Edinburgh International Festival 2001

The official festival was launched in in 1947 as a stage for peace and unity in Europe after the Second World War. Since then it has become dwarfed by the other festivals that have sprung up around it, in particular the Festival Fringe. However, as in previous years, the programme still includes some of the world's best opera, theatre, and ballet companies.

PREVIEW OF EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL : OPERA 2001

Scottish Opera presents its eagerly-awaited Ring Cycle second opera Die Walküre
Peter Eötvös conducts a concert version of his Three sisters
James Macmillan conducts a concert version of his Parthenogenisis
Pierre Boulez conducts Bluebeard's castle as well as two of his own compositions
Carles Santos appears in his own spectacular surrealist opera Ricardo i Elena
Rarities: Rossini's Armida; Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise; Rameau's Zoroastre And much, much more opera...

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL REVIEWS

Alte Meister performed by Burgtheatre from Vienna

Armida An opera by Gioacchino Rossini

Armida Get a second opinion from another of our reviewers

András Schiff's Solo Piano Recital

Beethoven in Vienna recreated in the Usher Hall

Belcea Quartet performing in Queen's Hall

Bluebeard's Castle conducted by Pierre Boulez

Britten Canticles performed by Bostridge, Daniels and Maltman

Così Fan Tutte performed by András Schiff

The Gentle Shepherd Ballad Opera by Allan Ramsay

Handel In Dublin recreated with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Hashirigaki by Theatre Vidy-Lausanne

James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: An Alphabet at the Royal Lyceum Theatre

Kuiken, Kuiken and Kohnen recital in the Queen's Hall

Mahler in Hamburg recreated by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

The Notebook and The Proof dramatisations of Agota Kristof's trilogy of novels

Novecento performed by Theatre de Quat'Sous

Office by Shan Khan performed by Soho Theatre Company

The Organs of Edinburgh performed by Thomas Trotter

Ricardo i Elena performed by Companyia Carles Santos

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

Song Cycles performed by Matthias Goerne (baritone) and Alfred Brendel (piano)

A Song and Piano recital by Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) and Helmut Deutsch (piano)

Saint François d'Assise Messaien opera concert performance sung in French

Stuart MacRae in conversation with Svend Brown

Symphonie Fantastique and Lélio at the Usher Hall

Too Late For Logic by Tom Murphy

Zoroastre by Jean-Philippe Rameau


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