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Ekaterina Bakanova Excels in Wexford’s Staging of Mercadante’s Il Bravo

04/11/201825/10/2018 by Robert Beattie

IrelandIreland 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)

Alessandro Luciano & Ekaterina Bakanova in Il Bravo (c) Clive Barda

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Wexford’s European Premiere of William Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight

04/11/201823/10/2018 by Robert Beattie

IrelandIreland 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)

Dinner at Eight (c) Clive Barda

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Wexford Enjoys a Splendid Don Pasquale

04/11/201822/10/2018 by Robert Beattie

IrelandIreland 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)

Wexford Festival Opera’s Don Pasquale (c) Malone Carty

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Lise Davidsen’s Powerful Voice Impresses in the Wexford Festival Opera’s Medea

05/11/201731/10/2017 by José Irurzun

Wexford

IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2017 [3] – Cherubini, Medea: Wexford Festival Orchestra and Chorus / Stephen Barlow (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 28.10.2017. (JMI)

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Medea (c) Wexford Festival Opera

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Another Rediscovered Opera Gem at the Wexford Festival: Alfano’s Risurrezione

05/11/201730/10/2017 by José Irurzun

Wexford

IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera [2] – Alfano, Risurrezione: Wexford Festival Orchestra and Chorus / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 27.10.2017. (JMI)

Risurrezione, courtesy of Wexford Festival Opera
Risurrezione, courtesy of Wexford Festival Opera

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A Compelling but Neglected Foroni Opera at the Wexford Festival

02/11/201728/10/2017 by José Irurzun

Wexford

IrelandIreland Wexford Festival 2017 [1] – Foroni, Margherita: Wexford Festival Orchestra and Chorus/Timothy Myers (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 26.10.2017. (JMI)

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Wexford Festival Opera’s Margherita (c) Wexford Opera Festival

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Perhaps This Rarely Seen Donizetti Opera Deserves to Be Overlooked

13/11/201604/11/2016 by José Irurzun

IrelandIreland Donizetti, Maria de Rudenz: Wexford Festival Orchestra and Chorus / Andrew Greenwood (conductor), O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House,, Wexford, 3.11.2016. (JMI)

Maria de Rudenz © Clive Barda.
Gilda Fiume (Maria de Rudenz) © Clive Barda.

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A Compelling Production of Barber’s Seldom-Heard Vanessa

08/11/201603/11/2016 by José Irurzun

IrelandIreland Barber, Vanessa: Wexford Festival Orchestra / Timothy Myers (conductor), O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, 2.11.2016. (JMI)

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Vanessa © Clive Barda

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