Scottish Opera presents a new double bill directed by Jacopo Spirei.
Two comedies of infidelity
Spirei and Scottish designer Kenneth MacLeod interpret Ravel’s and Walton’s mini masterpieces for a modern audience, exploring treachery and romance with humour.
This performance of L’heure espagnole, which marks 150 years since Ravel’s birth, is about a lustful clockmaker’s wife must put her creativity to the test, to hide her lovers from her husband. Will she be successful? William Walton’s The Bear is about a faithful widow confronted with her late husband’s prominent love affairs who comes to blows with his creditor. Will she have her happily ever-after?
This concert staging is conducted by French opera expert Alexandra Cravero. The cast includes Lea Shaw (former Scottish Opera Emerging and Associate Artist and Education Artist-in-Residence); and, 2025/26 Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Chloe Harris, Daniel Barrett, Edward Jowle and Luvo Maranti, and experienced Scottish tenor Jamie MacDougall.
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Performance details
- Show times
- Evening
- 7.15pm
- Running time
2 hours, including interval
- Additional information
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Sung in French and English with English supertitles.
Discounts
Friends £3 off – Read more about the Friends discount
Accessibility information
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Audio described performance
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Creative team
Conductor Alexandra Cravero, Director Jacopo Spirei, Designer Kenneth Macleod, Lighting Designer Andrew Burnside, with The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Cast of L’heure espagnole
Concepción Lea Shaw, Torquemada Jamie MacDougall, Ramiro Daniel Barrett, Don Iñigo Gomez Edward Jowle
Gonzalve Luvo Maranti
Cast of The Bear
Yelena Ivanovna Chloe Harris, Grigory Stepanovich Smirnov Daniel Barrett, Luke Edward Jowle
In partnership with Lammermuir Festival
Proudly supported by The Scottish Opera Endowment Trust and Friends of Scottish Opera
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