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Dateline: 25th April, 2007

Ian Rankin
Rankin to Write an Opera

Scottish crime novelist Ian Rankin, the creator of Inspector Rebus, is to write the libretto for a 15-minute opera with composer Craig Armstrong.

Scottish Opera has commissioned Rankin and four other Scottish writers to write libretti and paired them up with composers, as part of a new initiative to attract new audineces to opera. They have until November to complete the works and they will be performed in Edinburgh and Glasgow in February.

According to a report in The Scotsman, Scottish Opera is expected to ask one pair to develop their work into a full length opera.

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