19 October 2026
INO Member Screening: Elektra
INO Associate Members and above are warmly invited to revisit our acclaimed 2021 production of Elektra, filmed on location in the Castle Yard, Kilkenny.
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Past Productions
8
- 10 October 2026
Testament
Tarik O’Regan & Colm Tóibín
An intimate and powerful meditation on memory, grief and truth, this provocative chamber opera composed by Tarik O’Regan with a libretto by Colm Tóibín adapted from his novella The Testament of Mary, unfolds in the final years of Mary, mother of Jesus.
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2 October 2026
INO Gala Celebration: Solstice at Twenty
To mark the 20th anniversary of Solstice Arts Centre, Irish National Opera presents a gala concert celebrating the beauty and drama of opera.
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18 July 2026
Out of the Ordinary
at Boyle Arts Festival
Experience Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary/As an nGnách, the world’s first virtual reality community opera at Boyle Arts Festival this July.
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28 June
- 4 July 2026
Absolute Scenes
From Carmen, The Barber of Seville and Così fan tutte
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 .
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28 May 2026
Gala Concert
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.
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24 May
- 6 June 2026
Norma
Bellini
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.
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22
- 28 March 2026
Rusalka
Dvořák
A love that defies nature. A sacrifice that defies reason. Driven by her consuming love for a human prince, water nymph Rusalka abandons her realm to navigate his mortal world. A tale of longing, transformation and the high cost of desire, Dvořák’s rich, lyrical score brings this darkly poetic fairy tale to life with the iconic Song to the Moon at its heart.
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31 January
- 22 February 2026
The Cunning Little Vixen
Janáček
Follow the Vixen. Enter the forest. Discover a world as fierce as it is beautiful. Seen through the eyes of a young fox, The Cunning Little Vixen opens with a chance encounter that results in her capture. Through her courage and resilience, the Vixen manages to outwit her captors, and escapes to untamed freedom in the forest.
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22 November
- 6 December 2025
The Bartered Bride
Smetana
One bride. Two suitors. Set in a busy Czech village bound by tradition and tangled in secrets, The Bartered Bride is a fast-paced comic opera where two young lovers attempt to rewrite the rules. To be together, they need to outwit a meddling matchmaker, sidestep an unwanted marriage contract and survive the arrival of a traveling circus.
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2
- 8 November 2025
Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
Love. Sacrifice. Betrayal. In this timeless story of love and loss, Cio-Cio-San gives up everything for U.S. Navy Lieutenant Pinkerton. Ignoring warnings from her maid Suzuki and from American consul Sharpless, and despite threats from her uncle Bonze, she remains true to her lover.
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13 September 2025
Viva Verdi
Viva Wagner
Concert Performance
A glorious journey through the operatic landscapes of Verdi and Wagner, with electrifying overtures, unforgettable arias and epic orchestral moments, conducted by the dynamic Keri-Lynn Wilson and performed by acclaimed soprano Sinéad Campbell Wallace, tenor Ryan Capozzo and baritone Yngve Søberg.
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12
- 13 August 2025
Elektra
Outdoor Screening
Strauss
Experience INO’s acclaimed 2021 production of Elektra, filmed on location in the Castle Yard, Kilkenny. Strauss’s electrifying opera will be screened outdoors as part of Kilkenny Arts Festival.
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25 July
- 9 August 2025
MARS
Jennifer Walshe & Mark O'Connell
Four astronauts and an AI software interface are cooped up in the cabin of a space-craft for nine months on a mission to Mars.
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7 June 2025
Out of the Ordinary
As an nGnách
Finola Merivale
A virtual reality community opera about winning/losing society’s battle for survival. Your in-the-moment reactions decide what ending you will see.
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25 May
- 7 June 2025
L’elisir d’amore
Gaetano Donizetti
Can the humble Nemorino win the heart of the sophisticated Adina? He is taken in by the dubious Dr Dulcamara and swallows the elixir of love. Adina, meanwhile, discovers the only true elixir. A romantic comedy with heart and humour.
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23
- 29 March 2025
The Flying Dutchman
Richard Wagner
The Dutchman’s mysterious ghost ship is doomed to roam the seas until he finds true love on land. The young Senta dreams of the mythical Dutchman and longs to break his curse. But a chance to do so only occurs every seven years.
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1
- 23 February 2025
Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
Man-about-town Eisenstein is supposed to report to jail, his wife Rosalinde will stay home for the night and their maid Adele needs to visit a sick aunt. Yet all three turn up in disguise at Count Orlofsky’s masked ball. Mistaken identities and heavy flirting lead to a night of hilarity.
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1
- 7 December 2024
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
The love between a father and daughter, a lustful Duke, revenge and a curse. The court jester Rigoletto loves his daughter Gilda above all else. When the Duke of Mantua and his courtiers play a cruel trick on them, Rigoletto plots murderous revenge. But Gilda’s love and devotion lead to devastating consequences.
