OPERA, MUSIC, THEATRE & THE ARTS | SCOTLAND
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THE ROYAL Conservatoire of Scotland cannot be accused of choosing safe crowd-pleasers on the basis of this double bill. Darius Milhaud’s version of Orpheus and Eurydice’s love life, Les Malheurs d’Orphée, feels as though someone wrote a long plot and then threw away all the scenes that could explain what was going on. Musically, however,…
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GOING to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland always feels like a bit of a gamble. Will it feel like a bunch of students putting on an end of term show or will it feel as though you’ve just seen tomorrow’s talent today? This production of Die Fledermaus falls fair and square into the latter category.…
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This review originally appeared on Opera Britannia’s website. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland have produced some excellent operas in recent years, which makes the disappointment of this production of Così fan tutte all the more acute. Singing that was generally competent never managed to overcome the obstacle of an orchestra seemingly intent on sabotaging a…
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The Opera Project was a double bill of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. This review appeared originally at Opera Britannia. [Rating:4] At first sight, the pairing of Dido and Aeneas with Poulenc’s surrealist piece Les Mamelles de Tirésias seems to make little sense at…
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Scottish Opera and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 20 January 2012 [Rating: 2.5] Prokofiev’s Betrothal in a Monastery is seldom staged in this country. This production by Scottish Opera in collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland worked reasonably well as a showcase for the singing talents of those on stage. However, no persuasive case…