Peter Whelan

Irish National Opera’s production features superb singing, but a brave effort to modernise the story isn’t a total success

London Mozart Players concert mixes works from the 18th and early 20th centuries

RTÉ NSO chief conductor Jaime Martín opens his reign in style; Katie Bray is Griselda

Sinéad O’Leary was almost killed by the man who murdered her friend Nichola Sweeney in 2002

Peter Whelan was jailed for life for murder of Nicola Sweeney

Caroline Staunton directs an entertaining, thought-provoking Mozart production for Irish National Opera

Irish National Opera’s The Magic Flute. Plus: Verdi’s Requiem and Camerata Ireland

Classical music has not been documented the way it is in other European countries

Soprano Anna Devin and tenor Jorge Navarro Colorado in commanding form during Handel’s Esther

Handel’s Esther is a real rarity in Ireland and hasn’t been performed here in more than 100 years

Paul Lewis plays the NCH, while opera Orfeo ed Euridice tours the country

Michael Dervan: Moves are afoot to orchestrate more equitable representation

Mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty takes full possession of Orfeo’s wide range of emotions

Sharon Carty, Celine Byrne and Danielle de Niese are all performing in Ireland this week

Emma Martin is stepping out of the dance world to direct Irish National Opera’s new production of ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’

Director Patrick Mason ’s light touch creates the happy illusion of a non-interventionist approach

Director Patrick Mason on getting to the heart of Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, Irish National Opera’s new production

Music Current 2018 offers a showcase of contemporary Irish electronic music

Dee Forbes wants to give the impression RTÉ is committed to maintaining two orchestras, but it has forced the NSO into a situation of atrophy

From the scandalous opera by Thomas Adès to new work by Crash Ensemble

Whelan has moved from wind section to the podium as artistic director of the Irish Baroque Orchestra

Kendrick Lamar, St Vincent, Lorde, and SZA reigned supreme this year, while the Irish music scene has never been so vibrant

RTÉ Contempo Quartet play Beethoven while Peter Whelan directs Irish Baroque Orchestra performance of Handel’s Messiah

Schubert: Dreaming the Sublime, Giulio Cesare, and Rediscovering Irish State Musick

The Festival of Great Music in Irish Houses plays fast and loose with its title but delivers music of calibre and quality

‘Acis and Galatea’ has had its action propped up in a very Irish setting

A focus on Schubert and Stephen Rea performing the work of Oscar Wilde are the main highlights, though the festival features few women in main performing roles

The upside-down provision of opera in Ireland neglects works people want to hear most

We are lucky to have a number of Irish promoters whose taste and empathy for the audience’s experience set them apart

Yeats might well have appreciated the wordiness of William Brooks’s Everlasting Voices, which revisits the poet’s ideals of ‘chaunting’

The orchestra’s appearance at the NCH kept things contemporary, unorthodox and sensual

The pianist, just 22, delivers an unconventional programme with awe-inspiring confidence

Opportunities to experience the broad spectrum of this country’s rich musical history are limited

It is often said we outstrip expectations when it comes to producing talent. But is it true?

Classical Music: piano masterclasses in Dublin and mesmerising skill in Kilkenny offered young musicians much to aspire to