Past Productions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

19 May - 2 June 2023

Così fan tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart’s questionable tale of sexual manipulation, on tour

22 April - 14 May 2023

Werther

Jules Massenet

A masterly and nuanced portrayal of hopeless love, on tour nationwide

5 - 11 March 2023

Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss

A co-production with Garsington Opera and Santa Fe Opera

2 - 11 February 2023

Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti

Donizetti’s effervescent comic masterpiece, on tour nationwide

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.

15 - 19 January 2023

Least Like The Other

Created by Brian Irvine & Netia Jones

Presented in association with the Royal Opera House

8 - 13 November 2022

William Tell

Gioachino Rossini

Co-production with Nouvel Opéra Fribourg

14 - 25 September 2022

The First Child

Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh

A co-production with Landmark Productions

11 - 17 July 2022

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

In partnership with Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

24 - 26 June 2022

Horse Ape Bird

David Coonan & Dylan Coburn Gray

A one-act youth opera (in three parts)

5 - 22 June 2022

Maria Stuarda

Gaetano Donizetti

On stage in Dublin, Cork & Wexford

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

7 - 12 March 2022

Carmen

Georges Bizet

A co-production with Opera Philadelphia & Seattle Opera, in partnership with Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.

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.

20 November - 11 December 2021

The Lighthouse

Peter Maxwell Davies

Nationwide tour of a new production of Peter Maxwell Davies' chamber opera

7 - 13 November 2021

Fidelio

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Live performances at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

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

5 - 14 August 2021

Elektra

Richard Strauss

Fully-staged outdoor performance with pre-recorded orchestra in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival

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

7 July - 7 August 2021

The Lighthouse

Peter Maxwell Davies

World premiere of new film version directed by Edwina Casey

13 - 21 March 2021

La bohème

Puccini

Livestreamed concert performance from the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.

17 - 31 December 2020

20 Shots of Opera

Twenty New Short Operas on Film

20 composers. 20 short operas. In partnership with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

2 - 7 December 2020

The Abduction from the Seraglio

Mozart

Concert performance in partnership with Irish Chamber Orchestra.

24 October - 16 December 2020

Mezzo Masterpieces

Three Opera Stars, Three Concerts, Three Iconic Locations

25 September - 6 October 2020

Least Like The Other

Created by Brian Irvine and Netia Jones

Presented at the O'Reilly Theatre as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival

7 - 30 July 2020

Seraglio,
the Mini-Series

Mozart

Irish National Opera’s new, socially-distanced, lockdown series. Online July 2020.

8 February - 7 March 2020

Hansel and Gretel

Humperdinck

Nationwide tour of Englebert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, a co-production with Theatre Lovett and the Abbey Theatre.

10 - 16 November 2019

Cinderella /
La Cenerentola

Rossini

Rossini's Cinderella produced in partnership with the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.

Past Productions

Rusalka

Dvořák

The Cunning Little Vixen

Janáček

The Bartered Bride

Smetana

Madama Butterfly

Giacomo Puccini

Viva Verdi Viva Wagner

Concert Performance

Elektra Outdoor Screening

Strauss

MARS

Jennifer Walshe & Mark O'Connell

Out of the Ordinary As an nGnách

Finola Merivale

L’elisir d’amore

Gaetano Donizetti

The Flying Dutchman

Richard Wagner

Fledermaus

Johann Strauss

Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi

Beatrice & Benedict

Hector Berlioz

Out of the Ordinary / Culture Night

Trade / Mary Motorhead

Emma O’Halloran & Mark O’Halloran

La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi

L’Olimpiade

Antonio Vivaldi

Salome

Richard Strauss

The Scorched Earth Trilogy

Brian Irvine and John McIlduff

La bohème

Giacomo Puccini

Faust

Charles Gounod

Breathwork

Éna Brennan

Così fan tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Werther

Jules Massenet

Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss

Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti

Old Ghosts

Evangelia Rigaki and Marina Carr

Least Like The Other

Created by Brian Irvine & Netia Jones

William Tell

Gioachino Rossini

The First Child

Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

Horse Ape Bird

David Coonan & Dylan Coburn Gray

Maria Stuarda

Gaetano Donizetti

Paper Boat

Elaine Agnew & Jessica Traynor

Carmen

Georges Bizet

Bajazet

Antonio Vivaldi

The Lighthouse

Peter Maxwell Davies

Fidelio

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Alice's Adventures Under Ground

Gerald Barry

Elektra

Richard Strauss

Viva Verdi
Viva Wagner

Elektra
Outdoor Screening

Out of the Ordinary
As an nGnách

A Thing
I Cannot Name

Seraglio,
the Mini-Series

Cinderella /
La Cenerentola