United Kingdom Various: Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble (David McCann [cello], Daniel Browell [piano], Aisling Agnew [flute], William Curran [clarinet], Keith Pascoe [violin]) / Sinead Hayes (conductor). Harty Room, Queens University, Belfast 20.5.2022. (RB)
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Northern Irish composer Greg Caffrey in conversation with Robert Beattie
Contemporary music composer and founder of the Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble, Greg Caffrey, interviewed by Robert Beattie Northern Irish composer, Greg Caffrey, has won a number of awards for his compositions including First Prize at the Concorso, Counterpoint, Italy in May 2012, the Taukay Edizioni Musicali International Composition Prize in 2012 and the Musica Domani International … Read more
Northern Ireland Opera’s terrific production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods
United Kingdom Sondheim, Into the Woods: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Peter Mitchell (conductor). Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 9.2.2022. (RB)
Irish National Opera’s impressive Fidelio underlined how relevant and important its themes are to today
Ireland Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Irish National Opera / Fergus Sheil (conductor). Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, 13.11.2021. (RB)
Wexford Festival Opera’s enjoyable revival of Goldmark’s Ein Wintermärchen
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera [3] – Goldmark, Ein Wintermärchen (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Andrew Synnott) and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Marcus Bosch (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 21.10.2021. (RB)
Welcome revival of Ambroise Thomas’s Le Songe d’une nuit d’été in Wexford
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2021 [2] – Ambroise Thomas, Le Songe d’une nuit d’été: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 20.10.2021. (RB)
Catalani’s Edmea gets the Wexford Festival off to a good start
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2021 [1] – Catalani, Edmea: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 19.10.2021. (RB)
Northern Ireland Opera’s La bohème overcomes Covid restrictions
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Rebecca Lang (conductor). Carlisle Memorial Church, Belfast, 18.9.2021. (RB)
