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BBC SSO: Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Act I
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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
30 Sep 4pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

BBC SSO: Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Act II
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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
11 Nov 4pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

BBC SSO: Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Act III
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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
14 Apr 4pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Classic Ensemble: Bastien und Bastienne
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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
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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

Conversations: Camille O'Sullivan
Date	Location
Singer Camille O’Sullivan talks to BBC Radio Scotland’s Stephen Duffy about interpreting art song and her solo performance in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of The Rape of Lucrece. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
25 Aug Noon	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: Tom Cairns
Date	Location
Director of Opera North’s The Makropulos Case Tom Cairns talks about his new production of Janáček’s popular 1926 opera to BBC Radio Scotland broadcaster Jamie MacDougall. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
12 Aug 5pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Conversations: William Christie
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William Christie, the American born conductor and musician, and founder of the French ensemble Les Arts Florissants, talks to John Kitchen about presenting Charpentier’s 1688 opera David et Jonathas at Festival 2012. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug Noon	The Hub, Edinburgh

David et Jonathas
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David et Jonathas is one of Charpentier’s most dramatic stage works, full of stirring music and passionate arias that convey its achingly poignant story of love, jealousy, witchcraft and war. Conductor William Christie and his exceptional period ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, have a reputation second to none for interpreting the works of the great French Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. His cast are some of the top names in early opera and the production is by acclaimed German… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug–20 Aug Mon, Fri & Sun 7.15–10pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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The big daddy of arts festivals, the Fringe has it all. The facts and figures speak for themselves: nearly 1.9 million tickets sold in 2011 for 41,689 performances of 2,542 shows in 258 venues. It's the biggest celebration of theatre, comedy, cabaret, children's shows, dance, physical theatre, musicals, operas, exhibitions and music in all its forms in the world. View full details
3 Aug–27 Aug Times vary	Various venues, Edinburgh

Edinburgh International Festival
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Bringing world-class arts to the capital since 1947, the EIF sets the standard for classical concerts, opera, dance and theatre, with performers this year drawn from Australia, America, Russia, Japan, Europe and the Middle East. Already announced for 2012 are two innovative adaptations of Shakespeare: TR Warszawa’s 2007: Macbeth and Dmitry Krymov’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As You Like It). And in Britain's Olypmic summer Edinburgh’s iconic mountain, Arthur’s Seat, is to be spectacularly… View full details and ticket info
9 Aug–2 Sep Times vary	Various venues, Edinburgh

Fascinating Aida: Cheap Flights
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Fascinating Aida. Continuing their smash-hit sell-out tour, the Olivier Award nominated and now a global internet sensation, Fascinating Aida is still Britain's best comedy cabaret trio. This show will include several numbers hot off the press, plus a few old favourites including their infamous anthem to budget travel, Cheap Flights (eight million plus hits on YouTube) as well as the Dogging Song, a fond homage to the joys of al fresco sex. 'Magnificent' ★★★★★ (Times). 'I can't recommend… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
1 Aug–26 Aug Mon–Sun 6.30–7.30pm	Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 6.30–7.30pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh

In the Locked Room & Ghost Patrol
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Presented as a double bill from Scottish Opera, these two short operas explore the capacity of the mind to shape our lives, whether through the potency of imagination or the overwhelming power of memories. Composers Huw Watkins and Stuart MacRae hail from a generation who are rapidly establishing themselves amongst the leading composers in the UK. Huw Watkins teams up with multi award-winning poet David Harsent while Stuart MacRae with acclaimed crime novelist Louise Welsh to bring these… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
30 Aug–2 Sep Thu 8–10.10pm; Sat noon–2.10pm; Sun 3–5.10pm	Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

King Arthur
Date	Location
Making its fourth consecutive appearance at the Festival, The Sixteen brings its expertise in early English music to bear on the spectacular Restoration drama King Arthur. Supported by Classic FM. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
27 Aug 7.30pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

The Lady from the Sea
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In this world premiere production from Scottish Opera, Ellida lives a narrow life with a husband several years her senior. She is full of longing for the sea and for freedom, and the arrival of a mysterious stranger creates a storm that threatens to submerge the whole family. Ellida must decide whether to do her duty or answer the call of the sea … Known equally for his popular music collaborations and his scores for cinema and stage, composer Craig Armstrong is a pioneering musician whose… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
29 Aug–1 Sep Wed 8–9.20pm; Sat 9–10.20pm	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

