Opera

The curtain rose and we were within the basilica church in Rome I used to walk past on my way from the…
Anne Trulove and Tom Rakewell are lovers but her father thinks Tom is a wastrel and finds a job for him in…
Following the launch of its Festival 2012 programme earlier this month, tickets go on sa
The Edinburgh International Festival launched its programme for the 2012 Festival over bacon butties and…
A rare chance to see George Gershwin’s universally loved ‘people’s opera’, Porgy and Bess, which has emerged…
A reluctant villain, a modest maiden, amiable ghosts and scary professional bridesmaids: Gilbert and Sullivan…
Anthony Besch’s celebrated production has travelled to opera houses around the world since it was first…
‘McVicar’s recipe for making it work is simple: meticulous, musically responsive direction’ The Sunday…
It seemed such an appropriate performance for half term week in Edinburgh and an ideal starting off point for…
The members of Aria Alba Opera for All have been given a challenge -     to interpret operatic arias in new…
Based on Sheridan’s libretto for The Duenna, this wacky but very human comedy celebrates all that is young…
Lovers of live performances are wonderful!  They breast the wayward rain and brace the gales to appreciate…
When the curtain lifted for the first time, we saw Simon Higlett’s very realistic set of the front of houses…
The Hebrides Ensemble has just announced the Expanding Horizons Season 2011-12 moving from  Edinburgh and…
Inaugural Gala Christmas Concert held by Epilepsy Scotland & The Institute of Directors is feast of…
Matthew Richardson’s new Rigoletto for Scotish Opera begins in the Duke’s Palace where there is a party in…
Intermezzo tells the tale of a husband mistakenly unfaithful who is accused by a bossy wife who has double…
The Mikado contains perhaps the wittiest of Gilbert’s lyrics and this production was a spirited, lively and…
It was good to enjoy an opera that is seldom performed. Indeed on the night I came across only one other…
An exciting opportunity to sing operatic choruses and solos along with Aria Alba Opera for All company…