Revitalising British opera over his four-decade career, Benjamin Britten’s lifelong fascination with the human voice yielded several outstanding works for solo voice and orchestra, rivalling anything he wrote for the stage with their drama, sophistication, and emotional impact. They explore everything from the pacifism that profoundly shaped his life to complex moral ambiguities that are as unsettling and captivating now as they were at their premieres.

Les Illuminations

St Mary's Church Haddington

There is something truly special about the opera arriving in town. This Season, Scottish Opera brings one of the most enchanting tales in the repertoire, and a family favourite, to 34 locations across Scotland.

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Hansel & Gretel

Duns Volunteer Hall

Eastgate Theatre

Garnock Community Campus

Islay High School

Liniclate School

Lossiemouth Town Hall

Maybole Town Hall

Phipps hall

Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Portree Community Centre

Seil Island Community Hall

The Byre Theatre St Andrews

The Sunart Centre

Ullapool High School

University of Stirling

Victoria Hall, Campbeltown

Ryan Centre

There are worse places to find yourself trapped than Club Amnesia. Here, Alcina – performance artist extraordinaire – captivates the men who swarm around her, bending their minds, and reality, to her will. But when she meets Ruggiero, her heart finally softens. Then Ruggiero’s fiancée – disguised as a man to rescue her lost lover – arrives, and a clash of head and heart threatens to shatter the magic, hedonism, and fantasy of Alcina’s illusions.

Alcina

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Theatre Royal Glasgow

Olivia Fuchs, director of 2025’s five-star The Makropulos Affair, transports Handel’s romantic fantasy to the vibrant, flamboyant, all-intoxicating club scene, joyfully toying with opera’s power and gender dynamics.

Hansel and Gretel

Scottish Opera

Les illuminations

Capital Theatres

Charlotte Clapperton

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 11, 2026

Les Illuminations · Scottish Opera

Oct 8 - Nov 14, 2026

Hansel & Gretel · Scottish Opera

6 - 27 Feb, 2027

Alcina · Scottish Opera

25 - 27 Feb, 2027

Alcina · Capital Theatres

Future and recently performed repertoire

Hansel in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck

Scottish Opera

Singer in Les illuminations by Britten

Scottish Opera

Ruggiero in Alcina by Händel

Scottish Opera

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