Podcasts about Scottish Opera

Colin Bulfield, Executive Producer of the new film Ocean With Attenborough, talks about working with the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker Sir David Attenborough on his latest project, an exploration of the vital importance of healthy oceans to our planet which is in cinemas around the country now. Current exhibitions at V&A Dundee and the British Library in London shed light on the history and future of garden design. Curator James Wylie and academic and author Becca Voelcker discuss how gardens reflect society, how they have influenced other fields such as art and philosophy, and what gardens might look like in 50 years time. And librettist Emma Jenkins and composer Toby Hession talk about how their new operetta for Scottish Opera and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, A Matter of Misconduct!, which is inspired by political scandals, the No.9 Downing Street press briefing room and classic British comedy from Hancock's Half Hour to The Thick of It. Presenter: Kirsty Wark Producer: Mark Crossan

For all those lucky blind and partially sighted Swifties, Taylor Swift fans who do have tickets for the up-coming The Era's Tour concerts at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium on Friday 7, Saturday 8, and Sunday 9 June 2024 there will be live audio description of the concert provided by two of ADA Scotland Describers. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey caught up with Veronica Kinahan, who has described many Scottish Opera productions over the years but this will be her first description of a big outdoor music concert with fellow Describer Caroline Jaquet, to firstly find out whether there are any differences or not when it comes to describing an opera compared to the Taylor Swift concerts. Veronica then explained to Toby how she and Caroline will be preparing their description for the live concerts and how the live audio description will work on the night for those lucky blind and partially sighted people who do have tickets to the Taylor Swift concerts in June at Edinburgh's Murrayfield stadium. If you do have tickets and would like to access the audio description on the night of the Taylor Swift concerts please do email ADA Scotland via admin@adascotland.com so that they are able to ensure that you have a headset to listen to the live audio description. For more about ADA Scotland do visit their website - https://www.adascotland.com   (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

News now of a couple of opera productions from Scottish Opera that are coming up this spring and into early summer with audio described performances of Marx in London! and La traviata for blind and partially sighted people. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was joined by Scottish Opera's Audio Describer Catriona Gillies with an overview and insight into these two Scottish Opera productions. About Marx in London!: In London 1871, the spectre of communism might be haunting Europe, but Karl Marx's demons are far more mundane. Watched by a spy, chased by debt collectors, harried by his family (legitimate and not), and rescued repeatedly from financial ruin by Friedrich Engels, a single madcap day is the backdrop for a run of misadventures and mistakes. Marx might have envisioned an economic system that would restore order and equality to the workers of the world, but his own affairs are in chaos. Amidst this storm in a teacup, can he find an hour to write? Audio Described performances:  Theatre Royal Glasgow, Saturday 17 February Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Saturday 24 February, both performances at 7.15pm with touch tours at 6pm. About Verdi's La traviata: Violetta Valéry lives on borrowed time. In Paris' hedonistic high society, she wrings each day for its joys before her illness catches up with her. When the idealistic young Alfredo offers true love, happiness seems possible – but her past has exacted a price. Giuseppe Verdi's devastating tragedy – based on Alexander Dumas fils' novel, in turn inspired by a real woman – has inspired countless retellings, including cult favourite films Pretty Woman and Moulin Rouge!. With his characteristic eye for detail, Sir David McVicar (Il trittico, Falstaff, Pelléas et Mélisande) gets to the love and loss at the core of this doomed love affair in his passionate, gripping, and startlingly intimate production. Tanya McCallin's sumptuous designs centre Violetta's journey and enduring legacy despite her fleeting life. Verdi's magnificent score sweeps the characters through every shifting mood – from the wildly dramatic to the most vulnerable moments. This beloved production, which began life at Scottish Opera in 2008, has been seen at the houses of co-producers Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu, and Welsh National Opera.  Audio described performances: Theatre Royal Glasgow, Saturday 18 May Eden Court, Inverness, Saturday 25 May His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, Saturday 1 June Festival Theatre Edinburgh Saturday 15 June, with all performances at 7.15pm and touch tours at 6pm. For more about Scottish Opera and audio described performances of their productions do visit their website - https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/access/audio-description-touch-tours (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Zakończył się Konkurs Dyrygentów w Katowicach, a laureaci poprowadzą teraz wiele koncertów w Polsce i za granicą. - Udało nam się zdobyć ponad 40 koncertów w Polsce i zagranicą z takimi zespołami, jak Scottish Opera, London Chamber Orchestra, Orkiestra Narodowa na Łotwie i niemal 95 proc. polskich zespołów, w tym po raz pierwszy Opera Narodowa w Warszawie czy Sinfonia Varsovia - mówił dyrektor artystyczny Filharmonii Śląskiej w Katowicach Jarosław Szemet.

The Braw and The Brave is a podcast about people and their passions Episode 214 is in conversation with award-winning composer Gareth Williams. From growing up in Armagh to studying in Belfast, before moving to Glasgow to continue his education in music composition, Gareth's love of storytelling has seen him create a hugely impressive and extensive body of work to date. With ten operas under his belt, he has collaborated on a number of projects that endeavour to challenge the medium of opera, breathing life into untapped stories, introducing new audiences to the genre. As Composer in Residence at Scottish Opera from 2011 to 2014, alongside creating a series of operas, Gareth also established Breath Cycle at the respiratory ward of Gartnavel Royal Hospital, working with patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Breath Cycle was nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Award in 2015 and the project now supports those dealing with Long Covid. With a self-confessed obsession with ‘writing wee tunes and telling wee stories', during the pandemic, Gareth was inspired to compose a stunning album entitled Songs From The Last Page, which both showcases Scottish literature and explores the relationship between text and song. Released in August 2023, he has subsequently toured a number of venues across Scotland bringing the stories and songs to both music and book lovers alike. Documenting his fascinating musical journey to date from playing in piano bars to writing an opera staged in a lighthouse, for Gareth Williams it's always about the people, the places and the stories. Links Linktree https://linktr.ee/gareth_composer Website https://www.garethwilliamsmusic.com/ Breath Cycle II- the Composer's Songbook https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/join-in/breath-cycle/the-covid-composers-songbook/ Rocking Horse Winner soundtrack https://tapestryopera.bandcamp.com/album/rocking-horse-winner If you've enjoyed this episode you can help support the production of future episodes by clicking on the Ko-Fi link below. Many thanks. https://ko-fi.com/thebrawandthebrave Follow The Braw and The Brave https://www.instagram.com/thebrawandthebravepodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/TheBrawandTheBrave https://twitter.com/BrawBrave

Scottish Opera are bringing a revived production of The Barber of Seville across Scotland this autumn, complete with Audio Described performances. David Hogg spoke with audio describer Veronica Kinehan to find out more about the production… For more information, head on over to scottishopera.org.uk

Welcome to the episode 7 of "Women In The Music Industry", a podcast that shines a spotlight on the remarkable women who are breaking barriers and making their mark in an industry that has long been dominated by men. Today's episode features Scotland's own ridiculously taltented Hannah Howie... multi-genre singer, cruise ship artist / entertainer & vocal coach. Hannah is a singer and vocal coach who hails from Edinburgh, Scotland.   She has toured the UK and the seven seas entertaining audiences with her soaring soprano, comedic characters and thrilling performances for over a decade.   Most recently supporting Michael Ball OBE, Hannah has starred in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, Lesley Bricusse's Scrooge the Musical, Charles Dickens Hard Times as well as working with Strictly Come Dancing's and Oliver-award winning director, Karen Bruce, in the creation of a production show for Princess Cruises.    Hannah trained with Scottish Opera, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and also has a Bachelor of Sciences (Psychology) from Durham University.   She also set up a singing school in 2015, and has taught hundreds of people how to use their voices with more confidence.   Her headliner shows are all about variety - from Musical Theatre to Pop and Rock, Scottish Folk music to Operatic arias, Hannah does it all with aplomb showcasing her huge vocal range and fantastic wit through her repertoire, stories, and some original songs.   Instagram: @misshannahhowie Website: www.hannahhowie.com

Henry McPherson is a musician and artist working across composition, improvisation, and pedagogical practices. His work has been shown internationally across diverse settings – from concert halls to galleries, bathrooms to dance studios, parks and warehouses to cafes, virtual halls and radio. His current creative interests lie in the intersections of improvisation performance and ecology, which is reflected in his upcoming opera Maud, performed by Scottish Opera's Young Company at the end of July. Track List: Moss Gardens No. 1 Moss Gardens No. 3 - II. Slow Dance Ear to the Ground keeps you in the loop with interviews and gig alerts from Scotland's top-notch composers. Hosted by Aileen Sweeney and Ben Eames. Sound edited by Mia Eames. Website Links: https://www.eartothegroundscotland.com/ https://www.henrymcpherson.org.uk/ https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/

