Programme announced for the73rd Wexford Festival Opera80 events, 16 daysrunning from 18 October to 2 November 2024Theatre within Theatre – ‘All the World’s a Stage’ The programme for the 2024 Wexford Festival Opera…
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La ciociara at Wexford Festival Opera: in conversation with conductor Francesco Cilluffo
Women & War is the theme uniting the works being performed at the 72nd Wexford Festival Opera next month. The three main productions in the Irish National Opera House each…
PwC Ireland showcases sponsorship of Wexford Factory 2023
Opera singers Ami Hewitt and Maria Hughes performed at a cultural event in PwC Ireland’s Spencer Dock offices. Artists Maria and Ami have both been supported by the partnership between the Festival and…
Wexford Festival Opera 2023
Public Booking for 72nd Wexford Festival Opera opens on 10 th May 202370 events, 13 days from 24th October to 5th November 2023 General booking for Wexford Festival Opera opens…
Paul Cleary announced as Chairman of the Board of Wexford Festival Trust
It was announced today that Paul Cleary will step into the role of Chairman of the board of Wexford Festival Trust, commencing this month. An avid opera fan, Paul has…
Wexford Festival Opera announces 2023 season
Women and War70 events, 13 days24 October – 5 November 2023 The programme for the 72nd Wexford Festival Opera has been announced by Artistic DirectorRosetta Cucchi. Centring around the theme…
Ghosts, guilt and giggles: two contrasting Pocket Operas at Wexford Festival Opera
The opening weekend of Wexford Festival Opera 2022 offered not just three operas on the main stage of the National Opera House, but also a lunchtime recital, pop-up events around…
Félicien David’s Lalla-Roukh at Wexford Festival Opera: a forgotten gem
On 23rd September 1876, the ‘Occasional Notes’ column in The Musical World reported that after a performance of the opera Lalla-Roukh by Félicien David (1810-76), one of the musicians made…
Halévy’s La tempesta opens the 71st Wexford Festival Opera
“Be not afeard,” Caliban reassures the comic conspirators, Stephano and Trinculo, “This isle is full of noises,/ Sounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not.” Indeed, the whole…
Donizetti’s Zoraida di Granata at Wexford Festival Opera: in conversation with director Bruno Ravella
In 1822, the 24-year-old Gaetano Donizetti had his first major success when his opera Zoraida di Granata was premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. The characteristically duplicitous efforts of…