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Daphne

Opera in Concert and a Scottish premiere

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Dates & Locations

Theatre Royal Glasgow:
5 September 2023, 7.30pm

Lammermuir Festival:
St Mary’s Church, Haddington
7 September 2023, 7.30pm

Usher Hall, Edinburgh:
10 December 2023, 3pm (Matinee)

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Loosely based on Greek mythology as told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Euripides’ The Bacchae, Strauss’ lush, bucolic score – one of his personal favourites – showcases The Orchestra of Scottish Opera in a journey of discovery, grief, and ultimately rebirth and release. The young Daphne feels at home nowhere so much as in nature. She loves the trees, sunlight, and flowers, but recoils at the idea of human romance, even when offered selflessly by her childhood friend Leukippos. Soon a mysterious stranger arrives, seeming to bring the power of the sun and to understand Daphne’s kinship with nature. When her father prepares a feast for the return of the gods, which he feels is imminent, Daphne’s otherworldly love comes up against all-too-human jealousies and struggles.

This concert staging by Emma Jenkins presents a tale of transformation, stolen innocence, and the need to stay true to one’s self, drawing on the unmistakable impressionist aesthetics (and threat) of the Germany’s Weimar Republic in the years before the opera was composed. Richard Strauss keenly felt the political and artistic upheaval of this time, and the opera remained one of his personal favourites until his death.

Kindly supported by Friends of Scottish Opera and The Scottish Opera Endowment Trust
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Show Details

Running time:
Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with no interval.

Language: 
Sung in German with English supertitles.

Venue Accessibility:
Theatre Royal Glasgow>>
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Ticket price:
From £15.50 to £40 – prices vary by venue

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£15 tickets for Under 26s >>
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Cast & Creatives

Daphne
Hye-Youn Lee

Leukippos
Shengzhi Ren

Apollo
Brad Cooper

Peneios
Dingle Yandell

Gaea
Claire Barnett-Jones

Shepherds
Ross Cumming, Monwabisi Lindi, Colin Murray, Francis Church

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Catriona Hewitson, Inna Husieva

Conductor
Stuart Stratford

Concert Staging
Emma Jenkins

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