phone and postal bookings.

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TICKETS £21-£89 (Subscription Series), £17-£40 (Utopia, Limited) Prices at Festival Theatre Edinburgh include a contribution to the Theatres’ Development Fund.

An £1 handling charge will be added for posting your tickets to you (when booked more than 1 week in advance).

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BOX OFFICE INFORMATION

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION

Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen AB25 1GL BOX OFFICE By phone: 01224 641122 Mon to Sat 9.30am-6pm.

In person: Mon to Sat 9.30am-6pm (8pm on performance nights).

Online: aberdeenperformingarts.com YOU CAN PAY BY Visa, Mastercard and Maestro.

DISCOUNTS Discounts available for APA Friends, students, over 60s, unemployed, people with disabilities and audio-description patrons.

Group rates available. Email groups@aberdeenperformingarts.com Under 26s – £10 tickets, any seat, any performance. Bookable in advance. Show valid ID when booking.

TICKETS £22-£65 A £1 postage charge will be added if applicable.

Breaking the Waves at King’s Theatre 2 Leven Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LQ Please note: advance tickets for Breaking the Waves are only available from Hub Tickets.

BOX OFFICE By phone: 0131 473 2000 Mon to Sat 10am-5pm.

In person: Hub Tickets, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH1 2NE Mon to Sat 10am-5pm.

Online: eif.co.uk YOU CAN PAY BY All major debit/credit cards (excl. Diners Club and Visa Electron).

Cheques payable to Hub Tickets.

DISCOUNTS A 50% discount is available for young people aged under 18. A 25% discount is available for people aged 26 or under. £8 tickets can be purchased from Hub Tickets on the day of a performance by people aged under 26 or recipients of Universal Credit. A 30% discount will be available for seniors and Arts Workers from 3 July. All discounts are limited.

TICKETS £15-£35 A transaction fee of £1 per ticket, up to a maximum of £5, will be added to all bookings. £1 for postage will be added if applicable.

EDEN COURT INVERNESS

Bishops Road, Inverness IV3 5SA

BOX OFFICE By phone: 01463 234234 Mon to Sat 10am-8pm (Sun from 11am).

In person: Mon to Sat 10am-8pm (Sun from 11am).

Online: eden-court.co.uk YOU CAN PAY BY Visa, Mastercard and Maestro. Cheques payable to Eden Court.

DISCOUNTS Discounts available for Eden Court Friends, students, over 60s, Jobseekers Allowance, ES40s, people with disabilities and audio-description patrons.

Group rates available. Contact the box office for details.

Under 26s – £10 tickets, any seat, any performance. Bookable in advance. Show valid ID when booking.

TICKETS £20-£62 A £1 postage charge will be added if applicable.

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Fox-tot! at Magnusson Theatre, Edinburgh Academy 42 Henderson Row, Edinburgh EH3 5BL

BOX OFFICE By phone: 0131 226 0000 (from Jun 2019).

In person: Fringe Box Office, 180 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QS (from Jun 2019).

Online: edfringe.com (from Apr 2019).

Pre-show on the door: Magnusson Theatre, Edinburgh Academy, 42 Henderson Row, Edinburgh EH3 5BL (subject to availability).

YOU CAN PAY BY All major debit/credit cards (excl. American Express, Diners Club and Visa Electron).

TICKETS £12 (adult + toddler) A £1.50 postage charge will be added if applicable.

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BOX OFFICE INFORMATION Fox-tot! at Royal & Derngate

Iris at City Halls

19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton NN1 1DP

Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ

BOX OFFICE By phone: 01604 624811 In person: Royal & Derngate Online: royalandderngate.co.uk TICKETS £15 (adult + toddler). A £3 transaction charge applies to all bookings of £15 and over, excluding Friends, groups and disabled patrons.

BOX OFFICE By phone: 0141 353 8000 In person: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and City Halls & Old Fruitmarket Online: glasgowconcerthalls.com DISCOUNTS Standard concessions available.

Under 26s – £10 tickets.

TICKETS £14.50-£27.50. A £1.50 transaction fee applies to phone bookings. A £1 transaction fee applies to online bookings. A £1 postage fee will be charged if applicable.

Cavalleria rusticana The Gondoliers & Zingari at Usher Hall & Utopia, Limited Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2EA at Hackney Empire BOX OFFICE By phone: 0131 228 1155 In person: Usher Hall Online: usherhall.co.uk DISCOUNTS Standard concessions available.

Under 26s – £10 tickets.

TICKETS £11-£30. A £1.50 transaction fee applies to phone and online bookings.

291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ BOX OFFICE By phone: 020 8985 2424 In person: Hackney Empire Online: hackneyempire.co.uk DISCOUNTS Standard concessions available.

Under 26s – £10 tickets.

TICKETS £10-£44 (The Gondoliers), £10-£29 (Utopia, Limited). A £1.25 per ticket booking fee applies to phone bookings. A £1 per ticket booking fee applies to online bookings.

Image credits Pages 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 22 & 24 © James Glossop Page 22 – Helen Musselwhite/Jonathan Beer Page 28 – The cast of Pop-up Opera 2018 © Rachel Bibby at 58° North Photography Page 30 – Hye-Youn Lee in Madama Butterfly 2014 © KK Dundas Page 32 – 2018/19 Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Sofia Troncoso (2nd from right) in Opera Highlights 2018 © Sally Jubb Page 33 – Susannah Glanville & José Ferrero in Tosca 2012 © Mark Hamilton Page 34 – Scottish Opera’s Dementia Friendly performance of La bohème 2017 © James Glossop Page 37 – Samuel Dale Johnson in Eugene Onegin 2018 © James Glossop Page 38 – Pupils from Baljaffray Primary School in 1719! Primary Schools Tour 2019 © Nadine Boyd Page 39 – Airdrie Memory Spinners 2018 © Christina Riley Programme All contents © Scottish Opera 2019. Compiled by Scottish Opera. All details are printed in good faith and are correct at the time of going to press. Scottish Opera reserves the right to change programme and cast details at any time. Visual material contained within the brochure is illustrative and does not necessarily relate to stage productions.

Printed by J Thomson Colour Printers This programme is printed on an FSC® certified paper

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