Opera
Way back in time Portugal was at war with Spain and this created a problem for the King of Portugal. His son'…
Straightaway we see Orfeo and Euridice frolicking, but then Euridice is taken ill and dies.
It is hard to believe that when one of the most famous of all operas was first performed in Paris in 1875…
The performers had made their dramatic entrance when the evening’s director, the impressively voiced Lloyd…
This, the third of Hans Gál's four opera was given its first performance in Breslau in 1926; several…
It seemed such an appropriate performance for half term week in Edinburgh and an ideal starting off point for…
This is a production every opera buff and every devotee of Debussy should see. Directed by Sir David McVicar…
In 1839 Richard Wagner and his wife tried to evade their creditors in Riga by sailing away and eventually…
The opera tells the story of a successful advertising executive, Harry Joy, who lived on the outskirts of a…
There are many versions of the comedy we know as Cinderella but all relate to the unwanted daughter who finds…
The successful team that is Scottish Opera and D’Oyly Carte Opera Company has again teamed up to produce one…
This is the 450th anniversary of the birth in Italy of Monteverdi. The world of opera was at its beginning.
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…