Impossible Interviews
Jerome Hynes Theatre National Opera House, WexfordMichael Dervan hosts an impossible interview with Florence Nightingale, "The Lady with the Lamp". Florence Nightingale was a nurse, statistician and social reformer, and her...
Pocket Opera – Suor Angelica
Jerome Hynes Theatre National Opera House, WexfordGiacomo Puccini's 1918 Suor Angelica is memorable for its beautiful score. The opera tells the story of one woman making the ultimate sacrifice when caught...
Opera – Zoraida di Granata
O'Reilly Theatre National Opera House, Wexford, WexfordA modern premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's 1822 opera. Zoraida di Granata follows the experience of a woman drawn unwillingly into a war to save her...
Pocket Opera – Suor Angelica
Jerome Hynes Theatre National Opera House, WexfordGiacomo Puccini's 1918 Suor Angelica is memorable for its beautiful score. The opera tells the story of one woman making the ultimate sacrifice when caught...
Lunchtime Recitals – O’Reilly Theatre
O'Reilly Theatre National Opera House, Wexford, WexfordWexford Festival Opera's Lunchtime Recitals provide an insight into the artistic personalities of some of the Festival's principal singers. Whether taking place in St Iberius...
Pocket Opera – La fille du régiment
Jerome Hynes Theatre National Opera House, WexfordA comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, 1840. The story of an orphan girl "adopted" by a regiment of soldiers in the Napoleonic wars. October 25th*,...
Opera – L’Aube Rouge
O'Reilly Theatre National Opera House, Wexford, WexfordDrama Lyrique in four acts by Camille Erlanger (1911). L'Aube Rouge follows the story of Olga striving to save her partner from his pursuit of...
Pocket Opera – Suor Angelica
Jerome Hynes Theatre National Opera House, WexfordGiacomo Puccini's 1918 Suor Angelica is memorable for its beautiful score. The opera tells the story of one woman making the ultimate sacrifice...
Factory opera – L’italiana in Algeri
O'Reilly Theatre National Opera House, Wexford, WexfordL'italiana in Algeri by Rossini (1813) is performed by Wexford Factory, the academy of Wexford Festival Opera. In this popular opera, a strong woman outwits...
La Ciociara (Two Women) – Film
Jerome Hynes Theatre National Opera House, WexfordWexford Festival Opera are providing an opportunity for audiences to attend a screening of the 1960 film Two Women in advance of the performances of Marco Tutino's La...
Opera – La Ciociara (Two Women)
O'Reilly Theatre National Opera House, Wexford, WexfordA contemporary opera by Marco Tutino, 2015. La Ciociara follows a mother trying to shield her daughter from the horrors of war in the aftermath...
Dr Tom Walsh Lecture
Jerome Hynes Theatre National Opera House, WexfordThis year's Dr Tom Walsh lecture will be given by Lara Marlowe. Marlowe has been a journalist for more than 40 years, reporting on French...
