Opera

Ibsen’s pioneering, modernist plays of the late 19th century are set in northern Norway, insular small town…
It is difficult for the audience to get to grips with the plot of this Janacek opera, which has a number of…
Standing ovations are infrequent in Edinburgh, even at Festival time, but this tour de force concert…
The art deco surrounds of the HMV Picture House, at the bottom of Lothian Road, provided the perfect backdrop…
Valery Gergiev has been made the new Honorary President of the Edinburgh International Festival, it was…
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) wrote thirty six operas, all within nineteen years. Semiramide is not one of…
There are expectations of a production from China that include wonderful costumes, graceful acting and plain…
Chinese traditional opera and King Lear may seem to some a strange juxtaposition, yet this production…
We are in Italy with an opera company rehearsing inside a villa; singers wander outside with unpredictable…
Puccini’s seventh opera La Fanciulla, better known to most of us as The Girl of the Golden West, had a…
A company that turns one of the city centre's churches into a Las Vegas casino would seem to be committing…
Traditional Gaelic song and contemporary music are performed against a backdrop of vintage and modern film.