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Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera © Pádraig Grant

Spanish Civil War Trouvère opens Wexford with a foot in both camps

By Eleanor Knight, 17 October 2025

The 74th Wexford Opera Festival opens with the French revision of Il trovatore that Verdi reforged for the Paris Opera.

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Wexford

17 Oct 2025

Spanish Civil War Trouvère opens Wexford Festival Opera

By Eleanor Knight

Iestyn Morris (Oberon) © Frances Marshall

Lismore

Britten in the Rain: a Dream that charms in parts but lacks cohesion

By Andrew Larkin, 28 May 2025

Rain cannot wash away the charm of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lismore Castle, a visually clever, if uneven, outdoor staging with moments of real enchantment.

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Lismore

28 May 2025

Britten in the Rain: a Dream that charms in parts but lacks cohesion

By Andrew Larkin

Na'ama Goldman (Cesira) © Clive Barda | ArenaPAL

Wexford

Impassioned rendition of Tutino's Two Women at Wexford Festival Opera

By Andrew Larkin, 26 October 2023

Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi makes a compelling case for Marco Tutino's impassioned opera on the horrors of war from a woman's perspective.

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Wexford

26 Oct 2023

Marco Tutino's Two Women at Wexford Festival Opera

By Andrew Larkin

Wexford

An imaginative, psychological take on Catalani's Edmea at Wexford Festival Opera

By Andrew Larkin, 22 October 2021

A journey through the subconscious of the main protagonist Edmea, with Anne-Sophie Duprels as the eponymous heroine.

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Wexford

22 Oct 2021

An imaginative, psychological take on Catalani's Edmea in Wexford

By Andrew Larkin