United Kingdom Sondheim, Follies: Company of Follies and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Greg Arrowsmith (conductor), Grand Opera House, Belfast, 13.9.2025. (RB)
Sondheim’s Follies is another triumph for Northern Ireland Opera
Belfast
Northern Ireland Opera brings Sondheim’s Follies to Belfast this month: a preview
Robert Beattie previews NIO’s new production of Sondheim’s Follies
Federica Lombardi shines in a first-class production of Le nozze di Figaro from The Met: Live in HD
United States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York / Joana Mallwitz (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, performance of 26.4.2025, seen at Avenue Cinema, Belfast, 30.4.2025. (RB)
Mark Chambers bids a stylish farewell to Sestina Music with a celebration of the Concerts Spirituel
United Kingdom De Lalande, Corelli – Concert Spirituel: Sestina Music / Mark Chambers (Director), Fisherwick Presbyterian Church, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 25.4.2025. (RB)
Intriguing programme of contemporary works performed with flair by Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble
United Kingdom Distant Plains: Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble (Aisling Agnew [flute], Sarah Watts [clarinet], David McCann [cello], Daniel Browell [piano], Michael Trainor [violin] / Matthew Lynch [conductor]. Harty Room, Queen’s University, Belfast, 13.12.2024. (RB)
Sestina Music convey the intense spirituality of music by Charpentier and de Brossard in Belfast
United Kingdom Sestina Music’s Lux et Umbra – Charpentier, Sébastien de Brossard: Sestina Music (Mark Chambers [musical director / countertenor], Sarah Keating, Áine Smith [sopranos], Laoise O’Brien, Elisabeth Vogel [recorders], Sarah Groser [viols], Tristan Russcher [keyboards]). Fisherwick Presbyterian Church, Belfast, 19.9.2024. (RB)
Eugene Onegin is another triumph for Northern Ireland Opera
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Dominic Limburg (conductor). Grand Opera House, Belfast, 17.9.2024. (RB)
NIO’s Eugene Onegin in Belfast – 14 to 21 September 2024
NORTHERN IRELAND OPERA PRESENTS EUGENE ONEGIN at The Grand Opera House Belfast
Directed by Cameron Menzies and conducted by Dominic Limburg
Featuring the Chorus of Northern Ireland Opera and the Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera on 14, 17, 19, 21 September 2024 at 7.30pm
Love, friendship and fidelity collide with devastating consequences.
A story of passion, pride, a moment’s madness, a duel and a true love lost.
Northern Ireland Opera today announces Principal Cast and Creatives in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece Eugene Onegin this September in Belfast. Based on Alexander Pushkin’s classic novel in verse, one of the most lyrical and beautiful pieces of literature adapted for opera, this stunning production will be directed by the renowned national opera company’s Artistic director Cameron Menzies (Nominated Best Director for Into the Woods Irish Times’s Irish Theatre Awards 2022 and Winner of three Paris Short Film Awards for film Old Friends and Other Days).