Opera in Scotland Isles incident). Non-Scottish based operas by Davies include Mr Emmet Takes a Walk, Kommilitonen!, The Doctor of Myddfai, Cinderella and Resurrection. Davies died in 2016. Another major composer, with a questionable Scottish background is Judith Weir. In 2014 she was appointed Master of the Queen's Music, following on from Davies and becoming the first woman to hold this honorary role. Weir is of English birth, but Scottish heritage, and has worked both north and south of the border. She has used Scottish material in her opera, "The Vanishing Bridegroom". Commissioned by the Glasgow District Council, the opera was premiered by
Judith Potter Judith Potter Dame Judith Marjorie Potter (born 1942) is a former High Court Judge in New Zealand. Potter graduated from the University of Auckland in 1965, and went on to become a senior partner at law firm, Kensington Swan. She is the former President of the Auckland District Law Society and was the first woman president of the New Zealand Law Society. On 20 March 1997 Potter was appointed as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand Potter has presided over several high-profile cases in her 15 years on the bench. One such case which prompted a mild