Timothée Chalamet offered 'lifechanging night' by Scottish performers amid ballet and opera row

Scottish Ballet artistic director and chief executive Christopher Hampson took to the stage to speak out at a performance of Mary, Queen of Scots in London, where he invited Chalamet to see the ballet when it tours to New York.

Meanwhile, Scottish Opera posted on social media to detail its packed programme for the weekend, telling Chalamet "we'll be on stage if you need us".

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland also joined in, saying that "not only do people care about ballet and opera, but we have trained hundreds of passionate young dancers and singers who are now professional practitioners," alongside images of recent students "partaking in these 'dead art forms'".

Chalamet’s comments have sparked anger from opera and ballet companies around the globe.

In a conversation with Matthew McConaughey at a CNN and Variety town hall event” about the dwindling popularity of cinemas last week, the Marty Supreme star said: "I don't want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore.'

“All respect to all the ballet and opera people out there."

He added: “I just lost 14 cents in viewership.”

Speaking on the stage of Sadler’s Wells in London, where Scottish Ballet is performing Mary, Queen of Scots, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival last August, Mr Hampson told a sold-out auditorium: “So, I’m nowhere near as famous as Timothee Chalamet, I don’t have any number of the millions of followers that he does, but I do have this platform to recognise all of you lovely people and this incredible full house, these amazing musicians, our incredible talented dancers and our wonderfully supporting technical crew.

“Because all of us together deeply, deeply care about ballet. Do we need to fundraise? Yes. Do we need to fundraise to survive? Not so much. We need to fundraise like a movie does, to produce incredible work like you’re going to see tonight.”

He said he would issue a “formal invitation” to Chalamet to see Mary, Queen of Scots at the Lincoln Center in New York in June, where he said the company would give him “a night that might change his life”.

Scottish Opera detailed its weekend performances in a social media post, pointing to Opera On Your Doorstep: The Office Party being performed in Kirkwall and Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in Glasgow.

It said: “Hey Timothée Chalamet - quick update, especially for you! Tonight, we're performing opera across Scotland, from Glasgow to Orkney. It's a busy evening for opera lovers and we thought you might like to keep up.

“Due to *demand* (do you hear that Timothée?), we have released more tickets for our Glasgow concert performance. We’ll be on stage if you need us.”

ome ballet performers have taken to social media to expres stheir personal anger at Chalamet’s comments.

Meanwhile, the Seattle Opera offered 14 per cent off tickets for its production of Carmen to audience members using the promo code “Timothée”.