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Least Like The Other
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An explosive and thought-provoking work of experimental music theatre. It traces events in the life of Rosemary, eldest daughter of Joe and Rose Kennedy, sister younger sister of JFK, using heavily redacted materials from the archives, and only recently pieced together by biographers and academics. continue reading...
Griselda
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High jinks in high places from the master of the Four Seasons. First time in Ireland. An opera by Vivaldi. Griselda. The complications of royal marriage. A commoner become Queen. A King obsessed with testing her virtue. The brilliance of Venice’s most famous composer brought to the opera stage. continue reading...
Hansel and Gretel
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Trouble at home. Two hungry children lost in a haunted forest. The lure of a gingerbread house. The frightening hocus pocus of the predatory Witch. And the smarts of the children who triumph in the end. All wrapped up in the delicious sound world of Engelbert Humperdinck’s operatic masterpiece. continue reading...
Bajazet
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An extraordinary thriller. A dark, tense, claustrophobic environment. continue reading...
Don Pasquale
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Donizetti’s effervescent comic masterpiece is a witty, high-spirited, intergenerational tug of war about love and money — young love and old money, whipped up by lots of deceit. continue reading...
The First Child
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The triumphant conclusion of Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh’s uniquely dark operatic trilogy. continue reading...
“It’s been a total joy” - Performing with The First Child
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The First Child is an opera like no other – an experience that takes opera to new realms, where a cast of sensational opera singers is joined by an actor, a dancer and children in a multi-media extravaganza that electrifies all the senses. The production brings together a world-class creative team with a cast of five singers, an actor, a dancer, a chorus of children and Crash Ensemble, to imagine a terrifying story of lost innocence — a baby on a beach — and the sea. We interviewed Limerick soprano Sarah Shine about what it means to embrace new challenges, what it is like to perform with Crash Ensemble, and the joy of working on this contemporary opera. The opera opens on Wednesday 14 September in the Solstice Arts Centre in Navan, before travelling to Cork Opera House in Cork, Lime Tree Theatre in Limerick and Siamsa Tíre in Tralee. continue reading...
"This production breaks all the rules!" - performing with Don Pasquale
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We sat down with mezzo-soprano and Irish National Opera Chorus member Leanne Fitzgerald on her musical beginnings, starting her opera career and what she thinks audiences will enjoy about Don Pasquale. continue reading...