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The Barber of Seville
Date	Location
Opera Project present Rossini's comic opera, sung in English, accompanied by the company's own orchestra and conducted by Jonathan Lyness. Part of Culross Festival. View full details and ticket info
3 Jun 4pm	Abbey House, Culross

BBC SSO: Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Act I
Date	Location
Wagner's Tristan and Isolde mixes up Celtic mythology and a rather silly extra-marital affair of Wagner's into a intoxicating but delectable goulash of doomed love with a generous dollop of Schopenhauerian pessimism. It's so famously strenuous that at least two conductors have died during performances. Perhaps out of concern for the welfare of Donald Runnicles and his lead couple Nina Stemme and Ian Storey, the BBC SSO has wisely spread this concert performance over the course of several… View full details
27 Sep 6.45pm	Club Room at City Halls, Glasgow
30 Sep 4pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

BBC SSO: Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Act II
Date	Location
Act II of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde sees the two lovers finally getting together, but this being a tragedy, their happiness can't last. This concert performance also features excerpts from Berlioz's Romeo and Juliette. Donald Runnicles conducts, with Nina Stemme and Ian Storey as the eponymous Wagnerian couple. View full details
8 Nov 7.30pm Tickets are on sale from 23rd April.	City Halls, Glasgow
11 Nov 4pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

BBC SSO: Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Act III
Date	Location
Richard Strauss' Metamorphosen introduces the third and final act of Wagner's epic tale of doomed love. Tristan is seriously wounded – but is that Isolde's ship on the horizon? If so, will she make it to his side? And even if she does, is everyone going to live happily ever after? Perhaps not. Donald Runnicles conducts, and Robert Dean Smith and Petra Maria Schnitzer take up the title roles. View full details
11 Apr 7.30pm Tickets on sale from 23/04/2012.	Grand Hall at City Halls, Glasgow
14 Apr 4pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Cape Town Opera: Mandela Trilogy
Date	Location
Michael Williams directs his operatic portrayal of Nelson Mandela's life story. With the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera. View full details
20 Jun–21 Jun Jun 20 & 21, 7.30pm	Donald Gordon Theatre at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Cape Town Opera: Porgy And Bess
Date	Location
Christine Crouse directs a contemporary retelling of George Gershwin's opera, transplanted to the townships of South Africa. View full details
6 Jun–9 Jun Jun 6–9, 7.30pm, mat Jun 9, 2pm	Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham
23 Jun–24 Jun captioned Jun 23, 7.30pm, mats Jun 23, 2pm, audio described mats Jun 24, 4pm	Donald Gordon Theatre at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
27 Jun–30 Jun Jun 27–30, 7.30pm, mat Jun 28, 2pm	Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
4 Jul–7 Jul Jul 4–7, 7.30pm, mat Jul 5, 2pm	Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Carmen
Date	Location
Rodula Gaitanou directs a modern-day interpretation of Bizet's passionate opera. Sung in English. View full details
27 May–4 Jun From Apr 3, Apr 3–May 12, Tue–Sat 7.15pm, mats Apr 3–May 12, Sun 3pm (no perfs Apr 26, May 6, extra perfs May 20–22, 27, Jun 4, 7.15pm), ends Jun 4	King's Head, Islington, London N1

Carmen
Date	Location
Bizet's classic love story about Don Jose and his all-consuming passion for Carmen. Sung in English and Spanish. View full details
22 Jun Jun 22, 7.30pm	Theatre Royal, Norwich

Classic Ensemble: Bastien und Bastienne
Date	Location
Every music fan knows a tune or two from Mozart's four or five greatest operas, but few realise that he actually wrote 22 of the things. Bastien und Bastienne was written when he was 12, and even then it was his third. It's an enjoyable piece of pastoral silliness featuring a boy and girl shepherd and a fake soothsayer, presented here by the Friends of the Music of St Giles' Cathedral and directed by Iain McLarty. View full details
8 Jun 8pm	St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Clemency
Date	Location
Scottish Opera's Clemency puts a contemporary twist to a Biblical tale, creating the spiritual intensity and reflection for which James MacMillan’s work is so well known. MacMillan’s richly coloured 50-minute work is for the intimate forces of five singers and string orchestra and is a haunting piece with a potent lasting impact. Supported through the Scottish Government's Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund. Scottish Opera: Book all 3 performances for £60 and save 20%. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
31 Aug–1 Sep Fri 8–8.50pm; Sat 4–4.50pm	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

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