It's an exciting first for Composing Myself this week, with this episode's guest holding a position in none other than The Royal Household of the United Kingdom. Judith Weir - Master of The King's Music (and former Master of The Queen's Music) – talks to Wise Music Group CEO Dave Holley and Creative Director Gill Graham about an illustrious life of creative adventure, from a fortuitous mentorship by Sir John Tavener to being appointed to a Royal position by Queen Elizabeth II. Stops along the way include the Battle of Stamford Bridge (“an iconic moment in English history”); how deadlines – “the composer's curse” – are actually a big help; Judith's inspiring work in the broader community; why singers are “the most amazing people in our profession”, and the myriad joys of blogging. A life less ordinary reflected on by a wonderfully eloquent composer.https://www.judithweir.com/Judith Weir (b 1954 to Scottish parents in Cambridge, England) studied composition with John Tavener, Robin Holloway and Gunther Schuller. On leaving Cambridge University in 1976 she taught in England and Scotland, and in the mid-1990s became Associate Composer with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Artistic Director of Spitalfields Festival. She was a Visiting Professor at Princeton (2001) Harvard (2004) and Cardiff (2006-13) and in 2014 was appointed Master of the Queen's Music. Since Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, Weir is now Master of The King's Music. From 2015 to 2019 she was Associate Composer to the BBC Singers.She is the composer of several operas (written for Kent Opera, Scottish Opera, ENO and Bregenz) which have been widely performed. She has written orchestral music for the BBC Symphony, Boston Symphony and Minnesota Orchestras. Much of her music has been recorded, and is available on the NMC, Delphian and Signum labels. She blogs about her cultural experiences at www.judithweir.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Intro : This is a special Women's Day podcast, celebrating, saluting women I admire , who have inspired me and others, to join me in a 15 minute segment (English and French) to speak about their work as professionals in different sectors of the economy. Bio : Working at the highest level, Julia Lagahuzère was previously Deputy Casting Director of Opéra National de Paris in the two theatres of Opéra de Bastille and Palais Garnier. She is currently artistic consultant to the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo, Norway. Julia has a passion for finding and helping to nurture young talent, and established a concert series in order to strengthen relations between the QSIMC and the top international young artist programs; notably in collaboration with the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. She has previously worked at the San Francisco Opera, Scottish Opera and Opéra de Limoges. She is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and Sussex University, a musicology scholarship recipient at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a Masters degree in Opera and Visual Performing Arts from King's College London, in collaboration with the BBC Proms. Website : https://operaforpeace.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediterranean-sustainable/message

Puccini's El Trittico - three one act operas in one performance by Scottish opera in a co-production with Welsh National Opera of ‘El Trittico' directed by Sir David McVicar in Glasgow and Edinburgh with audio description. Puccini's El Trittico a trio of one-act operas of love and loss, El Trittico runs the gamut from high drama and heart-breaking tragedy to devilish black comedy and farce. Il Tabarro (The Cloak) sees a wife trapped in a marriage she yearns to escape, Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica) an outsider forced into a life for which she has no vocation, and Gianni Schicchi a dysfunctional family caught in the snare of a shameless conman. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was joined by Helen Lambert one of Scottish Opera's Audio Describers to find out a bit more about the two up-coming described performances of El Trittico.  Hellen began by giving Toby a bit of background to the story of each of the three operas, an idea of how the set and costumes will look and what the whole Scottish opera audio described experience would be like for blind and partially sighted people coming to the two up-coming described performances in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Puccini's El Trittico will be audio described at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow on Saturday 18 March and also at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on Saturday 25 March with both performances at 6pm with Touch Tours starting at 4.30pm. More details about these and other Scottish Opera audio described performances can be found by visiting- https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/access Image: Scottish Opera logo

American composer Missy Mazzoli joins us from her home in New York for this latest episode of Composing Myself. It's a customarily broad-ranging chat with Wise Music CEO Dave Holley and Creative Director Gill Graham. Topics on today's conversational menu include Missy's childhood obsession with Beethoven and learning to play on a piano bought in a flea market, how writing made her feel like she was “putting the world in order”, getting stuck in to the Pennsylvania Riot Grrrl scene as a teenager, her long-standing collaboration with librettist Royce Vavrek, and how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the creation of her most recent opera The Listeners.https://missymazzoli.com/Recently deemed “one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York” (NY Times) and “Brooklyn's post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out NY), Missy Mazzoli has had her music performed by the New York Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the BBC Symphony, the Cincinnati Orchestra, the National Symphony, LA Opera, Scottish Opera, eighth blackbird, Kronos Quartet and many others. In 2018 she became one of the first two women, along with Jeanine Tesori, to receive a main stage commission from the Metropolitan Opera, and was nominated for a Grammy award in the category of Best Classical Composition. From 2018-2021 She was Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and from 2012-2015 was Composer-in-Residence with Opera Philadelphia. Upcoming commissions include works for Opera Philadelphia, Chicago Lyric Opera, Norwegian National Opera and Third Coast Percussion. In 2016, along with composer Ellen Reid, she founded Luna Composition Lab, a mentorship program for young female, nonbinary and gender nonconforming composers. Her works are published by G. Schirmer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vocal Massage and Laryngeal Manual Therapist Kate Valentine is today's guest. Kate, who runs her own treatment space called Valentine Voice Care, discusses how to spot the signs your student may have vocal health issues and how to prevent vocal injury. KEY TAKEAWAYS Whilst enjoying a successful career as a principal artist on the international operatic stage , Kate sustained a vocal injury: a career-defining moment which sparked a fascination with vocal health, rehabilitation, and the long-term benefits of manual therapy for voice. Kate noticed that, among other things, she was having to take a long time to fully recover after a vocal performance. That is such an easy red flag we can identify as a singing teacher.  Kate's onboarding process involves asking a lot of questions so she gets to know people and their voices as well as she can. It's so important to make students aware of their own voice because then they can identify the problems.  As well as running her own ‘Valentine Voice Care' treatment spaces in Seaford and Glasgow, and managing a busy client list including English National Opera, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Scottish Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Voces8, and The Dunedin Consort, Kate also works with two multidisciplinary voice teams:  the Voice Care Centre (London) and Clyde Consulting Rooms (Glasgow). BEST MOMENTS‘I used to just throw myself in without any real knowledge of what I was doing' ‘We coexist with our voice in our body' ‘I was frustrated because I could see things getting away from me'  EPISODE RESOURCES BAST Training Guest Website: www.valentinevoicecare.com Social Media: Facebook: www.fb.me/valentinevoicecare Instagram: @valentinevoicecare Relevant Links & Mentions:  Voice Care Centre: https://voicecarecentre.co.uk/ Voice Care Centre - Vocal Massage Training: https://voicecarecentre.co.uk/vocal-massage-training/ Clyde Consulting Rooms: https://www.clydeconsultingrooms.com/ Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep. 32 - The Bio-Psycho-Social Model with Stephen King: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4R13bvilWjwQnd9WOfTiVc?si=f5b789d3500e4cef Help Musicians UK: https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/ The Royal Society of Musicians: https://www.rsmgb.org/ Line Hilton (Burnout): (Instagram) @linehilton & (website) linehilton.com Contact Kate Valentine: kate@valentinevoicecare.com ABOUT THE GUEST Kate Valentine specialises in Vocal Health and Injury Prevention for singers, Vocal Massage and Laryngeal Manual Therapy. A passionate ambassador for vocal health, it is her mission to help remove the mystery and stigma surrounding vocal wellbeing and injury, and to provide a safe space for clients to support them with their careers. ABOUT THE PODCASTBAST Training is here to help singers gain the knowledge, skills and understanding required to be a great singing teacher. We can help you whether you are getting started or just have some knowledge gaps to fill through our courses and educational events.Website: basttraining.comGet updates to your inbox: Click here for updates from BAST TrainingLink to presenter's bios: basttraining.com/singing-teachers-talk-podcast-biosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Munn is a freelance musician and teacher who combines regular teaching and conducting at the RCS Junior Department and Big Noise Raploch with coaching for the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain and Benedetti Foundation, as well as teaching at a variety of summer schools. As a cellist, he has performed with BBC SSO, RSNO and Scottish Opera orchestras alongside a variety of freelance engagements including Red Note Ensemble, Concerto Caledonia and the Les Miserables UK Tour.And even he finds practice hard. Get a free cello lesson from David as part of his work with the Benedetti Foundation  here. For more information about Foolproof's work, go to foolproofcreativearts.com or follow us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

Welcome to E&T Season William Robert Allenby Bass-baritone celebrated 40 years on stage in 2020, since his debut as Kurt in 'the Sound of Music' with the Northern Theatre Company, at the Hull New Theatre, in 1980. His career has taken him around the world in a variety of musical styles from Puccini through to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rogers and Hammerstein. William was recently awarded Associateship (ARAM) in the Royal Academy of Music 2020 honours list for a significant contribution to the music profession.William's considerable vocal and comedic talents have taken him to major opera houses in many leading comic and dramatic roles, garnering universal critical acclaim. He has appeared at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, and Opera Holland Park, to name but a few.Following his days as a juvenile lead with the Northern Theatre Company in musicals and variety shows, William's major break-through came when he was engaged as a soloist for BBC Radio 2 in 1989. He has since appeared many times as a star singer on 'Friday Night is Music Night' in a variety of broadcasts of musicals and operetta and in international tours of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' with Westend International. William has also achieved considerable success in over 400 performances of his extremely popular one-man shows, 'An Enchanted Evening of Song' and 'The Music of the Night' in theatres around the UK and as a headline act aboard many of the luxury cruise lines in the US and Europe.I worked with Will on Luxury Cruise Liners and we have enjoyed a spot together in my first produced show in a theatre in 2005 when a character of mine named Jilly Pepper bravely duetted with this master of vocals, you can hear this later in this show.Although Eyes & Teeth is not purely music based, each guest is always linked to Variety in some way and Wills love for the art of Comedy and Variety goes deep and you hear this in his work as well as what he is bringing at Chichester University passing it on to students of Cabaret and Variety. He's paying it forward, so sit back and enjoy the work of the one and only Will Allenby

In this wide-ranging episode of This Is A Voice Podcast we chat with singer, author, musician and teacher Cate Frazier-Neely on:Working in the trenches - what it's like to be a singing teacher with an eclectic career (2.01)Jeremy's first terrifying job with Scottish Opera and how he stayed just one step ahead of the singers (5.00)The difference between playing a piano part and an orchestral reduction for singers - Jeremy is very clear on this! (6.30)Gillyanne's and Cate's personal experience of voice problems - what happened and how they solved it (14.00)The role of the singing teacher in voice rehabilitation, and the "no-man's land" between the SLP and the singing teacher - crossing lanes, staying in lanes, reactions from the medical profession. (19.12)It's a funny, deep and moving episode, and a real meeting of minds across the Pond.Cate's website https://Catefnstudios.com This Is A Voice - 99 Exercises to Train, Project and Harness the Power of Your Voice https://amzn.to/3uSw66c Singing Through Change - Women's Voices in Midlife, Menopause and Beyond https://amzn.to/3IQ9Kb9 The Vocal Process Learning Lounge, with 16 years of voice training resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one singing lesson. Click and scroll down the page for the free previews https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge Book a coaching session with Jeremy or Gillyanne https://DrGillyanneKayesJeremyFisherInspirationSession.as.me/

