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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh & Theatre Royal, Glasgow
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Anthropocene
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Ariadne Auf Naxos
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Ariodante
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Barber of Seville, The
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Betrothal in a Monastery
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Bliss--Edinburgh International Festival 2010
‘Harry Joy was to die three times, but it was his first death which was to have the greatest effect on him...'
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Carmen
The classic opera in a new staging by Scottish Opera
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Carmen
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Clockwork
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Cosi Fan Tutte
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Devil Inside, The
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Don Giovanni
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Don Giovanni
Part of A Play, a Pie and a Pint's Classic Cuts Season
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Don Pasquale
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015, The
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe--2011
Largest Fringe Programme to Date Features Over 1,300 Premieres of the Finest Shows From Home and Around the World
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe--2012
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe--2013
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe--2014
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe--2017
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe--2018
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe--2019
Multiple Venues
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe--2023
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Edinburgh International Festival 2015
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Edinburgh International Festival 2016
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Edinburgh International Festival--2012
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Edinburgh International Festival--2013
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Edinburgh International Festival--2014
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Edinburgh International Festival--2017
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Edinburgh International Festival--2018
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Edinburgh International Festival--2019
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Edinburgh International Festival--2023
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Edinburgh Mela Festival--2014
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Elixir of Love, The
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Ellen Kent Opera & Ballet International
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Ellen Kent's Carmen
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Ellen Kent: Carmen & Madama Butterfly
Edinburgh Playhouse
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Ellen Kent: Rigoletto, La Traviata & Madama Butterfly
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Eugene Onegin
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Flight
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Flying Dutchman, The
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Glasgay! 2013
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Hansel & Gretel
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Il Trovatore
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Ines de Castro
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Intermezzo
Richard Strauss’ witty opera based on his relationship with his capricious wife.
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Jenufa
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Katya Kabanova
On tour
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La Boheme
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La Cenerentola
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La Traviata
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La Traviata
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La Traviata
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Macbeth
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Madama Butterfly
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Madama Butterfuly
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Magic Flute, The
On tour
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Magic Flute, The
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Marriage of Figaro, The
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Marx in London!
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Mikado, The
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Montezuma--Edinburgh International Festival 2010
A rarely-performed telling of a remarkably true story
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Nixon in China
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Opera Highlights
Scottish Opera hits the road on a 15-date Scottish tour
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Opera Highlights--2012
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Opera Highlights--2014
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Opera North: Billy Budd
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Opera North: Il Tabarro/Suor Angelica
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Orfeo ed Euridice
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Orlando
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Orlando paladino
Part of EIF 2011
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Orpheus in the Underworld
Scottish Opera and Northern Ireland Opera present the new translation by Rory Bremner.
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Pass the Spoon
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Pelleas and Melisande
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Pirates of Penzance, The
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Porgy and Bess
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Porgy and Bess--Edinburgh International Festival 2010
The Gershwins' ground-breaking opera comes to the EIF
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Puccini's Il trittico
Theatre Royal, Glasgow & Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
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Rake's Progress, The
Scottish Opera's latest
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Rigoletto
Scottish Opera presents Verdi's classic.
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Rigoletto--Scottish Opera
On tour
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Rusalka
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Semiramide
Part of EIF 2011
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Seven Angels
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Street Scene
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Temptations of Tam
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Thais
Part of EIF 2011
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The 8th Door & Bluebeard's Castle
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
Opera North present the classic story
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The Marriage of Figaro
Scottish Opera present Mozart's masterpiece
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The Okavango Macbeth
Alexander McCall Smith's African version of Macbeth
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The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan
Part of EIF 2011
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The Woman without a Shadow (Die Frau ohne Schatten)
Part of EIF 2011
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Tosca
Scottish Opera's acclaimed production returns
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Tosca: The Henchman's Tale
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Traverse Autumn Festival 2010
Traverse Theatre celebrates live performance with its second annual Autumn Festival
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Trial, The
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Werther
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EIF Reviews: Round-up
Michael Cox reviews As Far As Possible, Dimanche and The Threepenny Opera.
EIF Review: Trojan Women ****
Michael Cox reviews 'an excellent production'.
Festival Review: The Beggar's Opera ***
Michael Cox reviews a production that's 'fun, but isn't the blast of creativity it seems to think it is'.
Festival Review: Greek ***
Ashling Findlay-Carroll reviews 'a punk opera' version of a classic tale.
Review: The Last Hotel ****
Michael Cox reviews a production 'with much to be admired and enjoyed'.
Opera Review: Verdi's Macbeth (*****)
Lorna Irvine reviews the 'wonderful' new production from Scottish Opera.
Michael Across the Festival '12 - Aug 08
Michael Cox reviews Molly Wobbly's Tit Factory, Clinton the Musical, The Blanks' Big Break and Dr Quimpugh's Compendium of Peculiar Afflictions.
Review: Pass the Spoon
Michael Cox finds much to like in a production that finished all too soon.
In conversation with...Jonathan Mills
Across the Arts speaks with the artistic director of the Edinburgh International Festival.
Michael Across the Festival - Aug 20, 2011
Michael Cox reviews Somewhere Beneath it All, A Small Fire Burns Still, Lights, Camera, Walkies, Translunar Paradise, Holly Copter and The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan.
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