Events
The Marriage of Figaro
Scottish Opera
Conductor: Dane Lam
Director: Sir Thomas Allen
Role: Cherubino
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
20 May 2026, 7.15pm
22 May 2026, 3.00pm (Access Performance)
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The Marriage of Figaro
Scottish Opera
Conductor: Dane Lam / Susannah Wapshott
Director: Sir Thomas Allen
Role: Cherubino
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
2 June 2026, 7.15pm
5 June 2026, 3.00pm (Access Performance)
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The Galloping Cure
The Galloping Cure
WORLD PREMIERE
Ensemble and Cover (Dog)
Composer: Missy Mazzoli Librettist: Royce Vavrek
Based on an original story by Karen Russell
Director & Dramaturg: Tom Morris
Conductor: Stuart Stratford
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Sunday 9 August 7.00pm
Tuesday 11 August 7.00pm
Wednesday 12 August 7.00pm
Opera Ventures Productions and Scottish Opera present a bold new opera for the opioid age. The Galloping Cure is a haunting allegory for a crisis that has become a worldwide epidemic. Visually stunning and emotionally gripping, this contemporary fable evokes a darkly funny and devastating vision of a crumbling society.
Duruflé Requiem and Faure’s La Naissance de Vénus
French Harmonies
Mezzo Soprano Soloist
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine and La Naissance de Vénus
Duruflé: Requiem
The Great Wave : グレートウェーブ
Scottish Opera
The world premiere of Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross's The Great Wave: an extravagant story about artist Katsushika Hokusai and his famous woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Conductor: Stuart Stratford
Director: Satoshi Miyagi
Role: Koto
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
19 & 21 February 2026, 7.15pm
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The Great Wave : グレートウェーブ
Scottish Opera
The world premiere of Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross's The Great Wave: an extravagant story about artist Katsushika Hokusai and his famous woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Conductor: Stuart Stratford
Director: Satoshi Miyagi
Role: Koto
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
12 & 14 February 2026, 7.15pm
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Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Recital
This Season's Emerging Artists – soprano Kira Kaplan, mezzo-soprano Chloe Harris, tenor Luvo Maranti, baritone Daniel Barrett, bass-baritone Edward Jowles and repetiteurs Meghan Rhoades and Toby Stanford – will perform in recitals at the University of St Andrews, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and University of Glasgow this Autumn, giving the young artists a chance to perform arias, duets, and ensembles of their choice displaying a wide variety of opera’s best numbers.
Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Recital
This Season's Emerging Artists – soprano Kira Kaplan, mezzo-soprano Chloe Harris, tenor Luvo Maranti, baritone Daniel Barrett, bass-baritone Edward Jowle and repetiteurs Meghan Rhoades and Toby Stanford – will perform in recitals at the University of St Andrews, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and University of Glasgow this Autumn, giving the young artists a chance to perform arias, duets, and ensembles of their choice displaying a wide variety of opera’s best numbers.
Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Recital
This Season's Emerging Artists – soprano Kira Kaplan, mezzo-soprano Chloe Harris, tenor Luvo Maranti, baritone Daniel Barrett, bass-baritone Edward Jowle and repetiteurs Meghan Rhoades and Toby Stanford – will perform in recitals at the University of St Andrews, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and University of Glasgow this Autumn, giving the young artists a chance to perform arias, duets, and ensembles of their choice displaying a wide variety of opera’s best numbers.
