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WexfordRTÉ Concert Orchestra Wexford Festival Opera Gala with Claudia Boyle
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Ponchielli, Donizetti, Verdi, Bizet, Charpentier, Puccini, Offenbach, Delius, Giordano, Massenet, Bernstein
RTÉ Concert Orchestra; Francesco Cilluffo; Claudia Boyle; Axelle Saint-Cirel; Eduardo Niave; Giorgi Lomiseli
WexfordLe TrouvèreNew production

Verdi: Il trovatore
Marcus Bosch; Ben Barnes; Wexford Festival Opera; Liam Doona; Mattie Ullrich; Daniele Naldi; Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera
WexfordLa Tragédie de CarmenNew production

Bizet: La Tragédie de Carmen
Rebecca Warren; Tom Deazley; Lisa Krugel; Maksym Diedov; Sarah Richmond
WexfordDeidamiaNew production

Handel: Deidamia
George Petrou; Wexford Festival Opera; Giorgina Germanou; Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera; Sophie Junker
WexfordThe DwarfNew production

Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg (The Dwarf)
TBC; Chris Moran; Lisa Krugel; Maksym Diedov; Eleri Gwilym
WexfordThe Magic FountainNew production

Delius: The Magic Fountain
Francesco Cilluffo; Christopher Luscombe; Wexford Festival Opera; Simon Higlett; Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera; Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera
WexfordIl viaggio a ReimsSemi-staged performance

Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Manuel Hartinger; Rosetta Cucchi; Massimo Carlotto; Daniele Naldi; Artists from the Wexford Opera Factory
WexfordNormaNew production

Bellini: Norma
Maurizio Benini; Orpha Phelan; Irish National Opera; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Irish National Opera Orchestra
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Orpha Phelan delivers farcical Donizetti at the Wexford Festival Opera
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Superlative singing, hilarious antics and an energetic production make Donizetti's Le Convenience ed inconvenience an exhilarating success.
Stanford's hilarious The Critic proves a Wexford knockout
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Conor Hanratty's humorous production is a triumph from beginning to end, a must see at this year's Wexford Festival.
Mascagni's Le maschere struggles to take flight in Wexford opener
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Excellent singing, an amusing production and lively staging showcases Mascagni's Le maschere in the best possible light at Wexford Festival Opera.
Erlanger's L'Aube rouge a damp squib at Wexford Festival Opera
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Erlanger's fractured and clichéd opera isn't helped by confused direction, although soprano Andreea Soare is nothing short of magnificent as the heroine.
A triumphant Zoraida di Granata by Donizetti at Wexford
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A terrific cast of principal singers lead by soprano Claudia Boyle, coupled with compelling direction from Bruno Ravella make for an exhilarating operatic experience in Donizetti's Zoraida de Granata.
Marco Tutino's Two Women at Wexford Festival Opera
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Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi makes a compelling case for Marco Tutino's impassioned opera on the horrors of war from a woman's perspective.
Staging sorcery: Dvořák's Armida played straight in Wexford
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Dvořák’s final opera gets a rare staging outside its Czech homeland, at Wexford – the festival where dead operas return to life.
Riotous nonsense and royal nuptials: Lalla-Roukh at Wexford
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Orpha Phelan has fun staging Félicien David’s opéra comique, moving the action from Kashmir and Samarkand to Leila O’Rourke’s Tea Emporium.