08/01/2026
On the 7th of March 2026 Scottish Opera supported by Friends of Scottish Opera and JTH Charitable Trust, presents The Office Party.
Water cooler moments, scheming co-workers and the leaving do that some would like to forget! The Office Party is a perfect opportunity to hear extracts from operas that may be new to you, against a backdrop of 1980s nostalgia that may be all too familiar...
We’re taking opera out of the opera house and into halls across Scotland in an intimate, immediate and relatable production in Spring 2026. Four talented singers, including 2025/26 Emerging Artists Daniel Barrett and Kira Kaplan, form the cast of colleagues navigating workplace dynamics and office politics, bringing recognisable workplace scenarios to the stage.
The Office Party celebrates under-rated and lesser-known pieces of music from Die Fledermaus, Pagliacci, Romeo and Juliet and more, including the world’s shortest one-act opera, Barber’s A Hand of Bridge. Audiences can expect laughter and office hi-jinks alongside emotive and tender moments, brought together through clever staging and set design by director Emma Doherty (The Giant’s Harp 2025) and designer Kenneth MacLeod (Opera Highlights Spring 2025)
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Chloe Harris, Luvo Maranti, James Geidt and Ceferina Penny in Scottish Opera's Opera Highlights. Credit Sally Jubb
