@OperaScotland

We see opera as part of an open, confident and cultured society. From baroque to classical, from grand opera to contemporary composers, the arts challenge us.

operascotland.org/
Joined August 2010
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Replying to @GaryLineker
There's more behind you than against you. Good luck mate
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Please don't leave, friends! It's slow and difficult starting afresh, people are scattering across different platforms, and none of those yet function as well. There's still lots of good stuff here. Here's an idea: why not try to find five new, interesting people to follow today?
Alastair Hilton
@London_W48 Nov 2024
Did you know: You’re allowed to leave X/Twitter without putting a post on here telling us that you’re leaving?
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Solidarity with @WelshNatOpera Chorus & Orchestra @EquityUK @WeAreTheMU #ProtectWNO – at South West, England
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Superb interview of Sir John Major from @amolrajan. Long live the long form.
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Opera Scotland retweeted
lyngardner@lyngardner26 Aug 2024
Scotland’s arts funding emergency is a threat to the very roots of UK theatre thestage.co.uk/opinion/scotl…

Lyn Gardner: Scotland’s arts funding emergency is a threat to the very roots of UK theatre

It will take a while for the slow vandalism of the UK's arts funding landscape to become visible, but when it does it will threaten the Edinburgh Fringe, says Lyn Gardner

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Happy Birthday to Dame Janet Baker 🎈🎉🍾 We have fantastic memories of working with Dame Janet, and are honoured to have her continued support. Our family of supporters who pledge a gift in their will become members of the Dame Janet Baker Circle. 👇 scottishopera.org.uk/support…
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She is astounding in Elgar, Purcell, Britten and Berlioz. But it is her Mahler which touches me most of all: the humanity, the warmth, the incisive depths into the meaning of the texts and music. Happiest of birthdays to Janet Baker. 🙏
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A very happy 91st to Dame Janet Baker! Icon of integrity. "Don't confuse your God-given talent with your self. Talent is something you're entrusted with: respect it. And don't believe your own publicity!" "You are the guide; whether the audience follows is solely down to you."
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Symphonies and opera houses need to innovate as funding crunch bites ft.com/content/25898124-e234… via @ft
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The Austrian-British composer Hans Gál - whose operas are at last being rediscovered - was born near Vienna #OTD in 1890. ⁦
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Il trittico has won the Critics’ Circle Music Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera for 2023. 🏆 Congratulations also to Francesca Chiejina, who starred in the production, and has won the Critics’ Circle Young Talent Award for Voice. 👇 ow.ly/C2EE50SOnnH
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Opera Scotland retweeted
The Scotsman
@TheScotsman31 Jul 2024
Edinburgh event and society: Richard Wagner was a revolutionary, exile & musical giant – learn more about this fascinating composer #AD #WagnerSocietyOfScotland #Opera #Theatre #WhatsOn #EdinburghFestival #ClassicalMusic #DonaldRunnicles #RWVI #RichardW... scotsman.com/must-read/wagne…

Learn more of controversial & fascinating composer Richard Wagner at this live event

It has often been said that there is only one person who has had more books written about him than Richard Wagner – and that is Jesus, according to an Edinburgh society honouring the man and his...

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Opera Scotland retweeted
The Scotsman
@TheScotsman31 Jul 2024
Nicola Benedetti in 'decline of civilisation' statement over drastic Scottish arts funding cuts scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-a…

Nicola Benedetti in 'decline of civilisation' statement over drastic Scottish arts funding cuts

Violinist says flagship event is having to ‘fight pretty hard’ for the arts

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It is no secret that the arts have been going through a tough time in recent years. But a major new report we're publishing today with the @uniofwarwick’s @CCMPSWarwickUni shows that things are even worse than we thought.  Read it now: campaignforthearts.org/repor…
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The bass Fyodor Stravinsky - creator of three Tchaikovsky roles, one by Rimsky-Korsakov and father of the composer Igor - was born near Minsk #OTD in 1843.
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Opera Scotland retweeted
Opera Bohemia@OperaBohemia18 Jun 2024
Introducing the cast of Tosca @CreativeScots @ERCL4 @RCStweets @AyrGaiety @perthTCH @absoluteclass @argyllandbute @WhatsOnGlasgow @Whatsonscotland @heraldscotland @thecourieruk @TheScotsman @ScotsMagazine @scotsman_arts @DGWGO @DGStandard @ayrshire_live @OperaScotland
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Trebles all round: David McVicar’s terrific Trittico arrives in Cardiff @WelshNatOpera My review for @Operanow: gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/r…
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Opera Scotland retweeted
Michael Volpe OBE@NoisyMV28 May 2024
Replying to @nfmusic @operamagazine
To be fair, can we really expect a company almost entirely funded by one organisation to publicly attack that organisation?
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Hear, hear! Exactly so.
Sir Bob Neill KC (Hon)@neill_bob28 May 2024
Replying to @neill_bob
I have always taken an interest in the performing arts and believe it plays an important part in enriching our souls.
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We are delighted to announce that English Touring Opera will be moving to a new home in Sheffield from Autumn 2024 as part of the Arts Council England Transfer Programme. Read more: englishtouringopera.org.uk/n…
Picture of Sheffield, England with "Sheffield" written in blue text across it.

ALT Picture of Sheffield, England with "Sheffield" written in blue text across it.

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