The Makropulos Case

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Edinburgh Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9FT, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Festival: Edinburgh International Festival

Programme

Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928)

The Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos) (The Makropulos Case - New Production Premiere)

Performers

Opera North
Richard Farnes	Conductor
Tom Cairns	Director
Hildegard Bechtler	Set Designer		2012 Aug 11
James Creswell	Baritone	Dr Kolenatý	2012 Aug 11
Mark Le Brocq	Tenor	Vítek	2012 Aug 11
Paul Nilon	Tenor	Albert Gregor	2012 Aug 11
Nigel Robson	Tenor	Count Hauk-Šendorf	2012 Aug 11
Ylva Kihlberg	Soprano	Emilia Marty / Elina Makropoulos	2012 Aug 11

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Opera North's production première of The Makropulos Case at the Edinburgh Festival

David Smythe, 13th August

The strange yet compelling story of the 350-year-old opera singer Elina Makropulos was Opera North’s showcase in a production première at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. Leoš Janáček wrote The Makropulos Affair, his penultimate opera, based on the Karel Čapek play about Elina Makropulos, who was given a potion to preserve her youth when she was sixteen.

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