Wexford

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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An outstanding account of Handel’s Deidamia at Wexford

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IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2025 [3] – Handel, Deidamia: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / George Petrou (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 26.10.2925. (RB)

Bruno de Sá (l, Achilles) and Sophie Junker (c, Deidamia) and members of the cast of Deidamia © Pádraig Grant

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An excellent Wexford performance cannot disguise the flaws in Delius’s The Magic Fountain

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IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2025 [2] – Delius, The Magic Fountain: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 25.10.2025. (RB)

Wexford Festival Opera’s The Magic Fountain © Pádraig Grant

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Outstanding Wexford Festival Opera revival of a ‘let’s put on an opera’ Donizetti rarity

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IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2024 [3] – Donizetti, Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Danila Grassi (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 25.10.2024. (RB)

Wexford Festival Opera’s Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali © Patricio Cassinoni

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Wexford Festival Opera makes a strong case for Stanford’s The Critic

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IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2024 [2] – Stanford, The Critic: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford National Opera / Ciarán McAuley (conductor), O’Reilly Theatre Wexford, 24.10.2024. (RB)

[l-r] Arthur Riordan (Mr Sneer), Mark Lambert (Mr Puff), Hannah O’Brien in The Critic © Patricio Cassinoni

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