Aida: courageous production succeeds in story and spectacle
Review: Confidence permeates opening night of opera famed for its massiveness
Irish National Opera goes for the big time; Gavin Bryars performs at his own birthday party
Classical music highlights for the coming week
Roll Over Beethoven - and Hoffman: this week’s classical highlights
Jean-Christophe Spinosi conducts the ICO; Claudia Boyle in ‘The Tales of Hoffman’
Czech Philharmonic aquires middle-aged paunch
There were, of course, multiple pleasures along the way – this was a leading Czech orchestra playing some of the greatest Czech music
The best classical concerts this week
2012 Dublin International Piano Competition winner Nikolay Khozyainov returns to NCH
More bang for your bucks: This week’s classical and opera highlights
Chamber music at the NCH; Irish National Opera company celebrates 2018 programme with 12 top singers; and Russian conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky debuts with RTÉ NSO
Unfamiliar with Irish-language opera ‘Eithne’? You are not alone
This ‘unknown part of our cultural landscape’ written in 1909 warrants a full staging
Classical and opera highlights this week
Wexford Festival Opera begins while ‘Eithne’ is presented in a concert performance
A patient and rewarding approach to Bach
Music-making does not come much purer than in Masaaki Suzuki’s approach to Bach at the NCH
Shocks in store from Gerald Barry while NI Opera dictates the pace
NI Opera’s ‘Turandot’ is stunning, while Leif Ove Andsnes enjoys stint at the NCH
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