If you could return to the Georgian era to spend an elegant musical hour as a guest at Mr. Darcy's Pemberley, what would you hear? That's the musical question that international coloratura soprano Patrice Boyd answers beautifully in An Evening at Pemberley: The Music of Jane Austen's Heroines.

American Patrice Boyd returns to Edinburgh with the European debut of her original classical music program. This popular one-hour recital has charmed and enlightened sold-out audiences in New York City, Toronto, and Charleston, and was featured in New York Magazine.

Accompanied by piano and flute, Miss Boyd sympathetically demonstrates the musical requirements that Jane Austen's heroines bravely navigated for love, honor, or social survival. Each musical selection also relates to Jane Austen's characters or their situations -- and to their real life counterparts.

The music features operatic arias from Mozart, Handel, Haydn, Purcell, Bishop and other composers of the era. To complete the historical mood, Miss Boyd will perform in period dress in the handsome Georgian oval of St. Andrew's and St. George's Church, one of Edinburgh's premier classical music venues.

A perfect choice for every Fringe-goer who appreciates classical music and superb singing, An Evening at Pemberley offers an historical peek into the candlelit world of Jane Austen's time. Often sung by young women of marriageable age, each song was selected to correspond to Austen's fictional females and their all too real human circumstances. Austen fans will delight in discovering the music that helped Elizabeth Bennett win Mr. Darcy's heart.



Praised by the New York Times for her "shining soprano tone and effortless upper register," Miss Boyd revisits Edinburgh after receiving raves for her "gorgeous singing" (one4review) in her 2007 Fringe debut as Sarah in ...And Piano Make Three.

An Evening at Pemberley also features New York pianist Joan Krueger, the recipient of Classical Singer Magazine's Coach of the Year Award, and Fiona Paterson, a rising young flutist from Scotland who has recently won several awards. see all artists' biographies

Sold out in the USA. To avoid disappointment, get your tickets for the Edinburgh performances now.

8 and 11 August at 19:30
St. Andrew's and St. George's Church
13 George Street £8 (£6)
Tickets thru www.edfringe.com
or by telephoning the Edinburgh Fringe box office: 0131 226 0000
St. Andrew's & St. George's church will open its own box office beginning August 4th. At that date, available tickets may also be purchased by telephoning the church at 0131 225 3847