Opera Festival Scotland Announces 2022 Slate

By David Salazar

Opera Festival Scotland has announced its 2022 slate.

The season will open with an Opera Highlights concert presented by the Scottish Opera.

Performance Date: Sept. 22, 2022

Next up will be a seminar entitled “Opera in Scotland before 1962,” which will feature Iain Fraser, Peter Fraser, and Stephen Fraser.

Performance Date: Sept. 23, 2022 

Julia Lagahuzere of Opera for Peace will host a discussion on young artist development.

Performance Date: Sept. 23, 2022 

There will be a concert performance of “Aida” starring Susan McNaught, Shaun Dixon, and Simone Ibbett-Brown.

Performance Date: Sept. 23, 2022

There will be a “Non-Professional 30+ Singing Competition” which aims to provide singers who did not study music at an earlier stage in their career and have been unable to pursue a musical career. Participants include Simon Willshire, Rosamund Sutherland, Joanne Whalley and Holly Slater.

Performance Date: Sept. 24, 2022

Opera Bohemia will put on “Le Nozze di Figaro” starring Catriona Clark, Andrew McTaggart, Charlie Drummond, and Arthur Bruce, among others.

Performance Date: Sept. 24, 2022

There will be a Master Class with soprano Janis Kelly.

Performance Date: Sept. 25, 2022

The festival draws to a close with the Young Artists Singing Competition. Finalists include  Ted Black, Julieth Lozano, Suzie Gibbons, and Jacobo Ochoa, with judges featuring Janis Kelly, Michelle Williams, Sarah-Jane Davies, Julia Lagahuzere, and Linda Ormiston. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra will be conducted by John Frederick Hudson.

Performance Date: Sept. 25, 2022

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