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The strange funding gulf between Opera Theatre Company and Wexford
In the past 10 years, the grant to Wexford has crept up but OTC's has fallen fast. What’s the rationale?
Opera Theatre Company marks 30th year with La bohème tour
Puccini melodrama set in 19th century Paris being sung in Italian with English surtitles
How Stravinsky put the world to rites
The Russian, a giant among 20th century composers, deserved an NCH showcase of his distinctive style
Patricia Bardon: From ‘rock babe’ to mezzo superstar
Interview: Bardon, a Led Zeppelin fan who came to opera late, is home in Dublin for Mahler’s Resurrection symphony
Agrippina: Scheming, betrayal and cleavage make for a great evening | Opera review
Handel’s first great opera is a comic piece about a serious subject
‘The day of the fat singer standing in the middle of the stage is long gone’
The cast of a new Irish production of Handel’s opera Agrippina talk about the gruelling demands of modern opera singing, the loneliness of the road and how House of Cards fans are in for a treat
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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