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The Barber of Seville
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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.
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3 Jun 4pm Abbey House, Culross
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…
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Michael Williams directs his operatic portrayal of Nelson Mandela's life story. With the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera.
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20 Jun21 Jun Jun 20 & 21, 7.30pm Donald Gordon Theatre at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Cape Town Opera: Porgy And Bess
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Christine Crouse directs a contemporary retelling of George Gershwin's opera, transplanted to the townships of South Africa.
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6 Jun9 Jun Jun 6–9, 7.30pm, mat Jun 9, 2pm Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham
23 Jun24 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 Jun30 Jun Jun 27–30, 7.30pm, mat Jun 28, 2pm Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
4 Jul7 Jul Jul 4–7, 7.30pm, mat Jul 5, 2pm Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Carmen
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Rodula Gaitanou directs a modern-day interpretation of Bizet's passionate opera. Sung in English.
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27 May4 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
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Bizet's classic love story about Don Jose and his all-consuming passion for Carmen. Sung in English and Spanish.
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22 Jun Jun 22, 7.30pm Theatre Royal, Norwich
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.
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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%.
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31 Aug1 Sep Fri 8–8.50pm; Sat 4–4.50pm King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Conversations: Camille O'Sullivan
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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.
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25 Aug Noon The Hub, Edinburgh
Conversations: Tom Cairns
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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.
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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.
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17 Aug Noon The Hub, Edinburgh
Culross Festival
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A varied, classy festival set in the grounds of a historic family home – a fact which seeps into the cosy family feel of the programming, which crosses from opera to blues with a sidestep at theatre and a medieval fair.
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1 Jun3 Jun Times vary Abbey House, Culross
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…
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17 Aug20 Aug Mon, Fri & Sun 7.15–10pm Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
David Syrus Masterclass Concert.
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Young opera singers perform vocal works.
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22 Jun Jun 22, 7.30pm Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon
Doris Day Can Fuck Off
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Replacing speech with song for an entire month, Greg McLaren's solo 'opera', which explores present-day boring vocal interaction, as opposed to times gone by.
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15 Jun Jun 15, 8pm Studio at The Lowry, Salford
20 Jun23 Jun Jun 20–23, 8pm (press night Jun 20) Soho Upstairs at Soho Theatre, London W1D
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.
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3 Aug27 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…
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9 Aug2 Sep Times vary Various venues, Edinburgh
Encounters: Myth and Enchantment
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Writer Marina Warner, Wagner specialist Derek Watson and Dmitry Krymov, director of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As You Like It), examine the roles of myth, fairytale and enchantment in culture and creativity. Chaired by the Head of Literature for the British Council, Susie Nicklin. In collaboration with British Council Scotland.
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26 Aug 2.30pm The Hub, Edinburgh
English National Opera: Billy Budd
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David Alden directs Britten's metaphysical maritime tragedy. Starring Benedict Nelson as Billy, Matthew Rose as Claggart and Toby Spence as Vere. With conductor Edward Gardner.
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18 Jun8 Jul Jun 18, 23, 27, 30, Jul 3, 5, 8, 7pm, Jun 30, 6pm, mat Jul 8, 3pm London Coliseum, London WC2N
English National Opera: Caligula
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Detlev Glanert's contemporary interpretation of Camus's play about the crazed Roman Emperor who embarks on a spree of sexual depravity and sadistic cruelty. Directed by Benedict Andrews and conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth.
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25 May14 Jun From May 25, May 25, 29, 31, Jun 7, 9, 14, 7.30pm, ends Jun 14 London Coliseum, London WC2N
English National Opera: Dr Dee
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Damon Albarn's contemporary opera, the story of the Elizabethan political adviser, mathematician, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee. Directed by Rufus Norris.
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25 Jun7 Jul Jun 25 & 26, 28 & 29, Jul 4, 6 & 7, 7.30pm, mat Jul 7, 2.30pm London Coliseum, London WC2N
English National Opera: Madam Butterfly
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Sarah Tipple directs Anthony Minghella's version of Puccini's infamous tragedy about young geisha girl Cio-Cio-San and her devotion to an American naval lieutenant. Conducted by Oleg Caetani.
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24 May2 Jun May 8, 10, 17, 19, 24, 28, 30, 7.30pm, May 26, 6.30pm, mats May 13, Jun 2, 3pm London Coliseum, London WC2N
Eugene Onegin
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St Andrews Opera and Bloomsbury Opera present Tchaikovsky's Russian opera sung in an English translations.
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14 Jun16 Jun Thu–Sat 7.30pm Byre Theatre, St Andrews

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