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Outreach

Irish National Opera is committed to sharing our love of opera with as many people as possible through inspiring live opera events, education programmes for schools and community activities to suit all ages.

UPCOMING EVENTS & PROJECTS:

Creative Writing Workshops with Dave Lordan

INO is looking to work with young people aged 14-18, living outside of Ireland’s main urban areas, to help create the world’s first virtual reality opera community opera.

PAST EVENTS & PROJECTS:

Hansel and Gretel Schools Events

Alongside the company’s recent tour of the opera, we worked in partnership with Theatre Lovett and the Abbey theatre, with a number of student groups in locations around Ireland ahead of their visit to the opera.

How Aria?

A Community Opera Project with First Fortnight and St. Patrick’s Mental Health Service

UCD Opera Project

In autumn 2019 we partnered with UCD to give some of their third year music students a behind the scenes look at what goes into producing an opera. The project also tasked them with writing a critical review of the dress rehearsal and producing posters to introduce the opera to new audiences.

Cenerentola in Focus

An afternoon of talk and music to explore the well-loved Rossini classic, La Cenerentola.

Griselda in Focus

A unique evening of talks and song, organised in partnership with the Italian Institute of Culture.

The Deadly World of Opera

The Deadly World of Opera, a free one hour introduction to this wonderful art form, delivered by the INO Studio, took place took place in April 2019 as part of Musictown.

The Magic Matinee

Schools workshop in advance of a subsidised matinee performance of The Magic Flute in May 2019.

POpera

The POpera project, designed by Hilda Milner from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in collaboration with Music Generation Carlow and Irish National Opera, was designed to give students an introduction to opera and empower them to explore their own vocal instruments and compositional creativity.

NCAD Digital Art Project

In April 2019, we collaborated with students from the National College of Art and Design in a new project that saw 2nd year visual communications design students create a series of digital moving posters in response to Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute.