Welcome to a new view of opera. The heart of the Opera Story site is a collection of opera plots available free to anyone. But there are more stories involved in an opera than just the plot: there are the life stories of the composer and the librettist, and there is the relationship between them, the tension between words and music which makes opera so fascinating.
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You’d be surprised how much Scottish features in Opera, it’s not exactly what comes to mind when you think.. Opera. But there are even a few Scottish Operas. Want to know more? Click below and get stuck in!
Opera-goers have a problem with food: the great dilemma is whether to eat before the performance (and risk falling asleep immediately after the overture), or to wait until after the opera is over (and risk a rumbling stomach during the whole of the final act). A compromise of sorts is achieved in those operatic evenings which start early and include a dinner break in the middle…
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