What’s On

Passion. Betrayal. Divine Music. In the hauntingly beautiful world of Bellini’s Norma, a Druid high priestess is torn between her sacred vows and forbidden love for an enemy commander.

A gala concert with Rolando Villazón and Paula Murrihy. Irish National Opera brings together two world-famous artists for an evening of vocal fireworks and rapturous music in Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre.

Opera’s great, independent, sensual woman, the gypsy Carmen. Her friends and enemies from a cigarette factory. Her lovers, high and low. A naive corporal and the good girl from home. A handsome bullfighter. Smugglers. Jealousy, and a fatal struggle. From the seductive “Habanera” to the triumphant “Toreador Song”, Carmen, the most popular French opera, has some of the most alluring arias ever. Bizet's Carmen sings out with irresistible, unforgettable musical panache.