Opera-IS
Your expert guide
to the world of opera,
providing luxury opera tours,
classes and webinars.
LEARN ABOUT OPERA
WITH IAIN
IN-PERSON SEMINARS
& ON-LINE COURSES
IN-PERSON
Weekend Seminar
Richard Strauss’
Ariadne auf Naxos
Saturday 16 & Sunday 17
January, 2027
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
at the Yorkville Royal Sonesta Hotel
ONLINE Lecture
with Classi Learning
an Introduction to
Verdi’s La traviata
Monday, September 14, 2026
at 4 pm
ONLINE Lecture
with Classi Learning
an Introduction to
Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte
Monday, September 28, 2026
at 4 pm
TRAVEL WITH IAIN
2026 – 2027
LUXURY
OPERA TOURS
March 22 – 30, 2027
BADEN BADEN
EASTER FESTIVAL
plus operas at
Zurich, Lucerne,
Stuttgart and Frankfurt
Oct 14 – 24, 2026
IRELAND
75th WEXFORD FESTIVAL
and great Irish
COUNTRY HOUSES
Access Iain’s
extensive Library of
VIDEO LECTURES
Learn all about opera
from the comfort of home.
Our exclusive video library contains over 70 video lectures
focusing on many different operas, composers and opera destinations.
About Opera-IS
Iain Scott, the “IS” of Opera-IS, is perhaps Canada’s best known and most popular opera tour designer-leader.
Iain is an also an evangelist opera educator offering lectures, courses and weekend seminars.
Iain was a regular guest on “Saturday Afternoon at the Opera” (CBC radio) for 25 years and was a frequent panelist on the “Texaco Opera Quiz” from the Metropolitan Opera for 8 seasons.
He has lectured for the Smithsonian, the Chautauqua Institution, the Great Books Foundation, Opera Guilds International, and many more – including many Wagner Societies across North America.
Remembering
Father Owen Lee
Father Mark Owen Lee continues to be admired by millions around the world for his brilliant intermission commentaries on Opera in radio broadcasts for the METROPOLITAN OPERA in New York – and for his series of “Talking about Opera” CDs for the Met Opera Guild.
Iain has assembled a MEMORIAL ARCHIVE, containing most of his intermission broadcast lectures, as a tribute to Father Lee, who passed away in 2019 just shy of his 90th birthday.
In addition to his Met Opera broadcast career, Father Lee was a distinguished author of over 20 books, a Professor of Classics, a sensitive poet, and a life-long Basilian priest.