Opera in Scotland boy in the Scottish Opera's avant garde 1990s production of "The Trojans". As a teenager he performed with Scottish Opera at Covent Garden Royal Opera House in a critically acclaimed production of "Carmen". Other notable Scottish singers Production personnel Stage directors Scottish Opera in the context of the Performing Arts Scotland has only one dedicated opera house, namely the Theatre Royal, Glasgow which has been the home of Scottish Opera since 1975. Owned by Scottish Opera, the Theatre Royal has been managed since 2005 by the Ambassador Theatre Group. Scottish Opera is the national opera company, one of the five
Opera in Canada Wagner's influence on the musical style of this work is especially recognizable in Willan's use of the leitmotiv principle. Canadian opera was also produced for broadcast on television, one example being R. Murray Schafer's "Loving/Toi" (1964/5). It is bilingual drama about love in four loosely connected parts, which can be performed independently. The opera very much represents the avant garde music of the 1960s. To mark Canada's Centennial Year in 1967, many new operas concerning Canadian subjects were commissioned and composed. One of the best known and greatest operas in Canada until today is Harry Somers's "Louis Riel". It was