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Wexford

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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Wexford Festival Continues to Attract Opera Lovers with Its Programme of Rarities

08/11/201602/11/2016 by José Irurzun

IrelandIreland David, Herculanum: Wexford Opera Festival Orchestra and Chorus / Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 1.11.2016. (JMI)

<i>Herculanum</i> © Clive Barda
Herculanum © Clive Barda.

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Wexford Festival Ends with a Sprightly Production of Another Opera Rarity, Le Pré aux Clercs

08/11/201503/11/2015 by José Irurzun

IrelandIreland Hérold, Le Pré aux Clercs: Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 29.10.2015 (JMI)

Copyright: Clive Barda
Hérold’s Le Pré aux Clercs at Wexford (c) Clive Barda

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Now a Forgotten Mascagni Opera is Another Convincing Revival at the Wexford Festival

08/11/201529/10/2015 by José Irurzun
Wexford
Mascagni’s Guglielmo Ratcliff at Wexford (c) Clive Barda

IrelandIreland Mascagni, Guglielmo Ratcliff: Wexford Festival Orchestra, Francesco Cilluffo (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 28.10.2015 (JMI)   

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A Compelling Performance in Wexford of a Seldom-Staged Delius Opera

08/11/201528/10/2015 by José Irurzun

 

IrelandIreland  Delius: Koanga, Wexford Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Stephen Barlow (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 27.10.2015 (JMI)

 

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