| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 6-Apr-2013 Theatre Royal | Dutchman flies into north-east Scotland |
 In Harry Fehr’s much-anticipated new production of The Flying Dutchman for Scottish Opera, the setting is in Scotland – as Wagner had originally intended before a last-minute switch to Norway during rehearsals for the first production in 1843. Fehr also brings the setting to the north-east of Scotland in the 1970s, a time when Scotland was getting to grips with North Sea oil, and indeed, a silhouette of an oil rig emerging out of a bluish fog is depicted on the front stage gauze.Read full review... | |
| 27-Oct-2012 Theatre Royal | Scottish Opera's steampunk Magic Flute delights |
 Following acclaimed productions at Scottish Opera of The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville, recently revived, Thomas Allen returns to Glasgow to direct The Magic Flute. Taking inspiration from the city’s famed boisterous music hall history, the collections of William Hunter and his own childhood images of the shipyards on the Wear, Allen’s theme is Victorian industrial with a modern twist of steampunk.
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| 22-Jan-2011 Theatre Royal | Scottish Opera and RSAMD Combine to revisit Poutney's Cunning Little Vixen |
 The teaming up of RSAMD’s best students with Scottish Opera has now become a much-anticipated annual event: in a showcase of best practice, it demonstrates how a national opera company can work together with a national music conservatoire to provide immensely valuable experience, and a chance for the youngsters to work right alongside the professionals on stage, off stage and in the pit.
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