It might be a 19th-century opera, but under Heather Hadrill’s excellent direction, Michael William Balfe’s The Rose of Castile gets a generational facelift. The Irishman’s 1857 opera, chosen for the ...
Much Ado About Nothing. Image, uncredited.**The second of two pocket operas celebrating Irish composers at Wexford Festival ...
Gurgen Baveyan, Maria Barakova and Stefan Astakhov in L’equivoco stravagante. Image, Padraig Grant ****As part of its 75th ...
Leyla Gu and dancers in Iris. Image, Padraig Grant**** When it comes to opera, who’d want to be a woman? It so rarely ends ...
Derbhle Crotty in visions by Eoghan Quinn. Image Patricio Cassinoni** A hallmark of Dublin Theatre Festival 2026 has been ...
Sharon Carty in Testament. Image, Pat Redmond *** Talk about life imitating art. Gathered outside the Gaiety Theatre for the Dublin premiere of Irish National Opera's Testament, composed by Tarik ...