Tara Erraught: ‘I was terrified. I was, like, Callas probably touched this doorknob’
Singing the same role in the same place as the opera great was a goal fulfilled for Ireland’s leading mezzo and NCH artist-in-residence
Singing the same role in the same place as the opera great was a goal fulfilled for Ireland’s leading mezzo and NCH artist-in-residence
Me & My Money: Tara Erraught, mezzo-soprano
Irish National Opera’s production is first full staging with chorus, orchestra in Ireland
Late soprano held legendary dinner parties at Victorian four-bed on Bushy Park Road in Rathgar
Operatic community loses highly respected figure and ever-present artist for over 60 years
Tara Erraught, Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra evoke Dublin in the 1700s
First-rate soloists and the Wexford Factory enliven binge-watching this year’s Wexford Festival Opera online, a Festival in the Air
Cancelled events have hit Jonny Byers, Peter Whelan and Tara Erraught hard
Covid-19 has shut concert halls and productions, but you can watch safely on the web
Tenducci’s career and notoriety flourished in England and Ireland
Tara Erraught leads master classes in song and opera, Sinead O’Kelly is at the National Concert Hall and Mihhail Gerts will conduct the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Professional singers should regard themselves as athletes, with every vocal performance akin to running a marathon, says a top laryngeal surgeon
Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught appears in La Cenerentola as Angelina
Rosetta Cucchi, who brings an open-hearted warmth to her task, has chosen ‘Shakespeare’ for 2020
An opera on Ireland’s direct provision system and New Ross Piano Festival
Irish National Opera season to also feature new opera set in direct provision
Tara Erraught collaborates with pianist John O’Connor, while Sharon Carty will be accompanied by Siobhán Armstrong
Westland Row campus redevelopment involves €9m public funding and significant philanthropy
Opera singer Luis Magallanes: ‘I’ve gone from a humanitarian crisis to being here’
Gavan Ring warms up for BBC Proms debut with hometown concert; the first Irish production of Monteverdi’s ‘Il ritorno d’Ulisse’ takes place in Kilkenny
Director Patrick Mason ’s light touch creates the happy illusion of a non-interventionist approach
In conversation: Tara Erraught and Fergus Sheil
Director Patrick Mason on getting to the heart of Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, Irish National Opera’s new production
Music Current 2018 offers a showcase of contemporary Irish electronic music
A day of celebration and an opera marathon mark birth of a new approach to opera
Taoiseach weighs in, Minister for Arts kicks to touch, Fianna Fáil comes late to the cause
The pianist marks his 70th birthday year with a wonderful coda
Russian fare and a 90th birthday celebration for Veronica Dunne
Many great composers were also great improvisers, Mozart, Beethoven and Bruckner among them
Irish mezzo soprano Tara Erraught comes to the National Concert Hall
Dublin Theatre Festival: Opera Theatre Company shifts the action from 16th-century Spain to Dublin now, and the audience engagement is palpable
Opening of the “Ireland 100” festival at John F Kennedy Center starts three-week festival of Irish arts and culture
Characters are given space to sing and shine in impressive updating of a comic classic
The Kerry baritone brings energy and a touch of John Cleese to the role of Figaro in Rossini’s classic opera
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices