Review: The Strauss Collection – Scottish Opera

Review: The Strauss Collection – Scottish Opera

Will Quinn Mar 24, 2025 4 min read
"...an excellent cast and orchestra pay such delightful homage to Strauss." The audience might have been thin, but Scottish Opera still put on a solid show.
Review: National Opera Studio’s Showcase – Lust & Laughter – Glasgow

Review: National Opera Studio’s Showcase – Lust & Laughter – Glasgow

Will Quinn Feb 28, 2025 4 min read
"...something for everyone, cast and audience alike." The National Opera Studio & Scottish Opera showed off the stars of tomorrow in style with Lust & Laughter.
Review: The Makropulos Affair – Scottish Opera – Edinburgh

Review: The Makropulos Affair – Scottish Opera – Edinburgh

Will Quinn Feb 28, 2025 5 min read
"...musically it simply doesn’t go anywhere." - Olivia Fuchs directs Orla Boylan to a bravura turn, but Janáček’s operatic fable fails to impress.
Opera in Motion: Flora McIntosh on Reimagining Riders to the Sea

Opera in Motion: Flora McIntosh on Reimagining Riders to the Sea

Will Quinn Feb 14, 2025 6 min read
"...highly theatrical, musically excellent—it takes the audience on a powerful and emotional journey." Flora McIntosh on her directorial debut for OperaUpClose.
Review: Puccini Collection – Scottish Opera – Edinburgh

Review: Puccini Collection – Scottish Opera – Edinburgh

Will Quinn Nov 23, 2024 5 min read
Irish soprano Sinéad Campbell Wallace shines bright in this brisk and highly entertaining journey through some of Puccini's greatest hits from Scottish Opera.