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 English styles. They were followed by Philip Glass ("Einstein on the Beach"), Mark Adamo, John Adams ("Nixon in China"), and Jake Heggie. Moreover, non-native-English speaking composers have occasionally set English libretti (e.g. Igor Stravinsky, "The Rake's Progress"; Hans Werner Henze, "We Come to the River"). Opera in English The history of opera in the English language commences in the 17th century. In England, one of opera's antecedents in the 16th century was an afterpiece which came at the end of a play; often scandalous and consisting in the main of dialogue set to music arranged from popular tunes. In this respect