Many thanks to Stuart Stratford & the whole Scottish Opera team for today’s “accompanying voices” masterclass. Luxury casting with star mezzo Karen Cargill singing Berlioz’s “La mort de Cléopâtre”, plus RCS Opera students singing Verdi & Mozart. A hugely beneficial & fun day!

📢Today in the Ledger Recital Room at 1430!! We are very privileged to have the wonderful Sally Matthews visiting the RCS to work with our students in the Alexander Gibson Opera School 😍 Tickets are available here 👇 rcs.ac.uk/box-office/eve…

Yesterday was the final of Ye Cronies Competition. Adjudicator was the wonderful English mezzo-soprano Rosalind Plowright Congratulations to prize winner #JamesSchouten and runner up William Searle

George Hall @HughCanning4 London Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Choir Southbank Centre And we are performing her #Foursisters tomorrow and 22nd & 24th at the RCS Opera ( with Cui and Prokofiev) and were very fortunate to have Elena with us for the sitz rehearsal the other week. Students were inspire by her insights. Brilliant score and what generous composer. 🎼🙏🏻

Some fantastic dress rehearsal photos from our Opera Double Bill - Cesar Cui's opera A Feast in Time of Plague and Elena Langer's Four Sisters. Next performances this coming Wednesday and Friday.

Excellent Russian Opera Double Bill Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 1665 Plague ridden London and a modern grasping family of sisters in New York. What about the Russian Princess? Last chance to catch it on Friday.

Fabulous night at RCS Opera performance of Cui’s A Feast in Time of Plague & Elena Langer’s utterly glorious Four Sisters. Bravi tutti - RCS_PTM RCS PA&D, musicians, singers and v special salute to #rcsalumna Rebecca Murphy for brill 11th hr vocal stand-in

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1/3. A new partnership to nurture the next generation of international opera talent is unveiled today by RCS + Scottish Opera. RCS is introducing a new 1yr Artist Diploma in Opera to offer a specialised combination of vocal, movement and acting training. bit.ly/3soOd5t

Scottish Opera 2/3. Students will perform with Scottish Opera in Glasgow + Edinburgh as a culmination of their studies. The Diploma is due to launch Sept 2025, with applications open from Jul 2024. It'll create a bespoke learning/performance environment required by contemporary singers.

Scottish Opera 3/3. This rare opportunity for emerging singers to perform with a national company as part of their studies is the final stage of a programme of intensive learning and teaching at RCS, supported by Scottish Opera from the recruitment phase to the final performances.

This is a very exciting development! A unique offering which is adapting to the ever changing opera scene in the UK and the challenges young singers face. And it’s in Scotland! Bravo 👏 jeffreysharkey @philipjwopera Scottish Opera

“We already have a strong working relationship with RCS and have them to thank for nurturing homegrown talent and attracting much young talent to Scotland, including members of our Young Company and the likes of Ross Cumming and Lea Shaw who are 2023/24 Season Emerging Artists.”

🚨Beyond thrilled to become the 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 🥳😎🎉 Honoured to take up the important role of the Ambassador to promote the opera studies wide and far.

Learn about the new Artist Diploma in Opera with @RCSTweets. A highly specialised combination of vocal, movement and acting training, with students performing with Scottish Opera as a culmination of their studies. Feat jeffreysharkey @philipjwopera Karen Cargill & Alex Reedijk

Today we have just announced our plans for Opera training at the RCS from 2025. This time last week we had a masterclass with RCS alumna Karen Cargill. Our next is on Dec 1st with @susanbu1 . Accompanied by #CameronBurns and with #charlottebateman as well as @philipjwopera