Gareth Williams is a composer and songwriter making work that ranges from opera, theatre and songwriting to chamber and orchestral music. His compositions seek to find new relationships, participants, collaborators and audiences for new opera, music theatre, and song, to shed light on stories and communities that have been overlooked, and to explore ideas of vulnerability in vocal writing. He has created three award-winning operas NOISE opera since 2012, each one bringing a new collaborator to the genre, from the patrons of Glasgow's oldest bar, the Shetland fiddler Chris Stout and the Scottish indie band, Admiral Fallow. Gareth has recently written Rubble with librettist Johnny McKnight, a new opera for Scottish Opera is being premiered in July 2022.   Music featured: Rubble Rocking Horse Winner The Song from the last page of Lanark   Ear to the Ground keeps you in the loop with interviews and gig alerts from Scotland's top-notch composers. Hosted by Aileen Sweeney and Ben Eames. Sound edited by Mia Eames.   Website Links: https://www.eartothegroundscotland.com/ https://www.garethwilliamsmusic.com/

As Scottish Opera celebrates its sixtieth anniversary, Kate Molleson talks to key figures and artists from the company about its past, present and future including the company's General Director Alex Reedijk, Emerging Artist Lea Shaw, critic Ken Walton and conductor Donald Runnicles. Kate speaks to Josie Dixon, curator of the exhibition ‘Music and Migration in Georgian Edinburgh' which tells the story of Felix Yaniewicz, a Polish-Lithuanian virtuoso violinist who founded the first ever Edinburgh Festival, and to the satirist, writer and director Armando Iannucci who is giving a talk about music, migration and Scotland. Novelist, short-story writer, and community arts worker Jan Carson talks to Kate about her new collaboration with the Ulster Orchestra and children from Carniny Primary School in Ballymena, County Antrim. And as music venues across the UK prepare for a summer of live music free of covid restrictions, we look at the extent to which audiences are returning to the concert halls and what impact that has on a venue's programming. Kate speaks to David Dodd of the Hall for Cornwall, Jane Ann Purdy, co-director of the Soundhouse concerts which take place at the Traverse in Edinburgh, and Neil Bennison from the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham. Producer: Graham Rogers

The Braw and The Brave is a podcast about people and their passions. N.B. Contains strong language Episode 180 is in conversation with actor and celebrant Chris Alexander. Taken to drama classes as a youngster to boost his confidence, Chris soon discovered the gift of ‘giving human motion to people' and fell in love with the stage. Performing all over the world from China to New York, Amsterdam to Venezuela, working with the likes of Scottish Opera, Dundee Rep and Mischief La Bas, Chris is hugely passionate about his craft and thrives on connecting with others through storytelling. With over 20 years industry experience, working across tv, film and theatre, more recently Chris studied to become a celebrant, transferring many of his skills as an actor over to helping others celebrate marriages and the lives of loved ones. A keen traveller and seasoned climber, Chris is an adventure-seeking, fun-loving human whose energy is infectious and his spirit both braw and brave! Enjoy! Connect with Chris https://instagram.com/caminochris.humanistcelebrant?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= If you've enjoyed this episode you can help support the production of future episodes by clicking on the Ko-Fi link below. Many thanks. https://ko-fi.com/thebrawandthebrave Follow The Braw and The Brave https://www.instagram.com/thebrawandthebravepodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/TheBrawandTheBrave https://twitter.com/BrawBrave See https://soundcloud.com/ for privacy and terms of use

Episode 25 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with singer David Douglas and composer Gareth Williams about the work they are doing with Scottish Opera's Breath Cycle project which is designed around helping people with Long Covid.The project is currently in pilot stage and they hope to roll it out to a bigger group soon - but it sounds like a fabulous project, mixing together music making, creativity & social interaction with a wonderful team of musicians, as well as the health benefits.If you might be interested in getting involved, follow the first link below (or drop me a message and I'll direct you)Links:More info & how to join Breath Cycle press release Breath Cycle on NHS website~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Long Covid Podcast is self-produced & self funded. If you enjoy what you hear and are able to, please Buy me a coffee or purchase a mug to help cover costs.Share the podcast, website & blog: www.LongCovidPodcast.comFacebook @LongCovidPodcastInstagram & Twitter @LongCovidPodFacebook Support GroupSubscribe to mailing listPlease get in touch with feedback and suggestions - I'd love to hear from you! You can get in touch via the social media link or at LongCovidPodcast@gmail.com Support the show

We like to think of this as one of the jewels in the crown of Ballet Piano Podcast. It's an In Conversation with legendary conductor and music director, Richard Honner. With over fifty years of work in the theatre, we delve into Richard's life and career from humble beginnings as an administrator at the Royal Opera House, to his work with Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet, through to the inception of the ‘Piano for Dance' course at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. You won't fail to be taken over by Richard's soothing tone, and warm charm and wit, and this wonderful episode is so insightful and funny, and you really get to learn in depth about a person who has lived and breathed ballet music, and shaped dance accompaniment. This episode is proudly produced and published by PodcastRecording.co.uk

We like to think of this as one of the jewels in the crown of Ballet Piano Podcast.  It's an In Conversation with legendary conductor and music director, Richard Honner.With over fifty years of work in the theatre, we delve into Richard's life and career from humble beginnings as an administrator at the Royal Opera House, to his work with Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet, through to the inception of the ‘Piano for Dance' course at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.You won't fail to be taken over by Richard's soothing tone, and warm charm and wit, and this wonderful episode is so insightful and funny, and you really get to learn in depth about a person who has lived and breathed ballet music, and shaped dance accompaniment.

The Braw and The Brave is a podcast about people and their passions. N.B. In the episode we discuss cancer and mental health. See helpful links below. Episode 175 is in conversation with Scottish Soprano Monica McGhee. Dedicated to her craft from a young age, following her studies at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, she went on to graduate from the Royal College of Music with a Distinction in the Masters in Vocal Performance programme. From Scottish Opera to English National Opera, Royal Opera House to The Royal Albert Hall, Monica has carved out a highly successful career, performing in a number of leading roles, touring the world with productions such as Don Giovanni, Les Pêcheurs des Perles, La Bohème. and Hansel and Gretel. Monica was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2017. In this episode she recounts her journey from diagnosis to recovery and her unrelenting determination to keep pursuing her career goals. She shares her story to support others going through similar trauma and hopes her openness and honesty will, in particular, break down barriers and normalise talking about health within the arts. Most recently, Monica was accepted as the Soprano Young Artist at The National Opera Studio for 2020/2021 and this Spring she returns to Scottish Opera for their Opera Highlights Spring Tour. Enjoy! Website https://monicamcghee.co.uk Social https://instagram.com/monica_mcghee?utm_medium=copy_link See Monica on tour https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/shows/opera-highlights-spring-2022/ Cancer support https://www.macmillan.org.uk https://www.cancerresearchuk.org Mental health support https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland https://breathingspace.scot https://www.samh.org.uk NHS mental health links https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/ If you've enjoyed this episode you can help support the production of future episodes by clicking on the Ko-Fi link below. Many thanks. https://ko-fi.com/thebrawandthebrave Follow The Braw and The Brave https://www.instagram.com/thebrawandthebravepodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/TheBrawandTheBrave https://twitter.com/BrawBrave See https://soundcloud.com/ for privacy and terms of use.

The latest SWH! podcast in collaboration with Scottish Opera is an interview with soprano, and Scottish Opera Emerging Artist, Catriona Hewitson ahead of the latest production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', where she will be Tytania. It opens with three performances at Theatre Royal Glasgow on February 22, before transferring to Festival Theatre Edinburgh for a further three performances, and it was great to hear all about it from Catriona, as well as hearing about her life in music, her role in Scottish Opera, and a whole lot more.

Scottish Field has two guests in our 35th podcast episode. Our first guest this week is a John Savournin, who's directing a new Scottish Opera Highlights production, which is touring to 18 venues around the country this spring. Starting on February 8 at Websters Theatre in Glasgow's West End the tour visits Birnam, Midmar, Fochabers, Tain, Wick, Harris, North Uist, Isle of Barra, Ardfern, Lochranza, Cove, Newton Stewart, Melrose, Lockerbie, Troon, Killin and finishes at Cumbernauld Theatre on 19 March. John directs a cast that includes Scottish soprano Monica McGhee, former Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Margo Arsane and Shengzhi Ren, who were both in Così fan tutte earlier this year, and Dan Shelvey (The Gondoliers 2021). This is a great chance for audiences to see Margo and Shengzhi perform in Opera Highlights, as they were originally scheduled to take part in the tour last year, before it was cancelled because of the pandemic. Mark Sandon joins the singers as pianist and Music Director. The Edwardian-inspired production, designed by Janis Hart, is an opportunity to hear a whole range of music in just one evening, and curated by Scottish Opera's Head of Music Derek Clark. audiences can enjoy much-loved classics including Hansel & Gretel, Die Fledermaus and La bohème, as well as lesser known gems. The production also features the world premiere of a new piece by Scottish composer, Lucie Treacher. The quartet, entitled ‘To the Lighthouse', weaves together scenes from the 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. Tickets are on sale now for the new vaudeville-inspired show at www.scottishopera.org.uk Our second guest is someone who's represented his country on the football field. The board of Walker's Shortbread Ltd last week announced that Nicky Walker has been appointed managing director with immediate effect. Nicky had a career as a footballer, which started in Leicester, took him to Motherwell, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and Dingwall, playing in goal for clubs including Motherwell, Rangers, Partick Thistle, Hearts, Aberdeen and Ross Country, before retiring in 2002 after a spell with Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Nicky joined the family firm 25 years ago, was appointed to the Board in 2007 as production director and has been instrumental, working alongside his late father, Joe, in developing the company's world-class facilities in Aberlour and Elgin. But, of course, Nicky had a career of his own before joining the family firm, which was founded in 1898 by Joseph Walker in the Speyside village of Aberlour, with the ambition to bake ‘The World's Finest Shortbread'. Walker's products are now sold all over the world and the company bakes the most extensive selection of pure butter shortbreads available, as well as producing a wide range of other Scottish delicacies. The company employs over 1400 people across its sites in Elgin and Aberlour and holds a Royal Warrant for Shortbread & Oatcakes, by appointment to Her Majesty the Queen. You can order the latest Scottish Field, priced £4.75, or subscribe, at www.scottishfield.co.uk/subscriptions

