Eithne makes a Dublin comeback

By Andrew Larkin, 15 October 2017

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Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 14 October 2017

O'Dwyer, Eithne

Opera Theatre Company

Fergus Sheil, Conductor

Orla Boylan, Eithne

Gavan Ring, High King of Ireland

Robin Tritschler, Ceart

Imelda Drumm, Nuala

Eamonn Mulhall, Neart

Brendan Collins, Art

John Molloy, Giant

National Symphony Orchestra Ireland

The chorus of Opera Theatre Company

An Irish pub setting for Acis and Galatea in Dublin

Pia Maltri, 5th April

Ovid’s Metamorphosis (on which the episode of Acis and Galatea is based) set in an Irish pub? Cowboys in place of shepherds and a bartender instead of a nymph?

****1

Don Giovanni in a new adaptation by Roddy Doyle

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

****1

Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen

Mengguang Huang, 26th April

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

John Gilks, 25th April

Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.

*****

Trojan’s Carousel: a magical night of dreams come true in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 23rd April

A vintage opera at the National Theatre offers charming adventures for children and musical sophistication for adults.

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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.

Intriguing Irish opera Eithne makes a comeback after a century