Annual reports
Scottish Opera is pleased to release its 2021/22 Annual Report – Back in Business – in the following formats:
- View/download full PDF (5MB) – this is recommended particularly if you use a screen reader
- View on Issuu
The Year in Numbers
34,735 people in Scotland saw a live performance with Scottish Opera during the year
11,014 people saw Pop-up Opera at 192 performances
12 sell-out performances of Falstaff – outdoors in our carpark and at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh as part of EIF
5 films made, with 128,490 views on YouTube
4 five-star reviews of A Midsummer Night’s Dream which opened after a two-year delay due to Covid
3 festival collaborations with Edinburgh International, Lammermuir, and Perth
3 Operas in Concert
1 tour to Hackney Empire, London with The Gondoliers and Utopia, Limited
In total over 500,000 people experienced Scottish Opera in 2021/22 reaching right across Scotland and internationally to 176 countries through digital offerings.
In the Press
★★★★ ‘a thoroughly enjoyable two hours’
– The National on L’elisir d’amore
★★★★★ ‘It may be in a car park but Scottish Opera's Falstaff is a five-star triumph’
– The Herald on Falstaff
★★★★★ ‘As luxurious as it is joyous’
– The Telegraph on Falstaff
★★★★★
– The Scotsman on Falstaff
★★★★★
– ScotsGay Arts on Opera Highlights Autumn 2021
★★★★ ‘As frivolous diversions go, this one is a delight’
– The Stage on The Gondoliers
★★★★ ‘a bona fide great night out’
– The Times on The Gondoliers
★★★★ ‘Scottish Opera's staging of G&S's caper bursts with energy and boasts a cracking chorus and choreography’
– The Telegraph on The Gondoliers (reviewed in London)
★★★★ ‘Clark conducted with a light touch and balance, allowing the lyrical music to flow from the pit’
– Bachtrack on Utopia, Limited
★★★★ ‘Clark conducts with admirable grace and wit’
– The Guardian on Utopia, Limited
‘all the drama, intensity and passion were captured to the full’
– The Courier on The Puccini Collection
★★★★★ ‘the makings of a classic’
– The Stage on A Midsummer Night’s Dream
★★★★★ ‘The Orchestra of Scottish Opera reveal Britten's score in beautifully delineated detail’
– The Guardian on A Midsummer Night’s Dream
★★★★★
– Bachtrack on A Midsummer Night’s Dream
★★★★★
– The Scotsman on A Midsummer Night’s Dream
★★★★ ‘fine, nuanced accounts of these two very different scores’
– The Guardian on The Miserly Knight / Mavra
Gallery
The Gondoliers, 2021
Pop-up Opera, 2021
Opera Highlights, 2022
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2022
Mr MacNeep Has Lost His Sheep, 2021
The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 2021
Mavra, 2022