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The Grand Old Opera House Hotel, by Isobel McArthur, will get its world premiere at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in August.

Theatre-maker Isobel McArthur on her new operatic comedy set in a haunted hotel

Lizard Boy. PIC: Kevin Berne.

Fringe music, musicals & opera reviews: Lizard Boy | Last Night + more

Coppelia. PIC: Gavin Smart

EIF reviews: Coppelia | Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra: Salome + more

Philharmonia Conductor Sir Donald Runnicles. PIC: Simon Pauly.

EIF opera and music reviews: Fidelio | Sharon Kam & Enrico Pace | Taraf De Caliu

A scene from the EIF's production of Dvořák's opera with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Douglas Boyd and Garsington Opera.

Edinburgh International Festival classical & opera reviews: Rusalka | Opening Co...

Edward Gardner PIC: Benjamin Ealovega

'Brutality and beauty': Strauss's opera Salome at EIF

Malin Byström PIC: Eli Sverlander

Opera in concert at the EIF: A Tale of two female powerhouses

Rusalka PIC: Julian Guidera

Rusalka: Opera meets acrobatics at the Edinburgh International Festival

Golda Schultz, right, in Dido's Ghost.

EIF opera review: Dido's Ghost

Roland Wood as Falstaff PIC: Julie Howden

EIF opera review: Scottish Opera's Falstaff, Festival Theatre

Opera lovers headed to the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock during Scottish Opera's pop-up tour in September.

Scottish Opera to stage 200 'pop-up' shows at 40 outdoor venues this summer

Leith Theatre during the Edinburgh International Festival. Picture: David Wilkinson

Live indoor and outdoor shows and events set to return in Scotland from May

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The attack on the Capitol sparked the biggest police investigation in US history. Picture: Brent Stirton/Getty Images

Convicted US Capitol rioter set to arrive in Scotland later this year

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