The Classical Conspiracy is the first live album by the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. It was recorded on June 14, 2008 in Miskolc, Hungary during the Miskolc Opera Festival. The live show also included a 40-piece orchestra and a 30-piece choir, conducted by Zsolt Regos.

Personnel:

first violin />Tamas Kriston (Concertmaister)
Maria Lazanyi
Eva Siklosi
Monika Zsekoc
Beata Lukacs
Boglarka Balog

second violin
Zsofia Nagy
Zoltan Ficsor
Banjamin Almassy
Doris Tatai
Zoltan Kerenyi

viola
Sandor Szabo
Jozsef Kautzky
Tamas Toth
Janos Feher

cello
Kamilla Matakovics
Annamaria Bodi
Angelika Beres

double bass
Arpad Balog
Gizella Keresztfalvi

piano / harpsichord
Andreas Bujtas

flute
Tamas Siklosi
Marianna Moori

oboe
Janos Implom
Beata Tatar

clarinet
Sandor Czimer
Tamas Fogarasi

bassoon
Istvan Halasz
Krisztian Jardany

french horn
Eniko Ferencz
Sandor Horvath
Ferenc Tornyai
Gergely Opauszky

trumpet
Gyorgy Aranyosi
Peter Gal

trombone
Zoltan Kakuk
Istvan Molnar
Csaba Szilagyi

tuba
Janos Dobos

timpani
Tamas Domotor

percussion
Mark Viragh
Choir Of The National Theatre, Miskolc

chormaster
Zsolt Regos

soprano
Zsuzsa Adamy
Boglarka Jambrik
Edina Kecskemeti
Zsuzsa Kurucz
Eva Orth
Eszter Maria Papp
Ildiko Simon
Eva Vajda

bass
Akos Baksy
David Dani
Sandor Demeter
Balazs Kolozsi
Robert Molonar
Ivan Nagy

alto
Anette Cseh-Simon
Linda Dolhai
Angelika Hircsu
Diana Kuttor
Agnes Liptak
Mariann Majlath
Oksana Pascenko
Maria Takacs

tenor
Laszilo Bodor
Gergely Boncser
Gergely Irlanda
Andras Marton
Erik Molnar
Nandor Nandor
Tibor Osvath

Although combining orchestra with metal is not new idea, it certainly is pulled off with illiance here. The energy felt from the live audience adds an extra charisma to the performance.

Disc one features Epica's metallic arrangements of famous works by composers like Dvorak, Handel, Prokofiev, and Verdi, as well as a medley from films like Spider-Man and Star Wars. Disc two spotlights an entire set of Epica's original music, accentuated by lush orchestration.