The Makropulos Case
Date	Location
Janáček’s penultimate opera, The Makropulos Case is at once a mystery thriller and a meditation on desire and eternal life. It keeps its audience guessing until its thrilling conclusion’s transcendent revelations on life and love, and features some of the composer’s most radiant, life-affirming music. Richard Farnes conducts the premiere of Opera North's new production by acclaimed director Tom Cairns, with an exceptional cast of soloists. Supported by Dunard Fund. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
11 Aug–13 Aug Mon & Sat 7.15–9.45pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Opera Australia: Lakme
Date	Location
Opera Australia's finest singers perform the story of forbidden romance between a British Army soldier stationed in India during the Raj and a beautiful Hindi princess. View full details
5 Jun 1pm	Cameo, Edinburgh

Opera North: Ruddigore
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Opera North brings to life Gilbert and Sullivan's melodramatic story of witches, maidens and curses from beyond the grave. View full details and ticket info
7 Jun–9 Jun Thu & Fri 7.30–10pm; Sat 2.15pm & 7.30pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Porgy & Bess
Date	Location
Cape Town Opera return with Gershwin's popular opera, featuring 'Summertime', 'I Got Plenty of Nuttin'' and 'It Ain't Necessarily So'. View full details and ticket info
15 Jun–16 Jun Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2pm & 7.30pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Così fan tutte
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Così fan tutte may not be the most hands-down, fur-lined, swings-and-roundabouts masterpiece among Mozart's operas – it's too cynical – but it's still more fun than a barrel of monkeys singing Handel. The plot is pure sitcom: young men aim to test their fiancées' fidelity, but it all goes a bit too well. Robin Ticciati starts the SCO's new season with a concert performance of this sprightly little number, featuring Sally Matthews, Laura Tatulescu, Rachel Frenkel, Maximilian Schmitt, Adam… View full details
4 Oct 7pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Scottish Opera: Pirates Unwrapped
Date	Location
A free, hour-long peek backstage at the inner workings, characters, scenes and high points of The Pirates of Penzance. View full details
29 May 6pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Scottish Opera/RCS: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Date	Location
How do you turn Shakespeare into opera? It was all right for the likes of Verdi, who used translations; Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears used scissors, trimming the play into a singable form, adding one important line and generally insinuating the familiar Britten tropes of guilt and innocence. Here it's performed in a co-production with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, conducted by Timothy Dean and directed by Olivia Fuchs. View full details
31 Jan–1 Feb Thu & Fri 7.15pm	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Scottish Opera: The Magic Flute
Date	Location
Mozart's classic tale of the search for love, wisdom and truth is also a complex allegory in favour of Freemasonry, or something, but you don't need to know that in order to enjoy some of the freshest, most exhilarating music ever composed. Nicky Spence sings Tamino, the questing hero, and Mari Moriya the virtuosic role of Queen of the Night. Ekhart Wycik conducts. View full details
16 Nov–24 Nov Tue & Thu–Sat 7.15pm; Sun 4pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Scottish Opera: The Magic Flute Unwrapped
Date	Location
Some operas are pretty self-explanatory, but The Magic Flute has more layers than an unusually tall lasagne, and before being plunged into its mysteries it can help to know who's who. Scottish Opera's Unwrapped events introduce you to the principal characters and help you to get some bearings before you see the opera proper. View full details
15 Nov 6pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance
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About Pirates of Penzance we're teeming with a lot o' news: it was written in a hurry so that Gilbert & Sullivan could open it on Broadway and finally taste those sweet, sweet American royalties, but in spite of its mercenary origin it's one of the best-loved operettas ever written: a crazily sparkling farce with a bumbling but patriotic pirate crew, some spectacularly inept policemen and a major-general who can't tell a rifle from a javelin. Sullivan's catchy and ebullient score matches… View full details
28 May–1 Jun Tue, Thu & Fri 7.15pm; Sat 2.15pm & 7.15pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

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