Opera
Lovers of live performances are wonderful! They breast the wayward rain and brace the gales to…
Way back in time Portugal was at war with Spain and this created a problem for the King of Portugal. His son'…
Matthew Richardson’s new Rigoletto for Scotish Opera begins in the Duke’s Palace where there is a party in…
With the autumn leaves falling we quickly gathered that Violetta had not been well but was now able to throw…
The successful team that is Scottish Opera and D’Oyly Carte Opera Company has again teamed up to produce one…
When the curtain lifted for the first time, we saw Simon Higlett’s very realistic set of the front of houses…
Anne Trulove and Tom Rakewell are lovers but her father thinks Tom is a wastrel and finds a job for him in…
Straightaway we see Orfeo and Euridice frolicking, but then Euridice is taken ill and dies.
The curtain rises and we see a squint map of that furthest end of Cornwall, and then a lone seagull flutters…
The Mikado contains perhaps the wittiest of Gilbert’s lyrics and this production was a spirited, lively and…
This is the 450th anniversary of the birth in Italy of Monteverdi. The world of opera was at its beginning.
Sir Thomas Allen's production of The Marriage of Figaro was such a success in 2010 that it is no surprise to…
The Edinburgh International Festival today launched its 2019 programme of dance, theatre, and music for this…
Frank Zappa, a Leonardo da Vinci anatomy exhibition, chinese heavy metal, and a theatrical journey to a "new…
Rigoletto opens the new Season with director Matthew Richardson (The Devil Inside 2016) and Olivier Award-…
A free, outdoor show by Scots electronic and acoustic composer Anna Meredith (see video below) and laser and…
For this very special 2017 anniversary, Summerhall, Edinburgh’s acclaimed and award-winning multi-arts venue…
• New productions of Ariadne auf Naxos, Eugene Onegin, Greek and Pagliacci (The Clowns)
• Sir David McVicar’s…
Festival Director Fergus Linehan has given us nine operas this year, more than usual. He has told us of the…
The Edinburgh International Festival will mark its 70th year by remembering the spirit of 1947 when the first…