Burning Down the Opera, released on 26 August 2003, is the first live album by the German power metal band Edguy recorded in Europe during their Mandrake World Tour.
A Limited Edition digibook is also available that includes a 32 pages expanded booklet with 130+ photos, all lyrics and a detailed venue list of the world tour 2001/2002 which took place on 5 continents. On top of that, a video clip of the Progpower festival in the USA will be provided as well as a desktop wallpaper and screen saver.
Track listing CD one "Welcome to the Opera (Intro)" - 2:08 "Fallen Angels" - 5:33 "Tears of a Mandrake" - 7:24 "Babylon" - 7:01 "Land of the Miracle" - 5:44 "Painting on the Wall" - 4:37 "Wings of a Dream" - 6:04 "The Headless Game" - 7:20 "The Pharaoh" - 15:07
CD two "Vain Glory Opera" - 6:27 "Solitary Bunny (Drum Solo)" - 3:14 "Save Us Now" - 4:53 "How Many Miles" - 10:58 "Inside" - 3:22 "Avantasia" - 5:23 "Out of Control" - 8:15
Personnel Band members Tobias Sammet - lead vocals Jens Ludwig - lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals Dirk Sauer - lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals Tobias 'Eggi' Exxel - bass, backing vocals Felix Bohnke - drums
Production Michael Tibes - live engineer, mixing Marc Schettler - live engineer Sascha Paeth - additional engineering Mika Jussila - mastering at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki
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