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Edinburgh

Scottish Opera Offers Family-Friendly Hansel and Gretel

22/02/201221/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Soloists, and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Emmanuel Joël-Hornak (conductor),  Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 18.2.2011 (SRT)

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Rissman Deconstructs Søndergård’s Colorful Prokofiev

22/02/201219/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Prokofiev:Naked Classics, Romeo & Juliet, Paul Rissmann (presenter), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17.02.2012 (SRT)

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Schmaltzy Wallace, Thrilling Strauss and Lustrous Elgar from RSNO

15/02/201211/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Wallace, Strauss, Elgar: Tasmin Little (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.2.2012 (SRT)

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A Romantic Evening in Edinburgh with Kluxen, Dinnerstein and the RSNO

15/02/201211/02/2012 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Ravel, Mozart, Puccini, Mascagni, R Strauss: Simone Dinnerstein (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Christian Kluxen (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.02.2012 (SRT)

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Grandeur and Bleakness in Mark Padmore’s Winterreise

10/02/201207/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Winterreise: Mark Padmore (tenor), Paul Lewis (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 6.2.2012 (SRT)

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Langrée Brings Drama, Strength & Beauty to Beethoven’s Mass in C

07/02/201203/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Gluck, Beethoven: Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus / Louis Langrée (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 2.2.2012 (SRT)

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Prokofiev Opera Offers Conservatoire Students a Chance to Shine

31/01/201230/01/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Betrothal in a Monastery: Soloists and Chorus of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Timothy Dean (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 28.01.2012 (SRT)

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Voluptuous Roussel from Denève; Sensational Prokofiev from Hilary Hahn.

09/04/201428/01/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Debussy, Prokofiev, Roussel: Hilary Hahn (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.01.2012 (SRT)

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