Béatrice et Bénédict: A mischievous, playful Fiona Shaw brings extra energy to Berlioz’s opera
Opera: Conductor Ryan McAdams draws lively, fresh playing to a concert performance featuring Paula Murrihy, Anna Devin and Niamh O’Sullivan
Anna Devin
Così Fan Tutte review: Captivating singing, sparky music and superb comic timing
Irish National Opera’s clever, laugh-out-loud production, directed by Polly Graham, relocates the story from 18th-century Naples to an Irish big house in 1914
Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda: An opera with a troubled history returns
Irish National Opera’s production is first full staging with chorus, orchestra in Ireland
Anna Devin: ‘I’ve been full of happiness and deep sadness all at the same time’
The soprano on ‘grieving for the music industry’, childbirth and singing in La bohème
Putting Irish-language songs centre stage
The Irish Language Art Song Project: its promotion of Irish music is nonpareil
The best classical music to see this week
The Irish Language Art Song Project , the next in NSO’s Bruckner series and pianist Simon Trpceski
NCH’s chamber music series offers flexibility amid closure uncertainty
Collaboration part of long tradition of composers coming together with mixed results
Handel with care: This week’s best classical music gigs
A visit to Dublin by Belgian organist Peter Van de Velde is among the highlights
Lesson from West Cork for Galway’s troubled European Capital of Culture
One shining beacon in Galway’s programme is a cello festival and the West Cork Chamber Music Festival’s offering of less-frequently heard cello repertoire is a timely taster
Chamber of promise: The best classical gigs this week
Soprano Anna Devin performs at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival
‘I went on stage, the piano was locked. And no one had the key’
Musical idols, dreams and nightmares of West Cork Chamber Music Festival performers
Cause for deep concern as symphony orchestra moves under NCH’s wing
Dearth of Irish and female composers in new season offerings at National Concert Hall
The Magic Flute review: Riveting music, touching, satisfying performances
Caroline Staunton directs an entertaining, thought-provoking Mozart production for Irish National Opera
A magic night of Mozart: This week’s classical music highlights
Irish National Opera’s The Magic Flute. Plus: Verdi’s Requiem and Camerata Ireland
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