Alison Tickell is the CEO and founder of Julie's Bicycle, a London-based charity that promotes action against climate change in the cultural sector. She spoke with us about how classical music institutions can take steps toward reducing their carbon footprint; build understanding about the environmental crisis; and create a more sustainablebusiness model.*3:54 – [musical excerpt: Stuart MacRae's Anthropocene] – founding Julie's Bicycle and collaborating with the Arts Council England*7:10 – spreading awareness, particularly in the opera industry*9:56 – [musical excerpt: Stuart MacRae's Anthropocene] – making culture the paradigm shift*13:32 – [musical excerpt: Stuart MacRae's Anthropocene] – the next frontier: climate justiceThis interview was originally conducted for the International New York TimesMusical excerpts provided courtesy of Scottish Opera and OperaVisionIntro and outro composed by Miguel Kertsman

The Scottish Field podcast turns to the world of music this week, as we preview the return of Scottish Opera. Podcast host Kenny Smith meets Derek Clark, head of music at Scottish Opera, ahead of their imminent productions of The Gondoliers and Utopia, Limited. A new Scottish Opera production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers opens at Theatre Royal Glasgow on Saturday 16 October before touring to Edinburgh, Inverness and London's Hackney Empire for a total of 24 performances. To find out dates and venues of the upcoming productions, visit www.scottishopera.org.uk Every month Scottish Field bring you the best of all things Scottish - heritage, interiors, antiques, gardens, wildlife, motoring, whisky and country news, as well as interviews with famous Scots names. And each year our October issue highlights the best of the best in Scotland, and is still available now The latest Scottish Field, with 292 packed pages, is priced £4.75. To find out more about how to subscribe, just visit www.scottishfield.co.uk/subscriptions

All of the latest opera news. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe on your favourite podcast platform. Episode content 1.17 Glyndebourne and Scottish Opera new seasons https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/news/scottish-opera-announces-a-packed-programme-of-live-indoor-performances-this-autumn-including-the-gondoliers/ https://www.glyndebourne.com/festival/announcing-festival-2022/ 9.0 VOpera win South Bank Opera Award https://www.vopera20.com/ Cardiff Singer winner Gihoon Kim https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4mTFYqwF9Grg7xryFMxv3t0/gihoon-kim 10.47 Graham Vick https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/10/graham-vick-opera-rps-awards-keynote-speech?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 13.51 Natalya Romaniw interview https://eno.org/whats-on/tosca-crystal-palace/ 49.35 Ongoing Covid challenges 54.45 On TV, film, radio 56.20 Hidden Gem 58.10 Quiz Recorded on 10 August 2021 Produced by Northern Opera Group Host - David Ward Guests - Ben Crick, Helen Harrison Interview - Natalya Romaniw

Steve is an ex rugby playing welsh tenor, with a BA (Hons) Performance Art Degree specialising in choreography from Middlesex University. Most recently Director of Musical Theatre at Birmingham Ormiston Academy. Performing highlights Mr Braithwaite in the original cast of Billy Elliot, Frank Shultz in Show Boat at the Royal Albert Hall and The Beadle in Sweeney Todd at the Royal Festival Hall. As the  presenter and choreographer of the  BBC 2 award winning documentary  Our Dancing Town, he saw  four towns in Yorkshire, coming to together, celebrating the power of community through dance. Choreographic credits includes The Beggar's Opera (Royal Opera House),  Ariadne auf Naxos (Garsington Opera Festival and Den Norske Opera, Oslo),  Orpheus in the Underworld (Royal Academy of Music),  La Rondine (Opera Holland Park) and The Mikado (Scottish Opera).  Teaching and choreographic credits include MA Music Theatre at Royal Central School of Speech,  Mountview Academy of the Arts,  Music Theatre Academy, National Youth Music Theatre, Youth Music Theatre UK, Chichester Festival Theatre Youth Company and Belfast based Music Theatre 4 Youth. Steve is the patron of Dance Syndrome and The London Ballet Company and the recipient of the ‘Acting for Others' bursary from Dancer Career Development Recent credits include: Choreographer for ‘Save the Cinema' Film  starring Samatha Morton, Johnathon Price, Choreographer La Traviata and Un Ballo In Maschera: Opera Holland Park Dancer:  Paddington Bear 2.Directing credits include: The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee, The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women (BOA), The Famous Farter (Welsh Millennium Centre), Something Old, Something New, (The Musical Academy, London) Whistle Down the Wind (Taylor and Labey), The Addams Family and Evita, Carmarthen Youth Opera. *Cuckoo's Nest (Lost Theatre), Oliver!, The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe, Peter Pan, (Chichester Festival Theatre), God of Carnage (Manchester), Diary of a Nobody (Jerwood Space), Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore Carl Rosa Opera (Australia and US Tour) Mind the Gap (Canal Cafe), Nine and Pajama Game (Arts Educational).Choreographic credits include: The Mikado, Scottish Opera,*Silly Kings, National Theatre of Wales, *Pirates of Penzance, Scottish Opera and D'Oyly Carte, Gioielli della Madonna (Holland Park), Yeoman of the Guard, Iolanthe (BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall), Ariadne auf Naxos and Mirandolina (Garsington Opera), Ariadne auf Naxos (Den Norske Opera, Oslo), The Beggar's Opera (Royal Opera House,Linbury Theatre), Carl Rosas' Gilbert and Sullivan season 2007 at the Gielgud Theatre, The Amazing Chinese Conjuror (Almeida Opera), The Merry Widow (UK/South Africa), Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore Carl Rosa  ( UK/USA), Dr Faustus (Chichester Festival Theatre), SwanSong (National Theatre Studio), The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds), Nunsense (Bridewell Theatre), Into the Woods, Dearly Beloved, The Rose and the Ring (Rose Bruford University), Sing Sherman Sing (Soho Theatre), La Bond (The Talk of London). Awards:* Our Dancing Town, Winner RTS Best Reality Document * Cuckoo's Nest, Winner of New Musical Festival at the Lost Theatre.*Silly Kings, Welsh Theatre Critic Awards for Best Young People Production*Pirates of Penzance, Manchester Theatre Critic Awards Nomination for Best Touring Production.

Scottish Opera pulls its Nixon in China production from award consideration after a Twitter backlash. Was it unfair or do they have a point? John Cusack has a meltdown over a salute to the troops while a North Korean defector says our Ivy League institutions are worse than North Korea's in their groupthink. All this and more in a special in-person episode live! Be sure to subscribe and leave a nice review on iTunes and Spotify!

Tom Service immerses himself in the topsy-turvy world of Gilbert and Sullivan, and finds things are seldom what they seem... With Derek Clark of Scottish Opera and pianist and composer Richard Sisson.

Jane was captivated by her first opera at the age of eight, and realising she loved story-telling in all different forms, went on to study English and Drama at university. Working as a dresser while she was a student, Jane was drawn to the myriad of stories told on stage, and became a drama teacher, where she shared that love and passion with her students. Seeing the job as Director of Outreach and Education advertised at Scottish Opera, she went for it (despite having no experience), and they realised that Jane's commitment to telling stories in fresh and imaginative ways made her the perfect candidate. Jane was Awarded an MBE in 2017 in recognition of the achievement of Scottish Opera's unique outreach programme in Scotland and internationally. This year, she is celebrating Scottish Opera's 50 years of pioneering outreach and education work, with a unique series of projects bringing music and performance into the lives of people and communities across the country.  

Tony Alcock is Double Bass Section Leader for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.  He has previously been Principal double bass of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and section leader with the BBC Now (Wales), BBC SSO (Scotland), Scottish Opera, and Co-Principal with the Halle.   We talk about all kinds of topics, including Tony’s path through the music world, what the pandemic has been like for him, getting into coaching, and much more.   Tony coaches people all over the world through Skype audio or video.  Check out his coaching site here, and be sure to subscribe to his YouTube Channel as well!   Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!   Check out our Online Sheet Music Store with 100+ wide-ranging titles for bassists.   Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle. Check out my Beginner's Classical Bass course, available exclusively from Discover Double Bass.   Thank you to our sponsors!   Dorico - Dorico helps you to write music notation, automatically producing printed results of exceptional quality — and plays it back with breathtaking realism. It is easy enough for anyone to learn, yet has hundreds of advanced notations, features, options and sounds to satisfy even the most demanding professionals.  With its streamlined, natural user interface, students and those with less experience in scoring can compose and arrange straight into Dorico, making learning the language of music notation much faster and more intuitive. Editing and making changes — such as instrument, time signature or key — are straightforward, with the notation instantly and correctly adapting to include them, reinforcing the learning outcome.   Ear Trumpet Labs - They make hand-built mics out of Portland, OR and they have an excellent mic for upright bass called Nadine. The Nadine is a condenser mic with a clear natural sound and incredible feedback rejection. This mic is a completely new design -- the head mounts in between the strings above the tailpiece with a rubber grommet, and the body securely straps to the tailpiece with velcro elastic. A 14-inch Mogami cable connects the two parts making it easy to place on any bass. It’s durable and holds up to the demanding needs of the instrument while offering excellent sound quality. Ear Trumpet Labs is offering a free t-shirt just for Contrabass listeners with the purchase of a mic, just visit EarTrumpetLabs.com/contrabass to claim yours and check out the Nadine!   Modacity - Are you a practice-savvy musician? Get Modacity – the music practice app that organizes, focuses, and tracks your progress.  Recorder… metronome… tone generator… timer… note taking… Do away with the random assortment of music practice apps in your arsenal. Modacity™ combines all the tools you need into one easy to use, music practice tool.  Organize, focus, and reflect on your practice – motivating you to increase retention in less time.  Modacity has a special offer for Contrabass Conversations listeners that includes lifetime access to the app.     Contrabass Conversations production team: Jason Heath, host Michael Cooper and Steve Hinchey, audio editing Mitch Moehring, audio engineer Trevor Jones, publication and promotion theme music by Eric Hochberg

