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Wexford Festival Opera: What Happened To Lucrece, Episode 1

Composer and Artist-in-Residence Andrew Synnott's new opera commissioned by Wexford Festival Opera is based on the Shakespeare narrative poem, The Rape of Lucrece, about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia...

Wexford Festival Opera • 14 Oct 20

Wexford Festival Opera: Watch The Falstaff Chronicles, Episode 2

Watch now... The members of the Wexford Factory perform a six-part mini-series rendition of Verdi's masterpiece Falstaff over six consecutive days.

Wexford Festival Opera • 14 Oct 20

Falstaff Chronicles in rehearsal (Pic: Pádraig Grant)

Falstaff Chronicles: inside Wexford Festival Opera's mini-series

For this year's Wexford Festival Opera, the members of the Wexford Factory (a professional development academy for young Irish and Irish-based singers) will perform The Falstaff Chronicles, a six-part mini-series rendition of Verdi's masterpiece...

Wexford Festival Opera • 09 Oct 20

The Wexford Factory present Falstaff Chronicles at WFO 2020

Wexford Festival Opera 2020 on RTÉ - how to watch and listen live

This October, audiences across Ireland and around the world will have a chance to experience a taste of the magic of the 2020 Wexford Festival Opera at home and for free, via RTÉ Culture and RTÉ lyric fm.

Wexford Festival Opera • 08 Oct 20

Wexford Festival Opera's rising stars sing for RTÉ Arena

Wexford Festival Opera's emerging artists for 2020, mezzo-soprano Anna Brady and bass-baritone Rory Dunne, join Seán Rocks on RTÉ Arena

RTÉ Arena • 28 Sep 20

iGIRL - listen to Roger Doyle's stunning new opera

Created under lockdown, Roger Doyle's stunning new opera iGIRL, with a libretto by Marina Carr, is an exploration of female grief, sorrow and sacrifice...

Opera • 28 Sep 20

Celine Byrne is one of the artists performing at this year's Wexford Festival Opera

Wexford Festival Opera and RTÉ to present 2020 festival online

Wexford Festival Opera, RTÉ and ARTE have joined forces once again to ensure that every magical moment will be available for audiences to enjoy for free from the comfort and safety of their own homes.

Wexford Festival Opera • 14 Sep 20

Seraglio the mini-series: INO's online op-tacular

When Irish National Opera's planned production of Mozart's The Abduction of the Seraglio was cancelled in May this year, the company and the artists involved did not want to let go of this sparkling, virtuosic opera - so they got creative...

Opera • 26 Jun 20

Lisette Oropesa will perform online for this year's reimagined Wexford Festival Opera (Pic: Jason Homa)

Coping with Covid - Wexford Festival Opera goes online for 2020

David McLoughlin, CEO of Wexford Festival Opera and the National Opera House, writes for Culture about how a stalwart of the national and international cultural scene had to quickly adapt to the new reality...

Opera • 15 Jun 20

Friday Opera Sessions performers (from top, L-R) Naomi Louisa O'Connell, Gavan Ring, Aoife Miskelly, Aoife O'Sullivan (pianist), Rory Dunne and Carolyn Dobbin

Irish National Opera on supporting artists during difficult times

Irish National Opera's Artistic Director Fergus Sheil writes about the creation of the company's new online series, the Friday Opera Sessions - five online episodes, featuring popular operatic arias and interviews, performed by 25 Irish singers...

Opera • 29 May 20

Something for the Weekend – Tara Erraught's Cultural Picks

Choice cultural picks from the celebrated mezzo-soprano, who launches the National Concert Hall's new Live Stream Series on Friday 29 May...

Something For The Weekend • 27 May 20

Opera singer entertains from Dublin balcony during Covid-19

With concert halls and theatres closed until August at the earliest, one artist has taken to her balcony...

