Organization

Singer

Tenor

Brad Cooper

Apollo

Conductor

Stuart Stratford

Stage director

Emma Jenkins

Soprano

Hye-Youn Lee

Daphne

Shengzhi Ren

Leukippos

Bass

Dingle Yandell

Peneios

Contralto

Claire Barnett-Jones

Gaea

Baritone

Ross Cumming

1. shepherd

Monwabisi Lindi

2. shepherd

Colin Murray

3. shepherd

Francis Church

4. shepherd

Catriona Hewitson

1. maid

Inna Husieva

2. maid

Scottish Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra of Scottish Opera

German

Daphne, op. 82 -  (Daphne)

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Usher Hall

Haddington

Lammermuir Festival

St Mary's Parish Church

Glasgow

Theatre Royal

Daphne, op. 82 Strauss,R

Public

Private

English

Approved

Sit down with Music Director/Conductor Stuart Stratford and Head of Music/Repetiteur Fiona MacSherry before we present the Scottish premiere of Richard Strauss' operatic masterpiece in concert.

Discover Strauss' musical characterisations, themes, and why Daphne remained a personal favourite of his operatic output.

Theatre Royal Glasgow: 5 September, 7.30pm
Lammermuir Festival, St Mary’s Church, Haddington: 7 September, 7.30pm
Usher Hall, Edinburgh: 10 December, 3pm

Daphne, op. 82 Strauss

In partnership with Lammermuir Festival

Loosely based on Greek mythology as told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Euripides’ The Bacchae, Strauss’ lush, bucolic score – one of his personal favourites – showcases The Orchestra of Scottish Opera in a journey of discovery, grief, and ultimately rebirth and release. The young Daphne feels at home nowhere so much as in nature. She loves the trees, sunlight, and flowers, but recoils at the idea of human romance, even when offered selflessly by her childhood friend Leukippos. Soon a mysterious stranger arrives, seeming to bring the power of the sun and to understand Daphne’s kinship with nature. When her father prepares a feast for the return of the gods, which he feels is imminent, Daphne’s otherworldly love comes up against all-too-human jealousies and struggles.

Daphne by Strauss, From (2023/2023), Directed by Emma Jenkins,, Conductor Stuart Stratford, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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