Today I am talking to soprano Henriikka Gröndahl. In our chat we discuss how career trajectories can change over time and the possible influence of relationships and parenthood on negotiating a singing career. Henriikka Gröndahl is a versatile lyric soprano with one foot firmly in the chorus of the Royal Opera House in Stockholm, and the other foot happily freelancing. Her career began with a boom at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 2004, when she stepped in as the cover of Mimì in La Bohème. She sang a total of 11 performances of it for Scottish Opera – both at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow and at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. During her first years out of college, she also sang Pamina for British Youth Opera and Papagena (covering Pamina) for Garsington Opera, followed by a Pamina , Nannetta, Musetta and Julia at Gothenburg Opera in Sweden, Musetta and Princesse at the Royal Opera in Sweden and Fünfte Magd at Liceu in Barcelona, Fiordiligi for Samling Opera and Donna Elvira at Scottish Opera. She has since then stepped in at short notice to sing Liù at Gothenburg opera, Jorun at Vadstena Summer Academy and Olympia/Giulietta/Antonia/ at Folkoperan, where she later also performed Liù. Her latest role was Euredice (Gluck) at Norrlandsoperan, as well as small obscure solo bits and pieces at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. Her career has led her to sing in many countries around Europe, and she frequently performs at chamber music festivals and oratorios, but is nowadays also old enough to engage in other non music related activities like hiking, paddling, hanging out with friends and family, painting, throwing dinner parties and passionately enjoying life!www.henriikkagrondahl.com

Ruth was brought up in Ireland by her dancer mother and singer and actor father, to a backdrop of golden era Hollywood musicals with some Beatles thrown in for good measure.  After watching her mother teach choreography, she went on to take ballet classes herself soon after she could walk.  Studying music at University College in Dublin, she soon discovered she didn't want to perform, and focused on the academic side of her degree.  She went for her first interview after graduating for the job of Assistant Chorus Manager at the Royal Opera House, thinking it would be good interview practice.  She not only got the job, but stayed for many years in different capacities, before taking on the Company Management role at Scottish Opera and Opera Holland Park, and working closely with Opera Rara.  As the Company Manager of the Royal Opera House, Ruth had to not only bring the artists at the house to a screeching halt in the face of the pandemic, but organise and reorganise the company in the wake of the crisis that has been devastating our industry.  Ruth chats through the highs and lows of the high-pressure environments she has worked in, and what happens when you get that emergency call from prompt corner…

The Australian tenor, Gregory Dempsey, was born in Melbourne in1931. He originally trained as a baritone but made his debut as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni in 1954 with National Opera of Victoria, also appearing as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and Pedro in d’Albert’s Tiefland. In 1955 he won the £1,000 Lever Award (a commercial radio award) and in 1956 was a grand finalist in the Mobil Quest.When the Elizabethan Trust Opera was formed in 1956 he took part in its season of four operas. The following season, he appeared in their productions of Tosca, La bohème and The Tales of Hoffmann, and in the 1958 season sang principal roles in Carmen, The Barber of Seville and Fidelio. He became a permanent member of the chorus for the Channel 9 television singers. 1960 found him singing Monostatos in The Magic Flute, the First Jew in Salome, Goro in Madama Butterfly and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi. During this season, Gregory Dempsey sang a matinee of Goro in Madama Butterfly, followed by Luigi in Il tabarro (replacing another tenor) followed by Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi. Three roles, quite different roles, in one day!In Perth, he sang in both opera in a double-bill as Mundit – an aborigine – in the 1962 premiere of the Australian opera, Dalgerie and followed with Beppe in Pagliacci after interval. Gregory Dempsey joined Sadler’s Wells Opera in London in 1962 and this was his main UK base for the next fifteen years. His roles there and the Coliseum included Tom Rakewell, Peter Grimes, Jimmy Mahoney, Albert Gregor, Skuratov, Don José, Erik, David, Mime (Das Rhinegold and Siegfried) and the Shepherd in King Roger. He created the role of Boconnion in Richard Rodney Bennet’s The Mines of Sulphur after which one critic wrote “an heroic-villainous part of formidable challenge.” Dempsey appeared as Dionysus in the British premiere of Henze’s The Bassarids and the title role in the first British staging of The Adventures of Mr Brouček. Gregory Dempsey worked frequently with Scottish Opera, in roles including Britten’s Albert Herring, Quint and Lysander, as well as Florestan, Aeneas in The Trojans, David and Števa. Later, with Scottish Opera, he created the role of Bothwell in Musgrave’s Mary, Queen of Scots in 1977. He made his Covent Garden debut in 1972 as Števa, returning as the Drum Major in Wozzeck. In the USA he appeared in San Francisco from 1966, as Albert Gregor and Tom Rakewell.He returned to Sydney to become a member of Opera Australia singing David in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Herman in Queen of Spades, Dimitri in Boris Godunov, Jimmy in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Mime in both Das Rheingold and Siegfried, Trin in La fanciulla del West, Valzacchi in Der Rosenkavalier and Bob Boles in Peter Grimes. With Victoria State Opera he sang Nero in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, The Magician in The Consul, Monostatos in The Magic Flute, Benoît and Alcindoro in La bohème, Incredible in Andrea Chenier, Prince Populescu in Countess Maritza, Ajax l in La belle Hélène, Jamie in My Fair Lady and Borsa in Rigoletto. With the Adelaide Festival, he was seen as Nero in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Mark in The Midsummer Marriage, Gregor in The Makropulos Case, Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and The Adventures of Mr. Brouček. His clear, perfectly tuned tenor voice was suited to a plethora of different repertoire and styles. From Monteverdi to the most difficult contemporary compositions, Gregory Dempsey made them relevant to every audience. His charm and ever-ready humour made him loved by every colleague.(Text: Brian Castles-Onion)The STAGES podcast is available from Apple podcast, Whooshkaa, Spotify and where you find your favourite podcasts. www.stagespodcast.com.au

In this episode Simon speaks to Australian-Chinese conductor, Dane Lam. About Dane Lam: Dane Lam was appointed Associate Music Director and Resident Conductor at Opera Queensland in December 2020, a position created specifically for him and the first of its kind in the company's history. He is the Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of China's Xi'an Symphony Orchestra, and in recent months he has been leading the orchestral revival in Australia following the Covid-lockdown, conducting the first performances in front of live audiences for Opera Queensland, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Alongside Opera Queensland's new production of Le nozze di Figaro, his 2021 highlights include the inaugural production of the National Opera in Canberra, La clemenza di Tito, concerts with the Sydney and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, and a Martha Argerich and friends festival with the Xi'an Symphony Orchestra. Dane has appeared with Opera Australia, Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Park, the Canberra, Western Australia, Dunedin, Beijing, Suzhou, Kunming and Shandong Symphony Orchestras, Munich Radio Orchestra, Het Residentie Orkest, City of London Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata, Southbank Sinfonia, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Beethoven Orchester Bonn and the Verbier Festival Orchestra. Website: https://danelam.net/ Agent: http://www.rayfieldallied.com/artists/dane-lam/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/danealam/

"How Circular Culture will change the World" On February 11, Ellen Wasylina interviewed Julia Lagahuzère, Femme de Culture 2020, who was previously Deputy Casting Director of Opéra National de Paris in the two theatres of Opéra de Bastille and Palais Garnier. She is currently artistic consultant to the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo, Norway. Julia has a passion for finding and helping to nurture young talent, and established a concert series in order to strengthen relations between the QSMIC and the top international young artist programs; notably in collaboration with the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. She has previously worked at the San Francisco Opera, Scottish Opera and Opéra de Limoges. She is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and Sussex University, a musicology scholarship recipient at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a Masters degree in Opera and Visual Performing Arts from King's College London, in collaboration with the BBC Proms. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

John Liddell, Head of Costume at Scottish Opera for 35 years, initially studied law, before becoming a heavy metal musician in the 60s. After making suitably eclectic costumes for fellow band-members and musicians, he went freelance, setting up a boutique in a Glaswegian garret. After trading tailor-made Edwardian costumes to an impeccably-dressed artist in exchange for paintings, he was recommended by the artist for a job as a Gentlemen's Cutter at Scottish Opera. Eventually John came to head up the entire Costume Department, liaising with designers and makers, overseeing the creation of everything that is worn stage on stage by the performers: clothes, accessories, shoes, hats, jewellery, make-up, hair-styling and wigs, until his excellently-timed retirement in 2020.

In this episode, James is joined by conductor and Music Director of Scottish Opera, Stuart Stratford. Together they reminisce about the many productions they've worked on at Opera Holland Park over the years, and share their experiences of getting performances on during the pandemic. From the Producer's Office is a series of informal podcasts with Opera Holland Park’s Director of Opera, James Clutton. In conversation with creatives and collaborators across the industry, we explore the process of putting opera on stage, and how the artists involved approach their craft.

