Utterly gripping Vanessa at Wexford

By Andrew Larkin, 28 October 2016

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“an enthralling, psychological opera with a score of sumptuous, passionate lyricism”

Reviewed at National Opera House: O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford on 27 October 2016

Barber, Vanessa

Wexford Festival Opera

Timothy Myers, Conductor

Rodula Gaitanou, Director

Cordelia Chisholm, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Claire Rutter, Vanessa

Carolyn Sproule, Erika

Michael Brandenburg, Anatol

James Westman, The Old Doctor

Pietro Di Bianco, Nicholas

Rosalind Plowright, The Old Baroness

Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera

Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera

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Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.

Utterly gripping performance of Barber's Vanessa at Wexford Festival Opera