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2023-11-14 10:33:59
The Edinburgh International Festival let it be known... The post Next summer we’ll be swamped by Carmens first appeared on Slippedisc. The post Next summer we’ll be swamped by Carmens appeared first on Slippedisc.
2023-11-14 00:01:14
Many more events next year will break down barriers between audiences and artists, says directorNicola Benedetti, the Grammy-winning violinist, has revealed that next year’s Edinburgh International Festival will feature many more shows where the barriers between audiences and artists will be removed.She said next August’s festival, featuring a revival of Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen in its original form, would include numerous shows similar in thinking to a Hungarian production this year in which the audience sat on beanbags among the orchestra.The 2024 Edinburgh International Festival will run from 2 August to 25 August
2023-08-27 14:55:32
Usher Hall, EdinburghThe festival’s concert staging with Donald Runnicles conducting the Deutsche Oper brought Wagner’s score to life, with Clay Hilley in command of the lead role’s technical challengesWith no fully staged, large-scale opera production at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival, this concert performance of Wagner’s Tannhäuser had been eagerly anticipated. Its fantastical and elaborate plot make it a tricky work to bring coherence to in a semi-staging, but Sir Donald Runnicles and Deutsche Oper didn’t disappoint.The young knight Tannhäuser is torn between the carnal allure of the goddess Venus and his longing for the pious Elisabeth. After disgracing himself by singing in praise of Venus at a song contest, he is exiled to Rome to plead for absolution. On his return, he tells how he was rejected by the pope, who informed him that he would only be forgiven when green leaves grow from the papal staff. Heartbroken, he […]
2023-08-25 12:25:19
‘With music you can create a better world,’ says conductor Rafael Payare. With that in mind, more than 100 young Venezuelan musicians have come to the city to play three concerts in the final week of the Edinburgh International Festival. With exclusive access to this world-famous orchestra and its star conductors, Payare and Gustavo Dudamel, we watch them at work and at play.