The mezzo-soprano has sung Bizet’s title role in English, in Calixto Bieito’s production. Now she’s to perform the role in the original French for Irish National Opera
‘In some ways I get a free pass because I am an outsider,’ says musician Joanna Mattrey
A €9 million renovation of a former Methodist Church on Abbey Street in Dublin will provide Irish National Opera with its first permanent base
Galway International Arts Festival 2026: Tarik O’Regan’s eclectic musical expression powers adaptation of Tóibín novella
€25,000 will be presented to successful artists and art organisations on the night
Salome Jicia surmounts every vocal challenge of the role. She is well matched with Mario Chang, William Guanbo Su and Siobhan Stagg
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Irish National Opera’s coproduction, directed by Netia Jones, features the well-matched central pairing of Jennifer Davis and Ryan Capozzo
Sing Rusalka feels like a personal challenge. As a long-retired choir girl it’s the opportunity to experience the power of a choral group
Irish National Opera’s touring production, featuring Amber Norelai and Benjamin Russell, maximises smaller performance spaces
From a portrait of a declining Judy Gardland to comedy, film adaptations and musicals, there’s much to look forward to in the coming year
Irish National Opera’s touring production updates the action in Smetana’s opera to Big Tom’s Ireland of the 1970s
In Irish National Opera’s Puccini staging, Celine Byrne’s character is assured and forward-thinking rather than naive and vulnerable
Founder and music director of a cultural symbol of Ukraine makes her Irish National Opera debut this weekend
Jennifer Walshe’s new opera, created with Mark O’Connell, is like nothing else Irish National Opera has staged
Galway International Arts Festival stages the premiere of an Irish opera in which four women astronauts embark on a Martian voyage
Opera: The soprano brings an excellent comic presence, each of her numerous costume changes more Scarlett O’Hara than the last
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Irish Baroque Orchestra only the second ensemble from the Republic to perform at the British classical music festival
Rachael Hewer directs a vibrant production featuring Giselle Allen as Senta and Jordan Shanahan as the Dutchman
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Opera: INO’s staging maintains the light-heartedness the Strauss needs for the two hours its enjoyably ridiculous plot takes to unfold
Irish National Opera’s production of Verdi, featuring Michael Chioldi, Soraya Mafi and Bekhzod Davronov, is hampered on opening night
Opera: Conductor Ryan McAdams draws lively, fresh playing to a concert performance featuring Paula Murrihy, Anna Devin and Niamh O’Sullivan
Cork mezzo-soprano on her packed schedule, shifting pitch and the sadness of being away from home with constant travelling for performances and rehearsals
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024: Operas were originally plays by the writer and actor Mark O’Halloran
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024: In Trade/Mary Motorhead, O’Halloran uses music to explore a transactional relationship between two men and also to transcend the confines of a prison cell
In Olivia Fuch’s production, conducted by Killian Farrell, Amanda Woodbury, as Violetta, meets every challenge of Verdi’s score with strength and colour
Theatre: Meili Li, Rachel Redmond, Gemma Ní Bhriain, Alexandra Urquiola and Sarah Richmond star in Daisy Evans’s staging of Vivaldi’s opera
Theatre: Richard Strauss’s tale of sex, violence, incest and necrophilia invites excess, but Bruno Ravella instead deploys restraint – to outstanding effect
The soprano is playing the title part – ‘a beast of a role’ – in Richard Strauss’s 1905 opera, based on the Oscar Wilde play, for Irish National Opera
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Puccini’s opera is full of antics – and Orpha Phelan gets them all right, from joyous mayhem to emotional darkness
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: Production designer Francis O’Connor powerfully realises the updating of the story by Jack Furness
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