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
Sharon Carty
‘I was five when I saw my first opera and about 14 when my dad started building the theatre’
Polly Graham, who is directing Irish National Opera’s new Cosi Fan Tutte as an antidote to cancel culture, grew up with an opera house in the back garden
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Sharon Carty, Jonathan Ware: Schubert’s Four Seasons review
An unhackneyed Schubertian journey through the cycles of the year
Performing from home: The strange new world of summer arts festivals
Events from West Cork Chamber Music Festival to Friday Opera Sessions are migrating online
The best classical music concerts happening this week
Beethoven celebration gets under way while Sounding the Feminists series continues at NCH
New director takes new musical direction at Kilkenny Arts Festival
Olga Barry’s first programme was scaled down in ambition, but delivered some big moments
Richard Thomas and Sharon Carty: This week’s best classical concerts
The Sligo International Chamber Music Festival with guests from across the globe
Good pairings: The best classical music and opera concerts this week
Tara Erraught collaborates with pianist John O’Connor, while Sharon Carty will be accompanied by Siobhán Armstrong
Classical concerts of the week: From Bach to Gluck
Paul Lewis plays the NCH, while opera Orfeo ed Euridice tours the country
Irish National Opera goes for the big time; Gavin Bryars performs at his own birthday party
Classical music highlights for the coming week
Backstage divas: behind the scenes at Wexford Festival Opera
Backstage stories add even more colour to preparations for three new productions
Orfeo ed Euridice: An opera of intense, crisp energy
Mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty takes full possession of Orfeo’s wide range of emotions
Surfeit of sopranos: This week’s classical highlights
Sharon Carty, Celine Byrne and Danielle de Niese are all performing in Ireland this week
‘Opera is everything . . . sometimes too much of everything’
Emma Martin is stepping out of the dance world to direct Irish National Opera’s new production of ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’
The risk and reward challenges facing Irish National Opera and Wexford
The new Irish National Opera is too risk-averse, while Wexford Festival's rare opera is not so rare anymore. And both need to engage with Ireland’s musical diaspora
National Opera’s Big Bang! a real statement of intent
Launch of new company ‘a golden moment’ and signals commitment to Irish creative talent
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
The best classical music this week: Daniil Trifonov makes NCH debut
RTÉ Contempo Quartet play Beethoven while Peter Whelan directs Irish Baroque Orchestra performance of Handel’s Messiah
The Second Violinist review: An extraordinary modern opera
A lonely life is subsumed into this collaboration between Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh
The best classical performances to see this week
Dublin International Piano Festival, opera at the Galway Arts Festival and 37th Chamber Music Festival in Castletownshend
Brian Wilson and two major operas for Galway Arts Festival
Galway International Arts Festival marks its 40th birthday with biggest ever line-up
Is Dublin finally getting a Handel on the ‘Messiah’?
RTÉ Philharmonic Choir under Mark Hindley deliver a standout performance
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
Good Friday has become a time for musical celebration
Holy Week used to be quiet in the musical calendar, but no more. This year RTÉ’s music division stepped up with Bach’s St Matthew Passion
Classical: Four concerts show up the limits of formalism in music
Technical virtuosity was where it should be – a backdrop to effective communication with the audience
Labour of love sees Opera Theatre Company back on the road again
OTC says it was ‘the victim of political decisions’ but it’s now back on the road with bigger ambitions than ever
The fireworks and the finer points of ‘Nixon in China’
John Adams’s first opera, which had its premiere in 1987 but has just landed in Dublin, is full of ideas
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