Michael Scott presents 

Three Queens from the Opera a delightful musical parody revue of operatic royalty

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Amusement: check. Delight: double check. Viva the queens in opera!(AllEdinburghTheatre.com)

Fabby arias from three real Queens from the Op-er-a!

a perfect pastiche of life as a Queen in the Op-er-a  Put together with passion, love and flair, two sopranos and an alto, each with strong, accurate voices and a natural affinity for commedia dell’arte (or acting the goat if you’re more prosaically minded) create a very enjoyable and professionally delivered piece of pastiche operatic musical theatre.(FringeReview, The Guide to Good Fringe)

Michael Scott’s Three Queens from the Opera is a 50-minute piece with three female singing characters accompanied by a soundtrack recording. The show was performed at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival and garnered 4-star reviews.

Book & Lyrics / Director: Michael Scott 

The Queen of the Night: Jennifer Murray 
Lady Macbeth: Elaine Young 
Cinderella: Caroline Warburton 
Saxophone: James Kean 
Music Tracks: Mark Adams 
Publicity Art: Robert Powell 

‘The Queen of Night (Jennifer Murray) and The Queen of Scots aka Lady Macbeth (Elaine Young) have decided to put on a concertino celebrating the queens of opera. But, after discovering that the Queen of Spades is in fact a playing card, have been joined by Cinderella (Caroline Warburton) as a substitute, even though she’s not technically a queen.

‘the cleverness of Scott’s writing and the panache with which Murray-Smith, Young, and Warburton perform it’

‘All three queens hold their own with both vocal chops and comedy, maintaining distinct personas and excellent comic timing’.

‘The queens romp through their setlist of parody arias from their respective operas (and others, and a few strays from outside the genre) with delightful wittiness and strong vocals. Their songs tied together by intermittent dialogue on the themes of being a queen and who qualifies, and how while men can be both fun and useful, you don’t need one to be a queen.’

‘Amidst the trio’s excellent vocals, running a gamut of twenty pieces with parodied lyrics by Scott, there’s plenty of humour and a through line of empowerment: a queen will always be a queen, and she doesn’t need a king to make her one.’
(AllEdinburghTheatre.com)
(All Edinburgh Theatre)

‘Take a group of like-minded opera aficionados, sprinkle on a dollop of creativity and, lo and behold, you’ve got a perfect pastiche of life as a Queen in the Op-er-a.’

‘very entertaining, tightly staged and powerfully sung show’

‘The brainchild of lyricist/director Michael Scott, Three Queens From The Opera is a delightful diversion into opera familiars (and a few other musical genre) with the added bonus of freshly minted new lyrics, extolling the virtues of Queendom, life in a castle and, erm, love.  Well, they had to throw in that last bit given that Cinderella runs off with her very own Prince Charming. Eventually.’

‘You sometimes find with opera that the singing is great and the acting a bit dodgy.  Or vice versa.  Not here though.  Two sopranos and an alto, each with strong, accurate voices and a natural affinity for commedia dell’arte (or acting the goat if you’re more prosaically minded) created a very enjoyable and professionally delivered piece of musical theatre.’

‘The whole thing looked and sounded like it had been put together with passion, love and flair so hats off to this hard-working troupe for creating something that will live long in the memory, and for all the right reasons.’
(FringeReview, The Guide to Good Fringe)