Halloween Double Bill - 'A Candlelight Night at the Haunted Opera', 31 October | Event in Edinburgh | AllEvents

Halloween Double Bill - 'A Candlelight Night at the Haunted Opera'

Matthew Shiel

Highlights

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 07:15 pm

2.3 hours

St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh

Starting at GBP 16

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Date & Location

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 07:15 pm to 09:30 pm (GMT+00:00)

St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh

50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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About the event

Halloween Double Bill - 'A Candlelight Night at the Haunted Opera'
2 shows at a discount price! Save up to 59%.

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).



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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...'



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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!"



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Ticket Info

Tickets for Halloween Double Bill - 'A Candlelight Night at the Haunted Opera' can be booked here.

Ticket type Ticket price
Band D 27 GBP
Band D - Concession 22 GBP
Band D - Under 26 16 GBP
Band C 33 GBP
Band C - Concession 27 GBP
Band C - Under 26 22 GBP
Band B 38 GBP
Band B - Concession 33 GBP
Band B - Under 26 25 GBP
Band A 49 GBP
Band A - Concession 43 GBP
Band A - Under 26 30 GBP
Band A+ (Front Row) 54 GBP
Band A+ (Front Row) - Concession 49 GBP
Band A+ (Front Row) - Under 26 33 GBP
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St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Halloween Double Bill - 'A Candlelight Night at the Haunted Opera', 31 October | Event in Edinburgh | AllEvents
Halloween Double Bill - 'A Candlelight Night at the Haunted Opera'
Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 07:15 pm
GBP 16