What is it like to return to Scottish Opera after some time away working on other productions elsewhere and what do you think is unique about their approach? Well for me it's great because I'm based about twenty miles south of Glasgow near Hamilton, so the attraction is that I get to work at home, especially since as a soloist, you often spend so much time on the road away from family. In addition to that, I always love working here because this is where I started my career t

Ric Furman is an American tenor praised by the Frankfurter Allgemeine for his “luminous vocal power” and by Seen and Heard International for a "mellifluous tone,” and is currently one of opera's most exciting and critically-acclaimed young heldentenors. On Thursday, I sat down with Ric to ask him a few questions about his up and coming role in Scottish Opera's latest venture - Boris Grigorjevič in Janáček's Katya Kabanova. Katya Kabanova will be and has been performed by a gr