The new Irish Operatic Repertory Company (IORC) gave its opening performance last night in the Cork Opera House.

Report shows Cork Opera House and people arriving for the performance.

Interview with performer, Deirdre Crowley, on the significance of the new opera company.

Excerpt from the operetta, ‘The Merry Widow’.

Interview with baritone John O’Flynn, founding member of the new company on why the IORC was founded.

John O’Flynn singing on stage in the operetta.

The reporter is Tom MacSweeney.

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