National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’

Review: Confidence permeates opening night of opera famed for its massiveness

Classical music highlights for the coming week

Smart money still on the Wide Open Opera/Opera Theatre Company bid to become the council’s new major opera supplier

In the past 10 years, the grant to Wexford has crept up but OTC's has fallen fast. What’s the rationale?

Puccini melodrama set in 19th century Paris being sung in Italian with English surtitles

Design outshines performances in Eugene O’Neill’s swansong

When a female fighter pilot is moved to the Chair Force, the morality of remote warfare comes crashing down

Hugo Hamilton’s nuanced first World War drama looks at the family fallout after the return of an injured sailor

Irish Youth Opera has begun its mission with a slick, updated version of Britten’s opera

A surreal tango opera from Buenos Aires is all about the survival of a gentle muse

Can Shakespeare’s drama of a dethroned English King be turned into an Irish history lesson?