A Fuse Blows, And It’s Lights Out For Concert Hall

“What cruel irony … that it was the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment that was plunged into darkness mid-performance at the Usher Hall – just days after a £25 million makeover was unveiled. One of the [Edinburgh International Festival’s] flagship concerts was delayed by almost half an hour of ‘endarkment’ on Saturday night when the stage lighting failed as soprano Joyce DiDonato was performing.”