Opera

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Caledon

Caledon

4 Sep 2008

They’ve toured all over the world, but for the first time in a couple of years Scotland’s three tenors, Caledon, are performing back in their home city of Glasgow. Classically trained Alan Beck, Jamie MacDougall and Ivan Sharpe bring a programme of…

The Musical of Musicals, The Musical!

Solidly performed Sondheim send-up a safe bet

(3 stars)18 Aug 2008

Essentially a send-up of musicals by Sondheim and Rodgers & Hammerstein among others, The Musical of Musicals is unlikely to be appreciated (or its references understood) by non-aficionados. This said, it is solidly performed and often amusing, the…

N*E*R*D

Hitlist - Music

The best gigs this fortnight

21 Aug 2008

N*E*R*D Justin Timberlake guested at their Scottish debut in 2003 after the MTV Music Awards and while this night might not have the trouser-snake in tow, Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams most certainly have what it takes to throw down a platinum hip hop…

Scottish Opera

Access all arias

24 Apr 2007

It’s the climax of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Having sung themselves into a state of romantic bliss, the delicate geisha and her American lieutenant lover fall into each other’s arms. Their lips are trembling on the verge of a succulent kiss when a man…

The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute

(3 stars)29 Nov 2007

OPERA (PG) 138 min Kenneth Branagh’s version of As You Like It was the most misconceived Shakespeare movie in living memory. News that he planned to transfer Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute to the battlefields of World War One did not bode well…

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Popular events

Royal Opera House: Don Giovanni
Date Location
Join the Royal Opera House for Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' screened live and in high definition.
8 Sep 6.30 Cameo, Edinburgh
8 Sep Mon 6.40 The Belmont, Aberdeen
8 Sep Mon 7.00 Vue Hamilton, Hamilton
Royal Opera House: Le Nozze Di Figaro
Date Location
One of the world's finest opera companies presents Mozart's masterpiece 'Le Nozze di Figaro' better known to you and me as 'The Marriage of Figaro'.
8 Sep Mon 7.00 Macrobert, Stirling
Innerleithen & District Amateur Operatic Society Centenary Revue
Date Location
Innerleithen & District Amateur Operatic Society kicks off its centenary celebrations with a revue of its first hundred years.
11 Sep–13 Sep 7.30–10.00 Memorial Hall, Innerleithen
Scottish Opera
Date Location
Bringing the best of Scottish Opera to the Western Isles.
11 Sep 8.00–10.00 An Lanntair Arts Centre and Cinema, Isle of Lewis
La Bohème
Date Location
Ellen Kent Opera International present Puccini's tear-jerking love story.
19 Sep 7.30 His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
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