Culture March 22, 2018
My Heritage, My Footsteps
Author and storyteller Jess Smith remembers growing up as a Scottish Traveller for the Historic Environment Scotland’s What’s Your Heritage? campaign When I was a child, every spring at the […]
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Culture March 18, 2018
Exit Stage Right!
Catherine Backhouse describes Scottish Opera’s last week of touring with Opera Highlights – and the challenges of switching stage sizes! After the week of ‘snowmageddon’ and our extended stay […]
Culture March 9, 2018
Stranded on Shetland
Baritone Benjamin Lewis nearly didn’t make it back to join the Scottish Opera cast of Opera Highlights – and when he did, they nearly didn’t make it off Shetland! Well, […]
Culture March 1, 2018
The Journey North
Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights tour have just finished the most northerly leg of their tour. Here, soprano Máire Flavin updates us on their backstage antics and site-seeing trips! Week three […]
Culture February 22, 2018
Hikes and Hijinks
Musical director Patrick Milne reveals what the Opera Highlights team have been getting up to on tour What a fabulous week! Having commuted to the first three shows from […]
Outdoor Scotland February 19, 2018
Q-Aye! – The Scottish Facts You Need To Know
Put yourself to the test with our list of essential weird and wonderful Scottish facts. How many do you know? 1. Actress Reese Witherspoon’s ancestor John D Witherspoon […]
Outdoor Scotland February 16, 2018
Q-Aye 2 – More Scottish Facts!
Gayle’s back with another round of essential weird and wonderful Scottish facts. Put yourself to the test – how many do you know? Scottish explorer Joseph Thomson used false teeth and […]
Culture February 15, 2018
Q-Aye 3! – The Weird and Wonderful
The third round of our essential weird and wonderful Scottish facts – part 1 In Vancouver, Canada, they celebrate Chinese Burns Night! Burns Night and the Chinese New Year […]
Culture February 14, 2018
Opera Highlights
Equipped with a piano, a suitcase full of music and a sense of adventure, the Scottish Opera team is ready for a journey of operatic proportions… Last year Scottish […]
Culture February 14, 2018
Back On The Road!
Original cast member William Morgan is glad to be back on a second tour of Opera Highlights This is the first time Scottish Opera have ever “revived” an Opera Highlights […]
