Here is your chance on enjoy Opera live in Campbeltown!

Essential Scottish Opera    

Touring Scotland 15 January to 16 February

Sponsored by the Friends of Scottish Opera

Got the winter blues? Cheer yourself up on a night out with some of opera’s freshest talent. 

Four young and dynamic singers are packing their bags this January to bring Essential Scottish Opera to a venue near you.  Essential Scottish Opera gives you the chance to sample live opera close up during a relaxed and informal evening. The show features a mixture of musical styles including old favourites from Carmen, La traviata and Rigoletto as well as music by Britten, Mozart and Bernstein. There's something for everyone, whether you're new to opera or an old hand.

This year’s cast are soprano Amanda Forbes, a recent graduate of the National Opera Studio, mezzo-soprano Catriona Barr, who played Kate Pinkerton in Scottish Opera’s recent production of Madama Butterfly, tenor Blake Fischer, winner of the Royal Northern College of Music’s prestigious Gold Medal in 2003, and baritone Anders Östberg, a Swedish singer who is also a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

With accompaniment provided by Scottish Opera’s own Ian Shaw on piano, it all adds up to a night of guaranteed entertainment, and with tickets at the price of a couple of fish suppers, there’s no excuse not to book.

Midwinter was never this good.        

'If you haven't experienced opera before…then here's the opportunity to dip your toe in the water…slick, quick and unpretentious'

The Scotsman (on Essential Scottish Opera 2007)

'It was as if we'd all been transported to La Scala. For a wet January night on Skye, that's quite an uplift!'

West Highland Free Press (on Essential Scottish Opera 2007)

Musical Director/Pianist Ian Shaw

Director Martin Lloyd-Evans

Company Stage Manager Sophie Peel

Running Time 2 hours approx. (including) one 20 min interval

Tuesday 12 February, 7.30pm

Victoria Hall, Campbeltown

Tickets: £10, £8 (conc.)

Tickets from: Aqualibrium, Kinloch Road, Campbeltown, Argyll PA28 6EG

Tel: 01586 551212

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In addition tickets for all performances can also be purchased by calling the 24 hour booking line on 0844 847 1645. Please note that tickets bought online or from the 24 hour booking line will be subject to a booking fee.

Advance booking is highly recommended.  Any remaining unsold tickets will be available for sale at the door.  Doors open 30 minutes before the performance begins.

Scottish Opera reserves the right to alter casts, performances, seating and ticket arrangements.

Supported by The Gannochy Trust (logo), The JTH Charitable Trust, Lady Eda Jardine Charitable Trust

Core funded by The Scottish Gov’t (logo)

Photography by Mark Hamilton