Opera • 11 May 20

Wexford Festival Opera artistic director Rosetta Cucchi

Wexford Festival Opera & me, by artistic director Rosetta Cucchi

Rosetta Cucchi, the artistic director of the Wexford Festival Opera, previews this year's festival, which runs from 20th October to 1st November.

Opera • 24 Apr 20

Wexford Opera and Una Hunt bring a lost classic to RTÉ Player

More than 125 years since its last complete presentation, The Veiled Prophet by Dublin-born composer Charles Villiers Stanford was performed at Wexford Festival Opera and is now available to view on RTÉ Player.

RTÉ Player • 28 Apr 20

Support Our Artists: Opera singer Corina Ignat

The recipients of Artist Emergency Relief Fund grants will explain, in their own words, what they do and exactly why the grant scheme offers essential support for the nation's artists...

Support Our Artists • 23 Mar 20

Listen: Opera star Finbar Wright chats to Marty In The Morning

Marty Whelan chatted with people's tenor Finbar Wright about his glittering career on RTÉ lyric fm ahead of Finbar's Irish tour this February - listen above, and find out more about the tour here.

Rté Lyric Fm • 06 Feb 20

Amelie Metcalfe in Theatre Lovett's production of Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel - Theatre Lovett on their opera debut

Theatre Lovett Co-Directors Muireann Ahern and Louis Lovett write for Culture about their production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel for Irish National Opera, which premieres at the Abbey Theatre this month, ahead of a nationwide tour.

Opera • 04 Feb 20

Irish tenor (and former baritone) Gavan Ring.

Gavan Ring – a tenor?! What the Fach?!

When Gavan Ring noticed a change in his voice two years ago, he found out his voice had shifted and that I had become a tenor, a move that's more common than people think.

Tenor • 06 Nov 19

Divine Madness will run in the Project Arts Centre in Dublin.

Step into the Divine Madness where opera and dance merge together

Artistic director, choreographer and operatic tenor, John Scott talks about merging his two loves, opera and dance, in his latest production with Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Divine Madness.

Dance • 05 Nov 19

Op Idol: Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught talks to Arena

Tara Erraught joins Sean Rocks for a chat and performance of the aria Piu Mesta from Rossini's Cinderella/ La Cenerentola with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra.

Opera • 05 Nov 19

David Agler, the Artistic Director of Wexford Festival Opera.

David Agler on 15 years at the helm of Wexford Festival Opera

When he first encountered Wexford Festival Opera back in 1996, David Agler couldn't have imagined what discoveries he would make about the music, the artists and people of Wexford.

Opera • 04 Nov 19

Watch: Marty Whelan's guide to Vivaldi's Dorilla in Tempe

Ahead of this weekend's live presentation of Vivaldi's opera Dorilla in Tempe from Wexford Festival Opera, the inimitable Marty Whelan tells you everything you need to know about the production - watch above...

Opera • 01 Nov 19

Watch: Vivaldi classic Dorilla in Tempe at Wexford Festival Opera

That's right, RTÉ bring you world-class opera from Wexford Festival Opera - watch the magnificent production of Dorilla in Tempe above.

Opera • 06 Nov 19

Yasko Sato in the Wexford Festival Opera production of 'Il bravo' (Pic: Clive Barda)

Opera for beginners - an A-Z, from Arias to Zeffirelli

With Wexford Festival Opera's forthcoming production of Vivaldi's Dorilla in Tempe live-streaming on RTÉ Culture, in select cinemas nationwide and on RTÉ lyric fm, it's never been easier to experience the magic of opera - but many still feel daunted...

Culture • 19 Oct 19

The Wexford Festival Opera production of Dorilla in Tempe by Antonio Vivaldi will be broadcast in cinemas and online by RTÉ

RTÉ to broadcast Wexford Festival Opera live to cinemas

After the success of the first live-stream of a Wexford Festival Opera last year, RTÉ and Wexford Festival Opera are inviting the world to a night at the opera, as the two organisations join forces again to bring the magic of Wexford to new audiences...

Opera • 16 Oct 19