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

  1. "Welcome to the Opera (Intro)" - 2:08
  2. "Fallen Angels" - 5:33
  3. "Tears of a Mandrake" - 7:24
  4. "Babylon" - 7:01
  5. "Land of the Miracle" - 5:44
  6. "Painting on the Wall" - 4:37
  7. "Wings of a Dream" - 6:04
  8. "The Headless Game" - 7:20
  9. "The Pharaoh" - 15:07

;CD two

  1. "Vain Glory Opera" - 6:27
  2. "Solitary Bunny (Drum Solo)" - 3:14
  3. "Save Us Now" - 4:53
  4. "How Many Miles" - 10:58
  5. "Inside" - 3:22
  6. "Avantasia" - 5:23
  7. "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

References