Scottish Opera is launching a new programme to tackle the national decline in creative education and the growing skills gap …

He survived a stroke, a lightning strike, a fire – and created one of the world’s most recognisable images. Now the Japanese artist’s ‘wild, fascinating’ life has inspired an opera

For anyone tempted to think of opera as stuffy, remote or inaccessible, this production shows we might all have opera-sized feelings, even when trying to give a professional veneer at the office party

As its Scottish tour continues, we delve into Scottish Opera's revival of Puccini's La bohème by directors and designers Barbe & Doucet.

★★★★ With its latest double bill, Scottish Opera offers a study in contrast and continuity: the enduring power of satire, from the gleefully anarchic world of Gilbert and Sullivan to the all-too-familiar farce of contemporary British politics. "Trial by Jury", given a zany reboot as a reality courtroom TV show, shares the stage with the premiere of "A Matter of Misconduct!", a new one-act operetta by Emma Jenkins and composer Toby Hession.

We speak to John Savournin, director of Scottish Opera's new productions of The Merry Widow and Trial by Jury, on the updating of classic operetta for modern audiences and the experience of…

April offers a wide variety of new work from Stellar Quines, Scottish Opera, Dundee Rep and more – here's our pick of what's in store this month.