The Makropulos Case

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The Makropulos Case (Opera or Operetta )

Sat, 11th August to Mon, 13th August: The Makropulos Case tickets at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh».
Thu, 18th October to Fri, 2nd November: The Makropulos Case tickets at Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds».
Thu, 8th November: The Makropulos Case tickets at The Lowry, Salford».
Thu, 22nd November: The Makropulos Case tickets at Theatre Royal, Nottingham».

Opera or Operetta

A young Cretan girl is given an elixir to extend her life by 300 years and spends the time becoming the greatest singer of all time. But along the way she passes the recipe of the elixir to a lover and now, in 1922, she's 337 years old and in court trying to recover the paper. In the end she wins, but decides not to take the potion but to die as without mortality life has ceased to have meaning. Sung inn English with English titles. Running time: approx. 2hrs