Ireland Wexford Festival Opera [5] – Donizetti, Wagner, Strauss, Moniuszko, Karlowicz, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Bellini, Poniatowski: Simon Mechliński (baritone), Andrea Grant (piano), St Iberius Church, Wexford, 23.10.2018. (RB)
Robert Beattie
The Wild West comes to Wexford
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera [4] – Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Cast of Wexford Festival Opera / Giorgio D’Alonzo (music director). Clayton Whites Hotel, Wexford, 23.10.2018. (RB)
Ekaterina Bakanova Excels in Wexford’s Staging of Mercadante’s Il Bravo
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2018 [3] – Saverio Mercadante, Il Bravo: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Jonathan Brandani (Conductor). National Opera House, Wexford 21.10.2018. (RB)
Wexford’s European Premiere of William Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2018 [2] – William Bolcom, Dinner at Eight: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / David Agler (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 20.10.2018. (RB)
Wexford Enjoys a Splendid Don Pasquale
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2018 [1] – Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists of Wexford Festival Opera / Daniella Pellegrino (music director), Clayton Whites Hotel, Wexford, 20.10.2018. (RB)
The Met’s Memorable Revival of Aida
United States Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Broadcast live to the Dundonald Omniplex Cinema, Belfast, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 6.10.2018. (RB)
(c) Marty Sohl
Superb Production of Rigoletto from Northern Ireland Opera
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists and Chorus of Northern Ireland (NI) Opera, Ulster Orchestra / Gareth Hancock (conductor), Grand Opera House, Belfast, 30.10.2018. (RB)
A Superb Production at Glyndebourne of Barber’s Unjustly Neglected Vanessa
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2018 [3] – Barber, Vanessa: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Sussex, 6.8.2018. (RB)
