Halloween Double Bill - 'A Candlelight Night at the Haunted Opera'
Schedule
Fri Oct 31 2025 at 07:15 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, SC
About this Event
2 thrilling shows at a discount price! Save up to 59%. This ticket allows entry to both:
'Edgar Allan Poe's Ghost Stories x Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight' - 7.15 - 8.15pm
'Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera' - 8.30 - 9.30pm
Please Note: Band A+, A and B ticket holders enjoy the best seats in the house and receive a complimentary glass of Sparkling Rosé Nosecco Special Edition and Belgian chocolates to create a truly unforgettable concert experience.
Following their ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and sold-out show in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
"a most enchanting concert" (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Edinburgh Guide)
"A ripping good yarn. Sim and Shiel both are masters of their crafts." (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Binge Fringe Magazine)
"Matthew Shiel shone" (⭐⭐⭐⭐Three Weeks)
Moonlight Concerts return to Edinburgh with two musical show inspired by Halloween: 'Edgar Allan Poe's Ghost Stories x Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight' (7.15 - 8.15pm) and 'Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera' (8.30 - 9.30pm).
Edgar Allan Poe's Ghost Stories x Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight (7.15 - 8.15pm)
Horror novelist Edgar Allan Poe 'resurrects' his spine-tingling ghost stories - with haunting live piano!
Usher Hall and Sir Yehudi Menuhin's Live Music Now! emerging artist and pianist Matthew Shiel collaborates with acclaimed Scottish author Alastair Sim and acclaimed Chinese Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen as they collaborate on a new show inspired by the greatest ghost storyteller who ever lived, Edgar Allan Poe. His presence and words are accompanied by the most horrifying music ever composed - including an original new ghost story concieved by tonight's author himself!
Concludes with a performance of Beethoven's gothic masterpiece - Moonlight Sonata by atmospheric candlelight – to create a simultaneously thrilling and terrifying storytelling experience designed to seduce your senses - and lure you away to 'nevermore...'
Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera (8.30 - 9.30pm)
The Phantom returns with the greatest ghost story ever told this Halloween!
Moonlight Concerts returns with a musical show inspired by Halloween. Storyteller and concert pianist Matthew Shiel, international opera singer Ines Mayhew-Begg and acclaimed Shanghainese Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen collaborate on a new show inspired by the greatest ghost story every told - Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera (1910).
Venetian masks, operatic arias, dramatic silhoettes and the most haunting piano pieces ever written meet alongside romantic candlelight recitations of Gaston Leroux's original novel and an ethereal digital art exhibition designed by acclaimed Chinese artist and Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen – to create a simultaneously thrilling and terrifying musical experience designed to seduce your senses - and lure you away to the phantom's lair!
"Christine, you must love me!"
Where is it happening?
St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 16.41 to GBP 54.33
