
Opera Highlights is back on the road in 2025, touring to 24 venues across Scotland with an
original piano-accompanied production.
This season’s snappy, playful show by director Rebecca Meltzer and designer Kenneth
MacLeod explores and celebrates Scotland’s rich landscape. The operatic snapshots, curated
for the first time by Fiona MacSherry, Scottish Opera’s Head of Music, form vignettes taking
place at the country’s many varied train stations – places of greetings and goodbyes,
reunions and setting off on new adventures, where all walks of life can coexist and interact
equally.
Singers Robert Forrest and Scottish Opera’s 2024/25 Emerging Artists Ross Cumming, Chloe
Harris, and Kira Kaplan bring classic operatic excerpts by Beethoven, Bizet, Handel,
Donizetti, Tchaikovsky, and more to life under the musical direction of Joseph Beesley.
Music Director/Pianist Joseph Beesley
Performers
Soprano Kira Kaplan
Mezzo-soprano Chloe Harris
Tenor Robert Forrest
Baritone Ross Cumming
Director Rebecca Meltzer
Designer Kenneth MacLeod
“It was a wonderful experience. So beautifully organised and produced. A wholly
delightful evening.” – Audience member, Opera Highlights Spring Tour 2024 in Blairgowrie
“Many thanks to Scottish Opera for bringing this production to remoter parts of Scotland
without easy access to big theatres – I look forward to seeing you again soon!” – Audience
member, Opera Highlights Spring Tour 2024 in Stornoway
Kindly supported by Friends of Scottish Opera and JTH Charitable Trust
For more information: https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/shows/opera-highlights-2025