From Carmen, The Barber of Seville and Così fan tutte

Absolute Scenes 

28 June - 4 July 2026

Dates & Venues

Dates & Venues
Sun 28 June 5pm
Sun 28 June 5pm
Dublin Whyte Recital Hall, RIAM
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Sat 4 July 7.30pm
Sat 4 July 7.30pm
Tipperary Nenagh Arts Centre
On Sale Soon
  • From Carmen, The Barber of Seville and Così fan tutte
  • June - July 2026
  • Dublin, Tipperary

Absolute Scenes 

Meet opera’s rising stars who perform the absolute best scenes from some of the world’s most enduring operas: Carmen, The Barber of Seville and Così fan tutte.

Stuffed full of scams, subterfuge and seduction, the course of true love takes a few plot twists in these much-loved operas!  

Join us as we travel to Italy, where every aspect of love is put to the test in Mozart’s famous Così fan tutte. In sultry Spain, the plot of Rossini’s Barber of Seville sizzles with playful energy and joyful tunes, before the alluring arias of Bizet’s Carmen give way to jealousy and betrayal in a tragic love triangle.  

Featuring members of the INO Studio(the organisation’s artist development programme), this is a chance to see some of Ireland’s most promising operatic talents in a 60-minute whistlestop tour of three of the world’s greatest operas. Singers Laura Aherne, Heather Sammon, Olga Palazhchenko, David Kennedy and William Pearson take on multiple roles, in multiple scenes. 

Directed by Grace Morgan with pianist Doireann O’Carroll and Peter Joyce as Music Director. 

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