SCOTTISH OPERA: DON GIOVANNI
Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Thu 4, Sat 6. Wed 10. Sat 13. Sat 27 May & Thu 1 Jun; Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Wed 14, Fri 16. Thu 22 & Sat 24 Jun
A new production of Don Giovanni heralds a new chapter in the ongoing story Of Scottish Opera. Since Fidelio almost a year ago and a guest appearance at the Edinburgh Festival, the company has restricted its activity to touring, medium scale Opera, orchestral concerts and education work. Scottish Opera‘s past financial troubles are well documented, but the break - or dark period - away from full-scale Opera means it can now start afresh with a clean slate. ‘lt's all systems go,‘ says Roberta Doyle, Director Of External Affairs, ‘and it hasn‘t felt like a dark period. We haven‘t performed at main-scale, but every other area has been firing on all cylinders.”
However the company has managed to sustain momentum, there is a sense of relief at the return to full-scale work, with Don Giovanni closely followed by Carmen. ‘Morale is good,‘ says Doyle, ‘and we‘re happy to be back on the main stage as well as continuing with everything else.‘ With public funding of 27.6 million wrapped in a complex package, but essentially pegged at the same level as the past few years, main-scale productions are limited to four a year in Edinburgh and Glasgow. But, financial stability allowing, Aberdeen and lnverness performances and a rise in the number of productions are on the wish list. posing a major challenge for new General
Director, Alex Reedijk.
While the search continues for a Music Director to replace Sir Richard Armstrong, who stepped down last year, he remains frontrunner to conduct Tim Albery’s new Don Giovanni and Der Rosenkavalier, Opening in October. However, on stage, Armstrong won‘t see the chorus he was used to. “We couldn‘t keep them on the payroll for 365 days, as we clearly don‘t have a requirement for a full-time chorus,‘ says Doyle. ‘We also made a number Of redundancies to cut our overheads including technicians and backstage people, like props and costume makers. I think Scotland is the poorer for the
loss Of these specialists.‘
As the company moves on with new-found confidence backed by new sponsor Deloitte, a determination to perform is tO the fore. ‘That’s what the future has got to hold' says Doyle, ‘whether it’s education workshops, La Boheme in Clydebank on a wet Monday night or the spectacle of main-scale, performing is what we are about.‘ (Carol Main)
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