Opera
Watching Scottish Opera’s Marriage of Figaro was a lot of fun - just as it should be.
The curtain rose and we were within the basilica church in Rome I used to walk past on my way from the…
Put Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh in the same space and watch the sparks fly.
Seated in the usual critical position in front of the lighting box of Traverse One, this reviewer observed to…
The curtain rises and we see a squint map of that furthest end of Cornwall, and then a lone seagull flutters…
It was good to enjoy an opera that is seldom performed. Indeed on the night I came across only one other…
Matthew Richardson’s new Rigoletto for Scotish Opera begins in the Duke’s Palace where there is a party in…
Lovers of live performances are wonderful! They breast the wayward rain and brace the gales to…
This, the third of Hans Gál's four opera was given its first performance in Breslau in 1926; several…
The performers had made their dramatic entrance when the evening’s director, the impressively voiced Lloyd…
There are many versions of the comedy we know as Cinderella but all relate to the unwanted daughter who finds…
Intermezzo tells the tale of a husband mistakenly unfaithful who is accused by a bossy wife who has double…
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…