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16 OPERA
New translation by CHRISTOPHER COWELL
Orchestral re-working by DEREK CLARK
Ashley Dean’s direction is
beautifully to the point
THE HERALD (ON OPERA HIGHLIGHTS 2009)
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Trust / Nancie Massey Charitable Trust
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SCOTTISH OPERA
CARMEN
FRI 01 & SAT 02 OCT | 19.30
ONETOUCH THEATRE
BEAUTIFUL GYPSIES, obsession, bullfighters and
some of the liveliest rhythms in opera… it can only be
Carmen. This new production is set in 1960s Spain, a
country firmly entrenched in General Franco’s rightwing
regime. Women are oppressed, the gypsies
ghettoised, the country is riddled with poverty, and
black-market smuggling is rife.
The stakes are high for Carmen. An outspoken gypsy
with a beautiful face and a fiery temper, she sets her
sights on the soldier Don José. His desire leads him
to deny his friends and position and he is soon living a
life outside the law. As his relationship with Carmen
disintegrates and she leaves him for another, he sets
out to prove his love, but Carmen has seen the future
in her tarot cards and it isn’t a happy one.
Bizet’s boldly seductive opera has been one of the
world’s favourites for over a century. From the sultry
‘Habanera’ to the naively passionate ‘Flower Song’
and the rousing ‘Toreador’s Song’, Bizet’s everpopular
music brings out the earthy vitality of his
characters. Ashley Dean, director of 2009’s Opera
Highlights tour directs a fine ensemble cast.
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Carmen is sung in English.
Chamber orchestra-accompanied performance.
Running time approximately 2 hours 30 minutes
(including interval).
Conductor Derek Clark
(Orchestra-accompanied performances)
Director Ashley Dean
Designer Cordelia Chisolm
Lighting Johanna Town
Movement Director Joyce Deans
Fight Director Raymond Short
SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2010
SCOTTISH OPERA
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
THU 04 & SAT 06 NOV | 19.15
EMPIRE THEATRE
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE TEAM behind 2007’s The
Barber of Seville returns to
Scottish Opera. Internationally
renowned baritone Sir Thomas
Allen directs Mozart’s
unstoppable masterpiece, set in
the stylish world of the late
eighteenth century.
The once charming Count
Almaviva has developed a
somewhat loose sense of
morality…He has a particular soft
spot for Susanna, the girl Figaro
is hoping to marry that very day.
Figaro, Susanna and Rosina, now
Almaviva’s wife, conspire to stop
him, but not before Figaro’s old
The performance on SAT 06 NOV will be
Audio Described
There will be a Touch Tour on SAT 06 NOV
AT 18.00
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foe, Dr Bartolo makes an
appearance…
What makes this a production to
see…is Allen’s direction
METRO (ON THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, 2007)
There will be a pre-performance talk on
SAT 06 NOV AT 18.00
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Running time approximately 3 hrs 20 mins.
Supported by Dunard Fund / The Scottish Opera
Syndicate
Blending breathtaking arias with
over-the-top characters and
chaotic humour, this is Mozart at
his theatrical best. Thomas
Oliemans, Figaro in The Barber of
Seville, returns to the role.
Acclaimed Mozartian baritone
Roderick Williams sings Almaviva
and Scottish soprano Kate
Valentine sings the role of the
Countess.
Francesco Corti conducts.
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SCOTTISH OPERA
UNWRAPPED PERFORMANCE
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
WED 03 NOV | 18.00
EMPIRE THEATRE
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