Out of the Box
A weekend of new operas in unusual places
Over 4-days, we will be offering a programme of new operas that push boundaries, challenge and excite.
Performances will take place in a stables, a pub, an urban flat, a lighthouse, a cafe, around a desk and on a bus.
An operatic bus tour will allow audiences to experience at least four different operas in one day, in different locations of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, including a new commissioned opera for the bus by composer Stephen Deazley.
Three of the operas – with music by John Harris, Pippa Murphy and Gareth Williams – have been commissioned by sound for the festival. They are short, site-specific and the composers had a specific remit to try to stretch the musical concept of opera as far as they could on a limited budget.
A symposium-day led by Alex Reedijk, Scottish Opera’s General Director, will include debates and workshops on composing for opera and discussions exploring how opera is evolving. The weekend will close with a performance of a new community opera by composer Duncan Chapman. It will bring together individuals and community groups who will create, rehearse and perform an opera in one day.
You can buy tickets for each event if you wish but we do have some tempting day and weekend ticket offers as well:
- Out of the Box Bus Tour
Four operas and lunch
£50.00, £30.00 students - Out of the Box Day Ticket
Friday or Saturday (excluding bus tour)
£30.00, £15.00 students - Out of the Box Weekend Pass (excluding bus tour)
£60.00, £30.00 students - Out of the Box Weekend Pass (including bus tour)
£75.00, £40.00 students
Tickets available for all events from Aberdeen Box Office by teleophone (01224 641 122) or online at www.boxofficeaberdeen.com. Do join us!
