The original "official" festival
Edinburgh International Festival
The Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig is one of the most established orchestras in Germany (it was the firstā¦
Haydn's Nelson Mass is full of surprises not least in its flamboyant soprano opening. Are we really listeningā¦
For half an hour Sarah Connolly CBE entranced us as she sung six of Alma Mahler's lieder, German romanticā¦
Ibsenās pioneering, modernist plays of the late 19th century are set in northern Norway, insular small townā¦
At the end of the UK premiere of āKairosā last night, Ballett Zurich received a standing ovation from theā¦
A diverse programme of music spanning 221 years was performed to a capacity (including standees) Queen's Hallā¦
A group of actors are discovered on stage, straw tails attached to their rears, pawing the ground, whinnyingā¦
As the title suggests this multimedia production centres around the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, aā¦
The Edinburgh International concert at the Usher Hall last night should have included Schumann's Pianoā¦
The Budapest Festival Orchestra won well-deserved vociferous applause from a full Usher Hall for a sparklingā¦
Israel in Egypt, the fifth of the nineteen oratorios which George Frideric Handel composed in England, wasā¦
For twenty five minutes Scottish percussionist Colin Curry mesmerised the audience as he seemingly prancedā¦
It is no surprise that Cold Heat, a new work by Swedish composer Anders Hilberg, opened the Tonhalleā¦
Barry McGovern, internationally renowned for his interpretations and performances of Beckett, was born andā¦
James Hoggās 1824 novel Confessions of a Justified Sinner has been described as āstunningly duplicitousā.ā¦
Art and life are viewed through frames. We start with a photograph, āThe Destroyed Roomā by Jeff Wall.
āRequiemā is a rather misleading title for this massive orchestral and choral work: āSacred Concertā, theā¦
The playwright Guillermo Calderon, born 1971 in Santiago, grew up during the military dictatorship ofā¦
Lo Real is an intense and uncomfortable theatrical experience that apparently does not appeal to everyone.
In the Locked Room Stylishly conducted by Michael Rafferty and with a dazzling array of orchestral coloursā¦