An Irish pub setting for Acis and Galatea in Dublin

By Pia Maltri, 06 April 2017

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Reviewed at Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire on 5 April 2017

Handel, Acis and Galatea

Opera Theatre Company

Paul O'Mahony, Set Designer

Catherine Fay, Costume Designer

Susanna Fairbairn, Galatea

Eamonn Mulhall, Acis

Edward Grint, Polyphemus

Andrew Gavin, Damon

Irish Baroque Orchestra

Sinead O'Kelly, Soprano

Peter O'Reilly, Tenor

Fearghal Curtis, Tenor

Cormac Lawlor, Bass

Eithne makes a Dublin comeback

Andrew Larkin, 14th October

Based on Irish mythology, Opera Theatre Company deiver a compelling concert performance of an exceedingly rare Irish opera Eithne

****1

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Pia Maltri, 29th September

Roddy Doyle's new translation is ingenious more often than incongruous; John Molloy's Leporello steals the show in the Opera Theatre's Don Giovanni.

***11

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Terry Blain, 13th June

Mahagonny surfaces for just the second time in Ireland, in a collaborative production resonating harshly with the country's recent economic history.

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Marco Armiliato's conducting thrills and Federica Lombardi's radiant Amelia stands out in the Wiener Staatsoper's latest revival of Simon Boccanegra.

***11

Anna Netrebko shines in Vienna’s timeless Tosca

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In a world where opera productions often stray into the abstract, the Wiener Staatsoper’s Tosca offers a refreshing return to tradition – and Anna Netrebko delivers a splendid performance.

****1

Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera

Clare Varney, 17th April

Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix.

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Pia Maltri

Pia first fell head over heels for opera when she was a teenager by listening to recordings of some of the great voices of the past: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Mirella Freni, Alfredo Kraus. She holds a degree in Italian Literature and she lives in Rome.