Today I am talking to soprano Roisín Walsh who is both a professional singer as well as an agent nurse. Roisín discusses how she unwittingly transfers shared skills between her work as a nurse and as a singer, she highlights the flexibility of freelance contracts which have a similar traits in both fields, and reminisces about the importance of her family's support of her career.Roisín is an Irish soprano who began her training with Olive Cowpar in Limerick, Ireland before studying at Guildhall School of Music & Drama and subsequently at the National Opera Studio, London. She has worked with companies such as Glyndebourne, Scottish Opera and the Grange Festival to name but a few. Roisín has covered the roles of Micaela Carmen, Tina Flight, Tatyana Eugene Onegin and most recently Helena Midsummer Night's Dream with Scottish Opera.    Most recently, Roisín played First Bridesmaid and covered the role of Barbarina Le Nozze di Figaro with the Grange Festival including a masterclass series with Ann Murray DBE. She then performed the role of First Lady The Magic Flute with Waterperry Opera Festival. Following on from that, Roisín joined Glydebourne Tour where she played the role of the page/la Duchessa Rigoletto and covered the role of the Siren Rinaldo.  Roisin is very keen to explore contemporary music and recently performed a new commission by Irish composer Fiona Linnane “Songs of the Meterologist” as part of a site specific production “Abandoned” at the Old Sailors Home, Limerick. Subsequently, Opera Workshop has commisioned these songs to be recorded and filmed in a very unique virtual project to be released at the end of 2020. Roisín has also collaborated with Opera Workshop on a very special project entitled No. 2 Pery Square. This should have been performed to a live audience in early 2020 but was reimagined creatively for the new world of performance we are in today and was released as part of Culture Night 2020.Instagram: @ladyrowalshTwitter: @ladyrowalshhttp://operaworkshop.ie/news/

In conversation with Simon Callow Music critic for the New Yorker since 1996, Alex Ross is the author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century. A trip down the rabbit hole of modern sound's biggest moments and personalities, it won the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Ross is also the author of Listen to This, an essay collection ranging in topic from Mozart to Led Zeppelin. A 2008 MacArthur Fellow and a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow, he is the recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award and a Letter of Distinction from the American Music Center for his contributions to contemporary music. His latest book examines Richard Wagner's soaring music, vile politics, and complicated legacy. Acclaimed British actor Simon Callow is best known for his roles in films such as Amadeus and Four Weddings and a Funeral, though he has appeared in scores of other movies, television shows, and stage plays. He has also directed a wide variety of stage productions of operas, musicals, and dramas for such institutions as the Old Vic, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Scottish Opera. An accomplished author, Callow has written at length about Charles Dickens, whom he has played on both stage and screen. He has also penned an acclaimed book on acting, biographies of Orson Welles, Oscar Wilde and Richard Wagner, and articles about classical music for Gramophone magazine. Books available through the Joseph Fox Bookshop (recorded 11/14/2020)

A nosy trombonist (Melissa Brown) chats to other brass professionals about their careers, how they got there and what music they'd happily put in the bin. In this episode Chris Stearn tells us how he went from being bottom of the music class (his words) to being bass trombone of Scottish Opera & bass trombone teacher at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. All episodes recorded during COVID-19 lockdown via video call programmes. There are occasional technical glitches - please bear with us! Facebook: Bold as Brass Podcast Instagram: @boldasbrasspodcast Show artwork: Stuart Crane Music credit: Upbeat Forever by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5011-upbeat-forever License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In todays episode Elaine chats to her good friend and Opera Singer Monica McGhee. This episode covers everything from dealing with online abuse and the criticism of female appearance to a good red lippy to fighting cancer - it’s definitely a mixed bag of emotions with plenty of giggles and an interesting insight in to the world of Opera. As always, grab your favourite drink & enjoy! ABOUT MONICA Scottish soprano Monica McGhee is a graduate of the RSAMD (now RCS) and the RCM where she graduated with Distinction from the Masters in Vocal Performance course. She is based in London, where she studies with Marie McLaughlin. Operatic appearances include Frasquita (cover) Scottish Opera, Leila (Les Pecheurs des Perles) Opera Bohemia, Mimi (La Boheme) with Kensington Symphony Orchestra and Opera D’Amore, Giannetta/Adina cover (L’Elisir D’Amore) for Haddo House and Gontran ( Une education manquée) for Pop-up Opera. . As a soloist on the concert platform she has performed in some of the country's greatest venues including The Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Bridgewater Hall, The Barbican, Glasgow City Halls and Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. She has been a competition finalist in the 2016 Susan Chilcott Award and the 2011 and 2014 Les Azuriales Opera Competition. In the last year Monica has sung internationally with The Royal Opera House in Japan and in Sweeney Todd with Bergen Nasjonale Opera. Monica was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer in 2017 and has spent much of the last 3 years repairing the damage done to her neck and voice following her surgery and battle with the disease. She is now in remission and is a proud supporter of Cancer Research, launching the nationwide Stand up to Cancer campaign in October 2019 with a performance of popular arias in Glasgow Central Station. Website: https://monicamcghee.co.uk/ Twitter: @MonicaMcGhee1 Instagram: @monica_mcghee In response to and in support of Black Lives Matter we have collected some Anti-Racism Resources to help you support this important movement and educate yourselves further: https://blacklivesmatter.carrd.co/ https://blacklivesmatter.com/ https://m4bl.org/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x65xLdIUDWMUl4_nkuD-EeP98UuJ2nuknUDsqUm7R9s/edit#gid=1386834576 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd https://justiceforbreonna.org/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12570/black-british-owned-businesses-to-buy-from-now-fashion-beauty-design-lifestyle https://theeverymom.com/black-history-month-books-for-kids/ https://themadmommy.com/black-owned-etsy-shops/ More links and information on our Instagram. A reminder of the Nasty offers & activities with us: - Join our Zoom Coffee Morning every Friday at 10am GMT, email persistentandnasty@gmail.com - WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 - Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/ Or if you've got a project to cast, you can Post Castings for free: Apply promo code PERSISTENTANDNASTY at the checkout ---> If you enjoy the work we do and if this podcast gave you a giggle, you can donate the cost of a coffee or car or clubhouse or whatever to help keep us going paypal.me/persistentandnasty Twitter: @PersistentNasty Instagram: @PersistentandNasty Facebook: /PersistentandNasty Persistent and Nasty is produced in association with Edinburgh based live-arts production house Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is committed to creating and supporting queer work and theatre and art that addresses issues of inequality and injustice. You can find out more about the Persistent and Nasty project and all the work that Civil Disobedience do by visiting our website: https://wearecivildisobedience.com/portfolio/persistent-nasty/

In our 11th Episode, Adam Robert Lewis sits down (virtually) with West End Star, Kelly Mathieson. Originally from Ayr in Scotland, Kelly started singing at a young age. Through singing she discovered her love of Opera and then went on to study at the prestigious Royal College of Music in London. Kelly reflects on her whirlwind journey and why she left the world of opera to make her West End debut playing Chrisitine Daaé in Phantom of the Opera, a role she always dreamed of playing but never though she would. From her early days of singing Christine’s words in her living room and dreaming of one day playing her. Kelly’s dream came true in 2017 landing the role in the shows 32nd year, a role she was still playing up until the closure of the West End due to Covid-19.If Kelly's journey teaches us anything it's to work at your craft and go confidently in the direction of your dreams.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/brewingactors)

Tim and Sam are back with special guests Harry Christophers and Katy Hill of The Sixteen to talk about their latest video and podcast, Choral Chihuahua – PLUS Sam reveals the only piece of music impossible to perform during lockdown.The Guardian's Chief Culture Writer Charlotte Higgins on the future of the arts:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/18/war-arts-stronger-covid-19-devastated-theatres-museums-imagination Scottish Opera's Fever: https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/fever Chichester Youth Festival's Beauty and the Beast:https://www.cft.org.uk/beauty-and-the-beast-broadcast Music Credits: ‘Tim and Sam's Podcast' written and performed by Harry Sever Theme Tune from ‘The Wheel of Fortune' performed by TV Theme BandRichard Sheppard's Libera Nos, performed by The SixteenFinal movement from Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, performed by Timmy FisherFollow us here: instagram.com/classicalpod/ twitter.com/ClassicalPod facebook.com/ClassicalPod/

For the latest of our podcasts in collaboration with Scottish Opera we spoke to Associate Chorus Master and repetiteur, Susannah Wapshott. Susannah joined the company in 2008, and there are few people better placed to give an insight and overview to the workings of Scottish Opera. She discusses her various roles and the extensive collaboration involved. She also explains how her career has unfolded from a young age, her musical background and training, the challenges she has faced, the personal highlights of her time with the company, and offers advice for anyone interested in working in opera.

For the latest of our podcasts in collaboration with Scottish Opera we spoke to the company's General Director Alex Reedijk, and it proved to be a fascinating conversation - one which adds extra context to the other podcasts in the series. Alex talks about how he came to the role, what makes it so special, the challenges faced when he joined 14 years ago, the four central strands that run through the company's ethos, and what he is most proud of from his time with Scottish Opera. It's a must listen, not only for opera fans and followers, but for anyone involved in the arts as Alex gives a rare insight into what is involved in the organisation and running of such a prestigious company.

For the latest Scottish Opera podcast we spoke to one of the company's Emerging Artists, Arthur Bruce. The SO Emerging Artist programme is now in its 10th year, and, as Arthur explains, it is hugely important in developing and supporting all areas of opera, helping to ensure the future remains bright. He also discusses how his interest in opera began, his musical background, the challenges of acting, the productions he has been involved in, and why this programme has been so important to him on a personal level. Arthur is the first performer we have interviewed for these podcasts and this makes for a fascinating insight into the role, both onstage and off.

