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Edinburgh’s community opera, Aria Alba, presents the classic double bill Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. This intimate chamber performance features expert orchestral players from Scotland and beyond. International guest singers join Aria Alba’s ensemble to tell the stories of two women navigating love, betrayal, abuse and excitement. Performed in the round, audiences get up close to the drama, experiencing the intensity and immediacy of opera. Balancing the sublime and the ridiculous, these emotionally charged operas create unmissable magic and thrilling intimacy, bringing the realness…
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci is by Aria Alba – Opera For All, listed under Musicals and Opera in the Fringe programme. It plays at Stockbridge Church, 7b Saxe Coburg Street, EH3 5BN, 12 August to 15 August.
The show runs 180 minutes and is suitable for ages 12+. Tickets are £22. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes and Scenes of violence.