Double Bill: L'heure espagnole & The Bear
Scottish Opera
Conductor: Alexandra Cravero
Director: Jacopo Spirei
The Bear
Role: Yelena Ivanovna Popova
L’heure espagnole
Role: Concepción (cover)
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Saturday 15 November 2025, 7.15pm
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Double Bill: L’heure espagnole & The Bear
Scottish Opera
Conductor: Alexandra Cravero
Director: Jacopo Spirei
The Bear
Role: Yelena Ivanovna Popova
L’heure espagnole
Role: Concepción (cover)
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Saturday 18 October 2025, 7.15pm
Wednesday 22 October 2025, 7.15pm
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Opera Highlights: Autumn 2025
Scottish Opera
Autumn 2025 Tour
2 October – 22 November
Touring to East Kilbride, Ayr, Gartmore, Brechin, Ellon, Crail, Castle Douglas, Melrose, Crawfordjohn, Birnam, Nairn, Lochinver, Glenuig, Castlebay, Lochranza, Johnstone, and Edinburgh
Autumn 2025 Performers
James Geidt, Chloe Harris, Luvo Maranti, Ceferina Penny
Autumn Music Director/Pianist
Meghan Rhoades
Director
Emma Doherty
Designer
Kenneth MacLeod
Lighting Designer
Barry MacDonald
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Double Bill: L'heure espagnole & The Bear
Scottish Opera
Conductor: Alexandra Cravero
Director: Jacopo Spirei
The Bear
Role: Yelena Ivanovna Popova
L’heure espagnole
Role: Concepción (cover)
Lammermuir Festival
St Mary’s Church, Haddington
Thursday 4 September 7.30pm
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Double Bill: Trial by Jury & A Matter of Misconduct!
Conductor
Toby Hession
Director - Trial by Jury
John Savournin
Choreographer - Trial by Jury
Kally Lloyd-Jones
Director - A Matter of Misconduct!
Laura Attridge
Roles:
Counsel for the Plaintiff - Trial by Jury
Cherry Penistone - A Matter of Misconduct!
Trial by Jury / A Matter of Misconduct! promises an unmissable night of classic G&S comedy and new writing by Toby Hession and Emma Jenkins.
Opera Holland Park
24 & 26 June, 2025, 7.30pm
Trial by Jury is a new co-production by Scottish Opera, D'Oyly Carte Opera and Opera Holland Park
A Matter of Misconduct! is a new co-commission and co-production by Scottish Opera and D'Oyly Carte Opera
Double Bill: Trial by Jury & A Matter of Misconduct!
Conductor
Toby Hession
Director - Trial by Jury
John Savournin
Choreographer - Trial by Jury
Kally Lloyd-Jones
Director - A Matter of Misconduct!
Laura Attridge
Roles:
Counsel for the Plaintiff - Trial by Jury
Cherry Penistone - A Matter of Misconduct!
Trial by Jury / A Matter of Misconduct! promises an unmissable night of classic G&S comedy and new writing by Toby Hession and Emma Jenkins.
Festival Theatre Edinburgh:
30 May & 6 June 2025, 7.15pm
Trial by Jury is a new co-production by Scottish Opera, D'Oyly Carte Opera and Opera Holland Park
A Matter of Misconduct! is a new co-commission and co-production by Scottish Opera and D'Oyly Carte Opera
Double Bill: Trial by Jury & A Matter of Misconduct!
Conductor
Toby Hession
Director - Trial by Jury
John Savournin
Choreographer - Trial by Jury
Kally Lloyd-Jones
Director - A Matter of Misconduct!
Laura Attridge
Roles:
Counsel for the Plaintiff - Trial by Jury
Cherry Penistone - A Matter of Misconduct!
Trial by Jury / A Matter of Misconduct!* promises an unmissable night of classic G&S comedy and new writing by Toby Hession and Emma Jenkins.
*World premiere
Theatre Royal Glasgow:
14 & 16 May 2025, 7.15pm
Trial by Jury is a new co-production by Scottish Opera, D'Oyly Carte Opera and Opera Holland Park
A Matter of Misconduct! is a new co-commission and co-production by Scottish Opera and D'Oyly Carte Opera
Scottish Opera - Opera Highlights Tour
Opera Highlights Tour
Music Director/Pianist: Joseph Beesley
Director: Rebecca Meltzer
Performers include Ross Cumming, Chloe Harris, Kira Kaplan and Robert Forrest
Touring to Cumbernauld, Kelso, Langholm, Clydebank, Tain, Fochabers, Midmar, Troon, Stranraer, Peebles, Mid Yell, Lerwick, Campbeltown, Craignish, Strontian, Dunoon, Castlebay, Tarbert, Ullapool, Durness, Thurso, Killin, Anstruther, and Dundee.
Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Recital
Performance of arias, duets, and ensembles with 2024/2025 Scottish Opera Emerging Artists.
Performers: Soprano Kira Kaplan, mezzo-soprano Chloe Harris, baritone Ross Cumming, bass-baritone Edward Jowles and repetiteurs José Javier Ucendo and Meghan Rhoades.
Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Recital
Performance of arias, duets, and ensembles with 2024/2025 Scottish Opera Emerging Artists.
Performers: Soprano Kira Kaplan, mezzo-soprano Chloe Harris, baritone Ross Cumming, bass-baritone Edward Jowles and repetiteurs José Javier Ucendo and Meghan Rhoades.
Les nuits d'été - Berlioz with The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Les nuits d’été, Op. 7 - Berlioz
Performed with The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Albert Herring
Albert Herring - Britten
Scottish Opera
Performing as Nancy
Conductor
William Cole
Director
Daisy Evans
Lammermuir Festival:
Corn Exchange, Haddington
5 & 6 September 2024, 7.30pm
Theatre Royal Glasgow:
18 & 22 October 2024, 7.15pm
Festival Theatre Edinburgh:
13 November 2024, 7.15pm
Garsington Opera - A Trip to the Moon
Garsington Opera - A Trip to the Moon
Covering the Queen of the Moon People
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Garsington Opera Young Artist Cover Showcase
Garsington Opera Young Artist Cover Showcase
Rudolf Steiner House
Excerpts from Le nozze di Figaro as Marcellina
Directed by Ruth Knight
Conducted by Paul Wingfield
Garsington Opera - Opera First Performance of Le nozze di Figaro
Garsington Opera - Opera First Performance
Le nozze di Figaro
Performing as Marcellina
Conductor: Paul Wingfield
Director: Ruth Knight
Garsington Opera - Gala Concert
Garsington Opera - Gala Concert
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Garsington Opera - Alvarez Young Artist Private Event
Garsington Opera - Alvarez Young Artist Private Event
Le nozze di Figaro
Performing Marcellina as part of the Alvarez Young Artist Programme
Conductor: Paul Wingfield
Director: Ruth Knight
Garsington Opera - Le nozze di Figaro
Garsington Opera - Le nozze di Figaro
Chorus and (Marcellina cover) as part of the Alvarez Young Artist Progamme
Conductor: Tabita Berglund
Original Director: John Cox
Revival Director: Bruno Ravella
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Albert Herring
Royal Academy Opera: Albert Herring
Directed by Orpha Phelan and conducted by Geoffrey Paterson
Chloe will perform in the role of Nancy
Second Performance Thursday 14th March, Susie Sainsbury Theatre
Albert Herring
Royal Academy Opera: Albert Herring
Directed by Orpha Phelan and conducted by Geoffrey Paterson
Chloe will perform in the role of Nancy
First Performance Tuesday 12th of March, Susie Sainsbury Theatre
Academy Song Circle: The Four Seasons
Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London
The Academy Song Circle presents a concert celebrating the nature surrounding us and the beauty of the changing seasons.
Handel’s Messiah - Alto Soloist
Handel’s Messiah - Alto Soloist
All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames
With Hampton Choral Society and conducted by Richard Harker
Stanford Mass Via Victrix - Alto Soloist
Mass Via Victrix - Alto Soloist
Lincoln Cathedral
With Lincoln Choral Society and conducted by Mark Wilde
Opera Holland Park
Chorus with Opera Holland Park for their 2023 production of La bohème.
**This was made possible by the Opera Foundation for young Australians Lady Galleghan London Award.