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Elaine Kelly; Tom Creed; Opéra de Lille; Aedin Cosgrove; Catherine Fay; Irish National Opera Orchestra
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Fergus Sheil; Paul Curran; Irish National Opera; Gary McCann; Paul Hackenmueller; Irish National Opera Orchestra
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INO’s attractive, lively Carmen fails to convince in Dublin
Niamh O’Sullivan brings charisma to an attractive, colourful production, but a lack of dramatic intensity leaves Bizet’s enduring tale of passion and possessiveness short of its full impact.
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The 74th Wexford Opera Festival opens with the French revision of Il trovatore that Verdi reforged for the Paris Opera.
Marco Tutino's Two Women at Wexford Festival Opera
Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi makes a compelling case for Marco Tutino's impassioned opera on the horrors of war from a woman's perspective.
Rough magic: Halévy’s La Tempesta opens Wexford Opera Festival
Wexford Festival thrives on resurrecting long-forgotten operas, so is the perfect place for Halévy's take on Shakespeare, neglected for 170 years.