KIRA KAPLAN
SOPRANO
“Virtuosic”
- THE TELEGRAPH
“A stratospheric coloratura”
- THE GUARDIAN
UK based American Soprano Kira Kaplan was a 2023/2024 Young Artist with the National Opera Studio, which feature performances with Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Scottish Opera and English National Opera. Kira is a 2024/2026 Emerging Artist with Scottish Opera.
Upcoming roles include a debut as Donna Anna with Waterperry Opera Festival. Lead roles with Scottish Opera in the 2025/2026 season include Musetta in La Boheme (cover and all access performances), Barbarina as well as several performances as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro under the direction of Sir Thomas Allen, The Plaintiff in Trial by Jury (Gilbert and Sullivan). The 2024/2025 season included the lead role of Sylvia Lawless in the world premiere of A Matter of Misconduct (Emma Jenkins and Toby Hession), a coproduction with Opera Holland Park.
Kira recently made her American role debuts as Violetta in La Traviata with the Janiec Opera Company/Brevard Music Center and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Finger Lakes Opera
Listen to Kira’s recent interview with BBC Radio
NEXT PERFORMANCES
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DON GIOVANNI
DONNA ANNA
WATERPERRY OPERA FESTIVAL
9, 10, 13, 15, 16 August 2025
6:30 PM
Main Stage, Waterperry Gardens
A classic Mozart masterpiece blending outrageous comedy with intense drama. Following the legendary Don Juan, watch this tale of seduction and deceit staged right in front of Waterperry House. An exhilarating range of emotions are captured through Mozart’s extraordinary musical ability to convey every character’s mood all at once.
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SCOTTISH OPERA SHOWCASE RECITAL
Showcase Recital in London
SCOTTISH OPERA
22 June 2025, 14:00
230 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4QH
Join us on Sunday, 22 June to hear an afternoon recital with Scottish Opera’s Emerging Artists at Bishopsgate Institute. We are delighted that Dame Janet will be joining us as our guest of honour. These performances in London will be an exciting close to our 2024/2025 Season.
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TRIAL BY JURY
ANGELINA
SCOTTISH OPERA | OPERA HOLLAND PARK
Wednesday, 14 May - Thursday, 26 June 2025
14-16 May | Theatre Royal Glasgow
30 May - 06 June | Festival Theatre Edinburgh
24 & 26 June | Opera Holland Park
First performed in 1875, this is the first major hit from the partnership of WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Set around a classic case of broken vows - the defendant having literally left the claimant at the altar - the trial bubbles over with emotion, humour, and downright chaos, leaving the jury divided. How will they decide between the charming yet swindling defendant and the utterly captivating claimant?
Trial by Jury is a new co-production by Opera Holland Park, Scottish Opera and D'Oyly Carte Opera A Matter of Misconduct! is a co-commission and co-production by Scottish Opera and D’Oyly Carte Opera Trial by Jury and A Matter of Misconduct! are presented as a double bill Sung in English with English surtitles With The Orchestra of Scottish Opera and the Chorus from Scottish Opera
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A MATTER OF MISCONDUCT
SYLVIA LAWLESS
SCOTTISH OPERA | OPERA HOLLAND PARK
Wednesday, 14 May - Thursday, 26 June 2025
14-16 May 2025 | Theatre Royal Glasgow
30 May - 06 June | Festival Theater Edinburgh
24 & 26 June | Opera Holland Park
Following the crowd-pleasing political satire In Flagrante, which premiered on the 2023/24 Opera Highlights tour, Emma Jenkins and Toby Hession present a daring new operetta set in the press room at Number 9 Downing Street.
When a scandal threatens to break about the front runner in a bloody leadership campaign, a lawyer is needed to prevent information from reaching the press. Sylvia Lawless from the firm Lawless, Lawless, Lawless and Crook must find the loopholes in this modern take on unsavoury behaviour.
Trial by Jury is a new co-production by Opera Holland Park, Scottish Opera and D'Oyly Carte Opera A Matter of Misconduct! is a co-commission and co-production by Scottish Opera and D’Oyly Carte Opera Trial by Jury and A Matter of Misconduct! are presented as a double bill Sung in English with English surtitles With The Orchestra of Scottish Opera and the Chorus from Scottish Opera
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