"The more I worked backstage, the more I particularly enjoyed being involved with opera - because of its complexity, scale ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Verdi’s work is far more profound than the program’s gloss, which seems to reach for contemporary relevance. As ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scottish Opera, Scotland’s national opera company, officially withdrew its nomination for a South Bank Sky Arts Award after being ...

The Scottish Sun and Scottish Opera have teamed up to offer the chance to attend the opening night of La bohème at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal. 700 pairs of tickets will be available to readers at a cost ...

Pirates, four brand-new operas, and the return of Wagner to the Scottish Opera stage for the first time in nine years mark the 50th anniversary season of Scotland's national opera company. In a ...

Scottish Opera presents a digital version of its hugely popular Opera Highlights, which will be released on October 25, World Opera Day, at 6pm. While the Autumn tour usually sees the company ...

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Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai created more than 30,000 artworks during an extraordinary nine-decade career. One image in particular from two centuries ago - the picture The Great Wave off ...

I have been attending performances by Scottish Opera for over 25 years, but for most of that time other people have been reviewing the shows for The Herald, and it is only in very recent months that ...

How does Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Edward Jowle feel about taking on the role of Figaro for the first time? ‘It’s fun to play a grotesque,’ he tells David Kettle, ‘and even more fun to play ...

Scottish theatre in June includes stories that reckon with history and memory, while dance and opera offer several ...

Figures from the worlds of opera and pantomime and a beloved writer are among those from the arts in Scotland who have been recognised in the New Year Honours list. Alex Reedijk, general director of ...