DVD + Blu-Ray:
Trial by Jury / A Matter of Misconduct!

A dazzling double-bill of classic Gilbert & Sullivan comedy and new writing from Scottish Opera.

Trial by Jury, first performed in 1875, is the first major hit from the partnership of W.S. 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?

In A Matter of Misconduct!, 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.

For TRIAL BY JURY
"a sparkling update" (The Guardian ★★★★)
"hilarious" (operacritic.com)

For A MATTER OF MISCONDUCT!
"finely crafted" (The Stage ★★★★)
"has us laughing out loud" (Bachtrack ★★★★)

Genre Opera
Production Company Scottish Opera
Composer Arthur Sullivan / Toby Hession
Libretto W. S. Gilbert / Emma Jenkins
Orchestra / Band The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Conductor Toby Hession
Stage Director John Savournin / Laura Attridge
Sets takis
Light Design Ben Pickersgill
Choreography by Kally Lloyd-Jones
TV Director Jonathan Haswell / Gemma Dixon
Soloists Richard Suart, Kira Kaplan, Jamie MacDougall, Chloe Harris, Edward Jowle, Ross Cumming