Opera Scotland

Creation 1994Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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Sir Neville Marriner never conducted opera in Scotland, and his infrequent visits to the Edinburgh Festival with his own orchestra, the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, tended to be purely orchestral. To have him appearing as a guest with the RSNO in this kind of work is certainly a rare event to be treasured, and the team of youthful solosts was also likely to prove ideal.