Scottish Opera - L'heure espagnole & The Bear

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Theatre Royal Glasgow

Sat 18 Oct and Wed 22 Oct 2025

Opera

2 hours 15 minutes

incl. interval

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Scottish Opera presents a new double bill of two comedies of infidelity directed by Jacopo Spirei.

Theatre Royal Glasgow

Sat 18 Oct and Wed 22 Oct 2025

282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA, UK

2 hours 15 minutes incl. interval

Wed and Sat at 19:15

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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?

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 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.

In partnership with Lammermuir Festival

Proudly supported by The Scottish Opera Endowment Trust and Friends of Scottish Opera

Part of Scottish Opera's 2025/26 Season

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Creatives: Conductor Alexandra Cravero, Director Jacopo Spirei, Designer Kenneth Macleod, Lighting Designer Andrew Burnside

The Orchestra of Scottish Opera

Cast: Concepción Lea Shaw, Torquemada Jamie MacDougall, Ramiro Daniel Barrett, Don Iñigo Gomez Edward Jowle, Gonzalve Luvo Maranti Cast of The Bear, Yelena Ivanovna Popova Chloe Harris, Grigory Stepanovich Smirnov Daniel Barrett, Luka Edward Jowle

Language: Sung in French and English with English supertitles

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Theatre Royal Glasgow

282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA, UK

Glasgow Queen Street

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Opened in 1867, Theatre Royal Glasgow went through two fires before the turn of the century. Standing tall through thick and thin, the theatre has since presented a wide variety of productions covering all genres, including residents Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet. Featuring a Victorian auditorium, Theatre Royal presents first class entertainment.

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Theatre Royal Glasgow

Sat 18 Oct and Wed 22 Oct 2025

282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA, UK

2 hours 15 minutes incl. interval

Wed and Sat at 19:15

For group bookings of 10 or more:

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