"Piccolo playing is a piece of cake providing you have the diaphragm control, technique and ability to control your embouchure.." In 'Talking Flutes' this week, Clare talks via Skype from her home in Hove, Sussex to Janet Richardson, Principal Piccolo of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Janet has worked with orchestras throughout the country including BBC Symphony Orchestra, RPO, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, CBSO, RLPO, BBCSSO, SCO, BSO, Scottish Opera. Her performances have included regular appearances on television, Radio 3, Classic FM and multiple CD recordings with RSNO and multiple concerto performances such as Vivaldi piccolo concerto with RSNO in 2005, Bach Brandenburg 4 in 2004 and Mozart flute and harp with Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra 1990. In addition to teaching on degree courses at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland since 1992 Janet Richardson has delivered masterclasses around the UK and also in Europe. With an upbringing in Oldham, close to Manchester, Janet began her flute studies with Trevor Wye while reading for her degree at University of Lancaster. Postgraduate study at RNCM led to piccolo tuition from Pat Morris which rapidly led to invitations from orchestras in the North West of England, Scotland and London. From this point her performing emphasis shifted to piccolo and to the post of Principal Piccolo with Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 1984.  'Talking Flutes' and 'Talking Flutes Extra' are podcast productions by the TJ flute company.  For more information www.trevorjamesflutes.com  

For the latest in our series of podcasts in conjunction with Scottish Opera SWH! spoke to Gordon Grant, the company's Music Librarian. What unfolds is a fascinating insight into a role which few consider when they think of opera but which, as you will hear, is a vital one. Crucially involved in productions from the very beginning to the final curtain fall, Gordon explains what the role entails, how he came to it, the importance of close collaboration, and what are the challenges and constrictions when it comes to the musical score. As well as being SO's librarian Gordon is also in charge of their supertitles, the written translations and text which have become an important part of opera and he explains the technicalities faced. Overall it's an engrossing conversation which looks in detail at an individual role but which will give you a greater insight into Scottish Opera as a whole.

Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 78 I had a great chat with my cousin Marian Colquhoun, the Head of Props at Scottish Opera. I found out how Marian worked her way to the top of the theatrical props tree (so to speak) - while we swapped a few family stories along the way. My conclusion; the most desirable job in the arts is the perfect fit for the nicest person I've ever met. :-) Links Marian Colquhoun on the Scots What Hae! Podcast Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End Twitter: @glasgowswestend Photo by Ken Dundas.

For the latest in our series of podcasts in conjunction with Scottish Opera Ali spoke to John Duncan, the company's Resident Stage Manager. Over the course of their conversation John provides a fascinating insight into a role which is vital to all theatre, but which rarely gets discussed. He talks about how he fell in love with the theatre, his early years in the role, how the team dynamic works, the different productions he has worked on, the challenges he has faced over the years, a horse named George, and much more. If you have ever wondered what goes on behind the curtain then John has many of the answers.

For number 6 in our series of podcasts in conjunction with Scottish Opera Ali spoke to Staff Director, Roxana Haines. It's a fascinating and informative discussion with someone whose job brings her into contact and collaboration with most areas of the company. She explains her journey to the role, her training in theatre and the specific demands of opera, her role in terms of productions and the challenges that different ones bring, with particular reference to the current 'Opera Highlights Tour' and the opera for young children 'Fox-tot!', and a lot more. Through it all Roxana's enthusiasm and love for what she does shines through, and we hope you enjoy listening to the conversation as much as we did recording it.

Interview with Sarah Champion: https://talkingclassicalpodcast.wordpress.com/2019/09/30/ep-18-interview-with-canadian-mezzo-soprano-sarah-champion/ Canadian high mezzo-soprano Sarah Champion has been acclaimed for her ‘clarity and assurance’ (Opera Magazine) and heard both on the opera stage and the concert platform in Europe and North America in repertoire spanning four-centuries. Ms. Champion’s recent engagements have included The Lover in Tansy Davies’ BETWEEN WORLDS directed by Deborah Warner for English National Opera, Dorabella COSÌ FAN TUTTE on tour with Scottish Opera, Dorotea STIFFELIO for Chelsea Opera Group, the role of Naomi in the world premiere of Phillip Hagemann’s RUTH with Pegasus Opera, Zenobia RADAMISTO at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico and Daisy in the world premiere of Stuart McCrae’s ANTHROPOCENE for Scottish Opera. Upcoming engagements include Offred Before in Poul Ruders’ THE HANDMAID’S TALE with the Danish Royal Opera. Ms. Champion has performed as a soloist and recitalist throughout North America, the UK and Europe giving performances with Florilegium, the Britten-Pears Orchestra /Antonello Manacorda, Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra/Richard Egarr, the San Francisco Early Music Society, at the London Handel Festival, the Tage Alte Musik Regensburg, the Boston Early Music Festival, Festival Montreal Baroque, the Banff Centre and the Aldeburgh Festival. Notable engagements include recitals with the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada under Trevor Pinnock, the Little Baroque Company under Laurence Cummings and a staging of Messiaen’s song cycle Harawi directed by Tim Nelson. Other recent engagements include Female Artist LULU for English National Opera; covering Isabella L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI for Garsington Opera, the title-role XERXES, Donna Elvira DON GIOVANNI and Rosina BARBER OF SEVILLE for ENO and Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer and Schumann Spanisches Liederspiel in Istanbul. Ms. Champion studied trumpet and voice at McGill University and trained in voice at the Royal College of Music. She now studies with Nelly Miricioiu in London and is a former Britten-Pears Young Artist and a Malcolm Martineau Crear Scholar. Listen to the previous interview with British concert pianist James Lisney: https://soundcloud.com/talkingclassicalpodcast/ep-17-interview-with-james-lisney World Mental Health Day takes place every year on the 10th October. Organised by the World Federation for Mental Health, World Health Organization, and member organizations of WFMH, the day aims to promote mental health awareness and good mental health practice around the world, with this year's theme being suicide prevention. To mark World Mental Health Day, listen to Episode 11, an interview with Lucy Thraves, Editor of Classical Music Magazine, in which we discuss the importance of mental health and well-being in the classical music sector, and Harmony in Mind, the magazine's year-long mental health awareness campaign. https://soundcloud.com/talkingclassicalpodcast/episode-11 Find out more about World Mental Health Day: https://www.who.int/mental_health/world-mental-health-day/en/ https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/world-mental-health-day Get involved! If you'd like to get in touch about the Talking Classical Podcast, please drop a message at talkingclassicalpodcast.wordpress.com/contact. Alternatively, do get in contact via social media. Listen to the Talking Classical Podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes and Spotify. Follow Talking Classical online. SoundCloud & Facebook - @talkingclassicalpodcast Twitter - @tc_podcasts YouTube - bit.ly/2WF4duy Blog - talkingclassicalpodcast.wordpress.com

For the fifth of our series of podcasts with members of Scottish Opera we spoke to Marian Colquhoun, the Head of Props. If you have ever been to a Scottish Opera performance, no matter the scale of the production, you'll know what an integral, important, and creative part the props department have to play. Marian discusses her approach to the role, the collaboration with other departments, the joy in creating memorable moments, the demands of different productions, the practicalities and problem solving involved, and the culture of prop making in Scotland and beyond. It's a fascinating insight into an area of the arts that is rarely discussed but which is crucial.

For the fourth of our series of podcasts with members of Scottish Opera we spoke to Jane Davidson, their Director of Education & Outreach. She explains what the job entails, the company's education strategy, their partnerships at home and abroad, the challenges faced in the role, how they reach out to all areas of Scotland, and work with all ages groups. It's a fascinating insight into the work Scottish Opera does off stage and often away from the public eye. As the conversation unfolds you are left in no doubt of the love that Jane has for her job, and how passionately she believes that art and performance have a vital role to play in a nation's education. And so say all of us!

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For the third of our series of podcasts with members of Scottish Opera we spoke to the Programme Editor, David Kettle about his role and what it entails. He explains how he came to the job, the approach to writing a programme, the balance required between information and other articles and content, the importance of design, the collaboration required with the rest of the company, and much more.

For the second of our series of podcasts with members of Scottish Opera we spoke to the Head of Music, Derek Clark about his role and what the job entails. It's a fascinating insight into the working life of someone central to Scottish Opera and their productions.

All of the latest opera news. Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe on your favourite podcast platform. Operacast LIVE – Saturday 24 August, Chapel FM, Leeds Episode content 0.48 Daniel Kramer steps down at ENO - http://bit.ly/2ZnUTgR 5.43 ENO new season - http://bit.ly/2UIHIZr 9.31 Scottish Opera new season - http://bit.ly/2XwzAbn 12.45 BBC Proms - https://bbc.in/2KRHCu1 13.05 Leeds Opera Festival - http://bit.ly/2W4gpVO 14.02 Improbable - http://bit.ly/2ULJHw0 17.17 Olivier award winners - http://bit.ly/2Fbt6qV 17.37 Ellen Reid wins Pulitzer Prize for Music for p r i s m - http://bit.ly/2IGKWFu 18.37 OMTF #loveopera - http://bit.ly/2KNSAAt 19.37 Arts Council England ‘relevance’ vs ‘quality’ - http://bit.ly/2KQ0Zn9 40.40 National Student Opera Society – Izzy Pitman - http://bit.ly/2Uqbddy 1.01.22 ENO changing their doors - http://bit.ly/2ZkZa4M 1.05.15 La Scala returns Saudi donation - http://bit.ly/2Iu8AWr 1.11.19 Opera on TV, radio, big screen this month 1.12.28 Hidden Gem – ‘Notre Dame’ (Franz Schmidt) - https://spoti.fi/2VVFVg9 1.14.51 Richard Madeley: opera agony aunt - http://bit.ly/2vcKabp Spotify playlist to accompany the episode - https://spoti.fi/2UKdl4J Recorded at Chapel FM, Leeds, on Wednesday 17 April 2019 Produced by Northern Opera Group Host – David Ward Guest – Freya Wynn-Jones Interview – Izzy Pitman

For the latest podcast Ali headed to the home of Scottish Opera in central Glasgow to talk to Jonathon Swinard, the new Artistic Director of the Scottish Opera Young Company (SOYC). Over the years Scots Whay Hae! has reviewed many of Scottish Opera's productions so it was a pleasure to talk to someone at the heart of the company, especially one whose concentration is on youth and the talent of tomorrow. The two discuss the aims of SOYC and Jonathon's role in achieving those, overcoming preconceptions, and how Scottish Opera is managing to reach out to all ages and areas in Scotland. It's a rare and fascinating insight into one of Scotland's cultural institutions which we hope will encourage you to give Opera a try if you haven't already.

