Edinburgh International Festival 2023

After masterful Sibelius, Oslo Phil’s Shostakovich and Yuja Wang’s Ravel in the best Usher Hall concert so far

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [16] – Gupta, Sibelius, Mahler: Johanna Wallroth (soprano), Oslo Philharmonic / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Usher Hall, 21.8.2023. (SRT)

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Oslo Philharmonic at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh © Andrew Perry

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Two internationally-renowned artists return home for the Edinburgh International Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [14] – Various: Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 21.8.2023. (SRT)

Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano) and Malcolm Martineau (piano)

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Rangwanasha’s singing and Davis’s conducting of Tippett’s music proves unforgettable in Edinburgh

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [13] – Tippett: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Michael Mofidian (bass), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.8.2023. (SRT)

Sir Andrew Davis

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Authentic but unengaging Threepenny Opera from Barrie Kosky and the Berliner Ensemble in Edinburgh

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [12] – Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill, The Threepenny Opera: Soloists and Musicians of the Berliner Ensemble / Adam Benzwi (musical director). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 19.8.2023. (SRT)

Barrie Kosky and the Berliner Ensemble’s The Threepenny Opera © Jess Shurte

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It’s Sir Simon’s Edinburgh International Festival farewell or maybe it’s simply au revoir

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [10]: Cynthia Miller (ondes Martenot) Peter Donohoe (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Usher Hall, 6pm and 8pm, 18.8.2023. (SRT)

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the LSO © Mark Allan

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Pina Bausch’s breathtaking Rite of Spring is restaged at the Edinburgh International Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [9] – Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring and Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo’s common ground[s]: Edinburgh Playhouse, 17.8.2023. (SRT)

Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring © Maarten Vanden Abeele

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