Event Category: Opera

*** Note this event is in Thurso High School *** Donizetti’s sunny comedy takes to the road, touring 17 smaller venues around Scotland. Dynamic young British director Oliver Platt and designer Oliver Townsend (Rodelinda 2013) take their inspiration from the world of P.G. Wodehouse in a cheeky, vividly characterised show with its tongue firmly in its cheek. ‘Elixir offers… Continue reading Scottish Opera presents “The Elixir of Love”

*** Note this event takes place at Wick High School *** We are delighted to support Scottish Opera on tour by encouraging you to attend this performance of one of Mozart’s best-loved operas, re-staged in 1950s Italy with a great cast and coming to Wick High School. In opera, the path of true love rarely… Continue reading Scottish Opera in Così fan Tutte

Revival of the 2005 production Sung in English with piano accompaniment Macbeth was the first of Shakespeare’s great plays to provide Verdi with what became a lifelong inspiration.  The initial production in Florence in 1847 met with great acclaim but the opera faded from view until revivals in the mid 20th century. This distinctive production brings a… Continue reading Scottish Opera: Verdi’s Macbeth

Director Chris Rolls and designer Oliver Townsend use their extensive theatrical expertise to capture the drama, and the elegance, of one of Handel’s most successful operas. Against a backdrop of faded Baroque grandeur, a cast of very contemporary characters tells a compelling tale of tyranny, love and the corrupting nature of power. Bertarido, King of Lombardy, has been defeated… Continue reading Scottish Opera presents Handel’s Rodelinda

Opera – Scottish Opera in La Traviata, Sat 20th Oct. 7.30pm. 2 hours 30 mins. including interval, age 8+ Don't forget to see this new production of a favourite opera relocated to 1950's Paris – the glamorous age of nouvelle vague cinema. See the link below for booking details for the performance at Thurso High… Continue reading Scottish Opera in La Traviata

Opera – Scottish Opera in "Orpheus in the Underworld", Wick High School, Tuesday, 20th Sept. 7.30pm A Co-production with Northern Ireland Opera A new production with a translation by Rory Bremner Offenbach's irreverent romp features some of the funniest dialogue and daftest situations in French opera. Originally written to satirize the government of Napoleon III's… Continue reading Scottish Opera in Orpheus in the Underworld

Scottish Opera in “Kátya Kabanová” by Janáček A rare chance to hear opera performed in Wick. Fresh from the success of sell-out tours of “Cinderella” and “The Merry Widow”, Scottish Opera brings you “Kátya Kabanová”, an intimate and intense love story. Inspired by his love for a much younger woman, Czech composer Janá?ek’s moving tale is a… Continue reading Scottish Opera in “Kátya Kabanová” by Janáček