Release date 20th June- a Celtic Folk Opera from Retrospect Opera Carefully collected traditional songs from the Outer Hebrides, expertly woven into a libretto that brings the legend of the Selkie The Spectator "a rare and lovely thing" Benjamin Hamilton Catherine Carby

Just one week to go until the release of the Retrospect Opera recording of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Granville Bantock's Celtic folk opera The Seal-Woman - it looks and sounds amazing! To pre-order: retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se… Scottish Opera 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀

Less than a week to go now until the release of the Retrospect Opera recording of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Granville Bantock's Celtic folk opera The Seal-Woman - it looks and sounds amazing! To pre-order: retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se… Scottish Opera 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀

More photos of the studio sessions for our recording of Kennedy-Fraser and Bantock's opera The Seal-Woman at Scottish Opera Production Studios, Glasgow last year, cond. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀. Release date 20.06.25! Further information/to pre-order: retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se… RSK Classical

Our recording of Kennedy-Fraser & Bantock's opera The Seal-Woman is released 20.06.25! Find out more in this @GBNews interview with one of our Trustees & an upcoming Gramophone podcast & BBC Radio Scotland interview. To order: retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se… Scottish Opera 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀

Two days until the release of our recording of Kennedy-Fraser & Bantock's opera The Seal-Woman this Friday, 20.06.25. Watch the video to find out from two of our brilliant cast, Arthur Bruce & Seumas Begg, why they can't wait! retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se… Scottish Opera 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀

Our recording of Kennedy-Fraser & Bantock's opera The Seal-Woman is released tomorrow, 20.06.25. Watch this video from Christian Loizou (who plays The Water-Kelpie & Second Fisher) on why you should get your hands on a copy! retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se… Scottish Opera 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀

To be released 20th June Carefully collected traditional songs from the Outer Hebrides, expertly woven into a libretto that brings the legend of the Selkie Retrospect Opera Arthur Bruce Scottish Opera 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀 Catherine Carby

Ahead of tomorrow's release of 'The Seal Woman' for Retrospect Opera, I wrote for Classical Music about the dilemma - compellingly articulated by Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser herself - of how far preserving folk music in modern stave notation risked compromising it:

Just hours before our recording of The Seal-Woman is released on 20.06.25, here's 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀's article for Classical Music on how Kennedy-Fraser & Granville Bantock negotiated between preservation and appropriation in basing it on Hebridean folk music.classical-music.uk/features/artic…

The release date of our recording of Kennedy-Fraser & Bantock's Celtic folk opera The Seal-Woman has arrived! To order: retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se… Please join us at our Facebook page at 1pm UK time today for the live online launch. Scottish Opera 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀 RSK Classical

I really enjoyed chatting to Hattie Butterworth at Gramophone about our Retrospect Opera recording of 'The Seal Woman' with Scottish Opera; and the joy of recording rare and unusual repertoire. It's available today wherever you get your podcasts!

Our recording of Kennedy-Fraser & Bantock's The Seal-Woman is now available to purchase! Here's a video by Yvonne Howard, who plays The Cailleach, discussing the opera, the legend, & what Kennedy-Fraser means to her. To order: retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se… Scottish Opera 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀

This unique opera couldn't have asked for a better 21st century champion than 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀. Hattie Butterworth talks to the conductor for the latest Gramophone Podcast about the Seal-Woman, a weaving together of traditional Outer Hebrides songs. gramophone.co.uk/podcasts/artic…

One week on: some photos from last Friday's launch event for our recording of Kennedy-Fraser and Bantock's opera The Seal-Woman. To watch the launch: youtu.be/1VGQ547pbfw To order our recording: retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se… @jkaconductor @scottishopera retrospectopera.org.uk/the-seal-woman/

Last Sunday, six tracks from our recording of Kennedy-Fraser & Bantock's The Seal-Woman were broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland's 'Classical Now', presented by Jamie MacDougall & introduced by Catherine Carby who sings the title role. Listen here from 51.25-1.16.28: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Here's a short video featuring @jkaconductor interviewed by Benjamin Hamilton in advance of our recent launch of Kennedy-Fraser and Bantock's The Seal-Woman: youtu.be/4zgXAFc6xI0 To order our recording of The Seal-Woman: retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se…

The longer version of the interview with @jkaconductor about our recording of Kennedy-Fraser and Bantock's The Seal-Woman has now gone live: youtu.be/vkIxvKnPTNY To order our recording of The Seal-Woman: retrospectopera.org.uk/product/the_se…

Great mention of the Retrospect Opera recording of C.V. Stanford's Shamus O'Brien this morning on BBC Radio 3, following broadcast of a movement from one of Stanford's symphonies. Listen from 13:13-13:51 here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Congratulations John Savournin