Scottish Opera

In 1975 it purchased the Theatre Royal in Glasgow from Scottish Television re-opening it as the first national opera house for Scotland in October 1975 with Die Fledermaus.

[1] Scottish Opera dealt with various financial troubles, related to lack of funding and accusations of fiscal profligacy,[citation needed] during the first part of the 2000s.

Its cycle of Richard Wagner's Ring was critically acclaimed,[citation needed] but also was highly draining of the company's financial resources.

[5] Recent commissions include the Five:15 Operas Made in Scotland, part of a five-year research and development project to find the next generation of opera-makers, composers and librettists.

[citation needed] Scottish Opera has also staged many successful productions abroad, including Albert Herring in Florence,[6] Egisto (opera) in Venice,[7] tours in Germany, Austria, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and Iceland and recent years including Peter Grimes and Tristan und Isolde in Lisbon; Macbeth at the Vienna International Festival and the European premiere of MacMillan's Ines de Castro in Porto, Portugal.