Eleanor Bron will be 80 on Wednesday. She is still working - she will be in Scottish Opera's production of Ariadne auf Naxos this year. Talking to Samira Ahmed she looks back over her long career, from the satire boom with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, through working with The Beatles in Help and roles in classical theatre such as in The Duchess of Malfi. The Great Wave at the National Theatre explores the abduction in the 1970s of Japanese citizens by North Korea. A look at these kidnappings through the eyes of one fictionalised family opens up questions of identity and belonging. Samira talks to the playwright Francis Turnly and the director Indhu Rubasingham about this little known aspect of far eastern politics .Following the announcement of the death of Sir Ken Dodd, Matthew Sweet discusses the role and significance of this jester who brought the comedic techniques of variety to television, and had extraordinary mass appeal. Presenter: Samira AhmedProducer: Julian May.

Finally! This week the boy’s get around to another legend in horror, and one of Danny’s faves, with their breakdown of Dario Argento’s OPERA. As a killer starts terrorizing the set and star of The Scottish Opera, the Squirms squeal with joy in all the rabbit-holes they get to go down in regards to this movie. From Phantom, to metal, to british comedy, it all relates back somehow in this latest episode of Fried Squirms! Listen to more Fried Squirms at www.friedsquirms.com Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com

Dive into the sparkling story of Gilbert and Sullivan's perennially relevant comic opera 'H.M.S. Pinafore', which will be performed by the Scottish Opera conducted by Richard Egarr, at the Usher Hall on Sunday 23 August.

TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights and theatremakers whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma speaks to Andy Manley and Ian Cameron, performers in Catherine Wheel's award-winning White. As an actor, deviser and director Andy Manley has been involved with many of the children’s theatre companies in Scotland. He creates performances largely through devising, though has worked on several written projects. He directs or performs depending on what feels right for the project. He started to make his own work in 2006, before that he was an actor. Andy works with a number of artists and collaborators to create his shows and the performances travel extensively to UK and international venues and festivals. Andy worked with Shona previously on Potato Needs a Bath, which has toured to the New Victory Theatre and he has worked with Catherine Wheels on Martha (Catherine Wheels), the internationally successful White and Kappa and The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk – which most recently toured to the New Victory Theatre in New York. His recent work includes a small story a co-production between Starcatchers and Theater O.N, Berlin and I Want a Rabbit! for Theater Junges Generation, Dresden. Further directing credits include work for Scottish Opera, Glyndebourne, Macrobert Arts Centre, M6 Theatre Company, Polka Theatre. Andy won the Herald Archangel at the Fringe 2012. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain

Rehearsals for the Wyvern Theatre's annual pantomime began on Monday 25 November. Keith Chegwin, who returns to Swindon's number one entertainment venue, will ensure giant laughs will be had by the entire audience from Saturday 7 December 2013 to Sunday 5 January 2014. As the cast continue to rehearse, Lighting Designer Wayne Dowdeswell is working on the show's lighting in the main auditorium. Wayne trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He spent several seasons at Contact Theatre, Manchester before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company where he lit many productions for The Other Place, The Pit and Barbican Theatres. He was Lighting Supervisor for the Swan Theatre where his designs include: The Fair Maid of the West, Every Man in his Humour, A Jovial Crew, Titus Andronicus, The Jew of Malta, The Duchess of Malfi, Edward II, The Seagull, Tamburlaine the Great, The Country Wife, The Roman Actor, Sejanus. RSC lighting designs in the West End include: The Shakespeare Revue (Vaudeville), The Cherry Orchard (Albery), The 'Jacobethan' Season (Gielgud), The Tamer Tamed (Gielgud), The 'Gunpowder' Season (Trafalgar Studios), Breakfast with Mugabe (Duchess), The Canterbury Tales (Gielgud). Wayne has always maintained a thriving freelance design career; productions include: The Vanek Plays (London & Prague), Medea (Wyndham’s and New York), The Birthday Party, Not the End of the World (Bristol Old Vic), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Life of Stuff, Whisky Galore!, Servant o’ Twa Maisters, (Pitlochry Festival), Dr Faustus, The School for Scandal, Volpone, The Duchess of Malfi (Stage on Screen, Greenwich Theatre), Peter Pan, Cinderella, Aladdin (Qdos), Private Peaceful (UK tour & Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Godiva Awakes! (Imagineer Productions), Rising Damp (UK tour) His designs for Opera include: The Cunning Little Vixen, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Don Giovanni, Madam Butterfly, Falstaff, Katya Kabanova, La Boheme (Longborough Festival Opera), Eugene Onegin, Rinaldo, Madama Butterfly (Grange Park), The Mikado, (D'Oyly Carte, Savoy), Lucia di Lammermoor, (Scottish Opera and Mariinsky, St. Petersburg). Wayne received Olivier Award nominations for Edward II, Tamburlaine the Great and Medea.

Members of the Stile Antico ensemble discuss Renaissance vocal music. Speaker Biography: Soprano Helen Ashby sings with a variety of ensembles in the UK including Oxford Camerata, the Brabant Ensemble and Philharmonia Voices. She is a member of the choir of Hampstead Parish Church, London, and teaches singing in two London schools. She appears frequently on television and film soundtracks, including Harry Potter and the recent A Musical Nativity with John Rutter. She studies with Berty Rice. Speaker Biography: Tenor Andrew Griffiths works as a conductor, singer and vocal coach. He has conducted at The Royal Opera (where he trained as a young artist), Opera North, Early Opera Company, OTC, Bampton, Iford and the BBC Singers, worked at ENO, Glyndebourne, Scottish Opera and Chicago Opera Theatre, and coaches regularly at the National Opera Studio. Solo engagements include all the Bach Evangelists. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5963

Mariella Frostrup meets Ruby Wax; mathematician Marcus du Sautoy; writer Wendy Law-Yone and Ian Martin of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Marcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He presents a new series on BBC4, Precision: The Measure of All Things, which explores the history of numerical exactness in our world and how precision has come to rule our lives. Precision: The Measure of All Things is on BBC4 at 9pm. Ruby Wax is a comedian, actress and mental health campaigner. In her book, Sane New World: Taming the Mind, she demonstrates how our minds can send us mad and how we can rewire our thinking to cope with a frenetic world. Sane New World: Taming the Mind is published by Hodder & Stoughton. Author Wendy Law-Yone was born and brought up in Burma before fleeing the country at the age of twenty. Her book Golden Parasol: A Daughter's Memoir Of Burma tells the story of her father, the proprietor of The Nation newspaper, who spent five years as a political prisoner. Golden Parasol: A Daughter's Memoir of Burma is published by Chatto & Windus. Ian Martin is general manager of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. D'Oyly Carte has returned to the stage after lack of funds forced it to stop performances in 2003. Following a rebate from the taxman, the company has made its triumphant return with Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, The Pirates of Penzance. The show, produced in association with Scottish Opera, is on tour. Producer: Paula McGinley.

With Kirsty Lang Meera Syal has made her professional Shakespeare debut playing Beatrice in the RSC's new production of Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Iqbal Khan, this latest adaptation sets the comedy in modern-day India - with Paul Bhattacharjee playing Benedict. Author Bidisha gives the critical verdict. Director Lynn Alleway discusses her experiences making a documentary, which follows an Old Order Amish family in America. According to the strict rules of the Amish church, filming is not permitted, so by opening up their homes and life to the cameras Miriam and David risk being ex-communicated and excluded from their society. Glasgow writer Louise Welsh talks about her latest novel, The Girl on the Stairs, a thriller set in Berlin - and also about the libretto she's written for a short opera called Ghost Patrol, about soldiers returning from an unspecified war. The opera is part of a Scottish Opera season opening at the Edinburgh Festival. With Kate Moss appearing in a video for George Michael's track White Light, and Daniel Radcliffe in a Snow Club video - David Quantick considers cameos in pop videos. In celebration of the Olympics, the BBC - in partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh - has selected and recorded a poem representing every country that's competing. Each poem is introduced and read by a native of the country in question, who has made their home here in Britain. Every night during the Olympics, Front Row features one of these poems. Producer Rebecca Nicholson.

In an extra-long episode 38 of Janey Godley’s Podcast the ladies discuss arts funding, Scottish Opera, Scottish ballet and why Ashley believes the Russians should just take over. Ashley natters about her pal Vikie’s weird and wonderful way of describing movies and Granddad Currie’s mad comments get a mention. Ashley has a temperature and the podcast feels oddly disjointed as she struggles to recall words!   Janey talks about the Royal Wedding, her forthcoming birthday celebrations in London and her penchant for contacting celebs on Twitter. Some Twitter questions get answered and both podcasters end up bickering over minge trimming. The Bold Alec gets a mention and Andrew Lloyd Webber takes a verbal beating. All this plus a topless host on Janey Godley’s podcast!   You can check out all our videos on YouTube.   Order “Handstands in the Dark” Paper Back or in EBook   Please rate us or leave a comment on PodOmatic, ITunes or Facebook   You can find all the info regarding Janey’s live shows by just clicking Gigs!   If you would like to support our podcast then please do so by clicking onto Our Donate Page and donate via PayPal.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to two of the world’s leading authors Alexander McCall Smith and Ian Rankin…. Both McCall Smith and Rankin are taking part in Scottish Opera’s new season featuring collaborations between some of Scotland’s most famous composers and authors…. Ian Rankin is collaborating with the film composer Craig Armstrong on a new piece entitled ‘Gesualdo’ While Alexander McCall Smith is working with the composer Stephen Deazley on a work called ‘Dream Angus’ ...

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Hollywood superstar Michelle Pheiffer about her new star-studded romantic fantasy movie ‘Stardust’ directed by Matthew Vaughan.. Also on the show is Baritone Sir Thomas Allen who tells the Guest List about directing a new production of Rossini’s ‘The Barber of Seville’ with Scottish Opera.