Scottish Opera Employee Directory
Performing ArtsScotland, United Kingdom51-200 Employees
Scottish Opera is Scotland’s national opera company and the largest performing arts organisation in the country, based in Glasgow. Founded by Alexander Gibson, it opened with Madama Butterfly at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow and later purchased the Theatre Royal Glasgow, which reopened in 1975 as Scotland’s first national opera house. The company established the Orchestra of Scottish Opera in 1980. Its programming reaches audiences across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness and extends to more than 50 other venues across Scotland and the UK, while its outreach and education work engages around 12,000 primary school children each year. In 2026, Scottish Opera announced a collaboration with Opera Ventures to bring one of its operas to international stages.