#scottishopera

[francescamaisie]

Last night @scottishopera with my curl idol @anushhovhannisyan ❤️ #latraviata #scottishopera #openingnightparty (at Theatre Royal, Glasgow)

[sallyjubbphotography]

Rehearsals for Scottish Opera’s production of ‘La Boheme’.

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Rehearsals for Scottish Opera’s ‘Opera Highlights 2017′. 

Cast: Roisín Walsh, Adam Gilbert, Elgan Llyr Thomas and Emma Kerr.

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Scottish Opera - Primary Schools Tour of ‘The Tale o’ Tam o’ Shanter’.

[jandtheuk]

Opera

For just over a week I worked on an Opera, I was an Assistant Stage Manager for a whole week. It was one of the hardest and most rewarding weeks of my life. I was so grateful for the experience and for the reminder, this is what I want to do with my life. I want to work together with a team of creatives and make something worthwhile. The curtain goes up, there is nothing more thrilling then that curtain. Live or die the show goes on, so you best hope you've got the nerve. I met some incredible people, some truly talented people, some hilarious people and some god awful people, takes all sorts to make a world and an Opera apparently. I felt amazing, like I was meant to be, being a stage manager feels like being a Discworld Witch, not always glamorous but you get the job done one way or another, you don’t do it for praise or recognition, you do the job that’s in front of you because it has to be done. If you are really good at it people wont even know you were there. But you leave a mark still, a word of encouragement here a sholder to cry on there, a creative solution to every problem. I felt so at home. I made lists and swept, listened to grievances and rants, I was a smile in a stressful room a joke in a tense moment, logic in a storm. I am the most me when I’m in a theatre, i feel real. I am good at my job and I love it. I am a Stage Manager and I will continue to work at it, I want my whole life to be in this theatre I want that feeling to stay. I want to belong and be needed and be helpful and be rational and listen and create and learn. This week was one of the best in my whole life, even when it was hard or frustrating I was still where I was meant to be. I fit. It’s about people, these were my kind of people, kind talented, funny, generous. It’s about telling a story well, telling an important story, using this platform to share. I am so grateful, I know my path... I just need to learn how to walk it.

[alimitch-blog1]

Tonight I am off to the opera! an adaptation of The Trial by Franz Kafka with music by Philip Glass. Should be interesting #scottishopera #thetrial #kafka #philipglass

[tomtenadia]

A night at the Opera. Looking forward to the Mikado tonight. #scottishopera (at His Majesty's Theatre)

[theuploadopera]

Coming soon, some updates about our opera night in Ballater, including some lovely food options for those of you who would like to have a nice meal with our opera night.