Festivals

A sparkling revival of Rossini’s L’equivoco stravagante at Wexford

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IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2026 [3] – Rossini, L’equivoco stravagante: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Riccardo Bisatti (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, 25.10.2026. (RB)

Ernestina (Maria Barakova) and Buralicchio (Gurgen Baveyan) © Padraig Grant

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Fine Wexford performance of The Gambler, though the production is not wholly successful

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IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2026 [2] – Prokofiev, The Gambler: Soloists, Dancers, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Valentin Uryupin (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, 24.10.2026. (RB)

Taras Prysiazhniuk (Alexei) and dancers of Wexford School of Ballet © Padraig Grant

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Excellent revival of Mascagni’s Iris by the Wexford Festival Opera

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IrelandIreland Wexford Opera Festival 2026 [1] – Mascagni, Iris: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, Ireland. 23.10.2026. (RB)

Leyla Gu (Iris) and Joseph Calleja (Osaka) © Padraig Grant

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Cumnock Tryst’s Mozart and MacMillan proves it really is a true ‘meeting place for music’

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cumnock Tryst 2026 – Mozart, MacMillan: Jess Gillam (saxophone), David Childs (euphonium), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Kanako Ito (leader and director), James MacMillan (conductor). Barony Hall, Cumnock, 2.10.2026. (SRT)

Saxophonist Jess Gillam and conductor James MacMillan with the BBC SSO © Stuart Armitt

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