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1 October 2024
Beatrice & Benedict
Hector Berlioz
They are best enemies. Beatrice and Benedict love to quarrel, spar, needle and sling insults.
A marriage is inevitable. Based on Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing.
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20 September 2024
Out of the Ordinary / Culture Night
Experience Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary/As an nGnách, the world’s first virtual reality community opera at The Dock, Accenture’s global R&D and innovation centre for Culture Night 2024.
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8 August
- 26 October 2024
Trade / Mary Motorhead
Emma O’Halloran & Mark O’Halloran
Two searing one-act operas. Irish composer Emma O’Halloran has turned two of her uncle Mark O’Halloran’s plays into a critically acclaimed double bill.
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18 May
- 1 June 2024
La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
Violetta, a high-spirited, popular courtesan. Alfredo, her devoted but naive lover. The rural bliss they choose is shattered by fear of scandal. When their love reasserts itself, she is already on her deathbed. Opera’s most moving reunion.
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21 April
- 2 June 2024
L’Olimpiade
Antonio Vivaldi
Four young people, one an Olympic champion. Tangled relationships. Forbidden love, twice over. An unsuccessful assassination. An execution avoided. And a royal father who has to accept his children as they are.
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3
- 16 March 2024
Salome
Richard Strauss
A royal, Succession-like power struggle. Lust and death at every turn. A king who desires his wild and wilful step-daughter. Her erotic fascination with a condemned prophet. The result is a horrific trade. Based on Oscar Wilde’s play.
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1
- 2 December 2023
The Scorched Earth Trilogy
Brian Irvine and John McIlduff
A series of three street art operas. A co-production with Dumbworld.
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20
- 26 November 2023
La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
The Paris of love and art. A poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher. Live at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
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2
- 8 October 2023
Faust
Charles Gounod
A trade with the Devil. The ageing Faust sells his soul for another lifetime in which to live and love. But the Devil always wins. Marguerite, the object of Faust’s desire, is borne to heaven. Faust’s destiny is Hell.
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28 September
- 1 October 2023
Breathwork
Éna Brennan
Beware! The well is poisoned. The sea is infected. Everything has been consumed. Lamentation is too late. Guilt has no positive outcome. An opera about a dystopian world affected by some form of destructive force.
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19 May
- 2 June 2023
Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart’s questionable tale of sexual manipulation, on tour
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22 April
- 14 May 2023
Werther
Jules Massenet
A masterly and nuanced portrayal of hopeless love, on tour nationwide
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5
- 11 March 2023
Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss
A co-production with Garsington Opera and Santa Fe Opera
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2
- 11 February 2023
Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
Donizetti’s effervescent comic masterpiece, on tour nationwide
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2
- 4 February 2023
Old Ghosts
Evangelia Rigaki and Marina Carr
Old Ghosts, the final episode of Ulysses 2.2 - the world premiere of a new opera.
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15
- 19 January 2023
Least Like The Other
Created by Brian Irvine & Netia Jones
Presented in association with the Royal Opera House
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8
- 13 November 2022
William Tell
Gioachino Rossini
Co-production with Nouvel Opéra Fribourg
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14
- 25 September 2022
The First Child
Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh
A co-production with Landmark Productions
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11
- 17 July 2022
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
In partnership with Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
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24
- 26 June 2022
Horse Ape Bird
David Coonan & Dylan Coburn Gray
A one-act youth opera (in three parts)
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5
- 22 June 2022
Maria Stuarda
Gaetano Donizetti
On stage in Dublin, Cork & Wexford
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23 April 2022
Paper Boat
Elaine Agnew & Jessica Traynor
Music for Galway and Galway 2020 present Paper Boat: An Opera for Galway in association with Irish National Opera
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7
- 12 March 2022
Carmen
Georges Bizet
A co-production with Opera Philadelphia & Seattle Opera, in partnership with Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
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15 January
- 12 February 2022
Bajazet
Antonio Vivaldi
A co-production with the Royal Opera House. In partnership with the Irish Baroque Orchestra. On tour nationwide.
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20 November
- 11 December 2021
The Lighthouse
Peter Maxwell Davies
Nationwide tour of a new production of Peter Maxwell Davies' chamber opera
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7
- 13 November 2021
Fidelio
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Live performances at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
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5 November
- 4 December 2021
Alice's Adventures Under Ground
Gerald Barry
A film premiere based on the original opera production of the same title, a co-production between Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Irish National Opera
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5
- 14 August 2021
Elektra
Richard Strauss
Fully-staged outdoor performance with pre-recorded orchestra in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival
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27 July 2021
A Thing
I Cannot Name
Amanda Feery & Megan Nolan
World premiere of a new filmed opera by Amanda Feery and Megan Nolan
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7 July
- 7 August 2021
The Lighthouse
Peter Maxwell Davies
World premiere of new film version directed by Edwina Casey
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13
- 21 March 2021
La bohème
Puccini
Livestreamed concert performance from the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
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