Editing Burning Down the Opera

{{Infobox album
| name         = Burning Down the Opera
| type         = live
| artist       = [[Edguy]]
| cover        = Burning down the opera.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 26 August 2003
| recorded     = Mandrake Tour European leg, 2001-2002
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = [[Power metal]]
| length       = 103:33
| label        = [[AFM Records|AFM]]
| producer     = [[Edguy]]
| prev_title   = [[Mandrake (album)|Mandrake]]
| prev_year    = 2001
| next_title   = [[Hellfire Club (album)|Hellfire Club]]
| next_year    = 2004
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/burning-down-the-opera-live-mw0000719509 | title = Edguy Burning Down the Opera Live review | accessdate = 2012-10-09 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' (GER)
| rev2score = {{Rating|6|7}}<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.metal-hammer.de/suche/?searchString=edguy&from=01.01.1900&to=01.01.2100&pub=mth&src=all&src=wbs&src=pct&sortBy=score&filter=review | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121204191527/http://www.metal-hammer.de/suche/?searchString=edguy&from=01.01.1900&to=01.01.2100&pub=mth&src=all&src=wbs&src=pct&sortBy=score&filter=review | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 4, 2012 | title = Edguy Metal Hammer Suchergebnis | accessdate = 2012-10-07 | date = June 2003 | magazine = [[Metal Hammer]] | language = German }}</ref>
|noprose=yes
}}

'''''Burning Down the Opera''''', released on 26 August 2003, is the first [[live album]] by the [[Germany|German]] [[power metal]] [[band (music)|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 Exxel|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 ==
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[[Category:Edguy live albums]]
[[Category:2003 live albums]]
[[Category:AFM Records live albums]]