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
The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: all this year’s nominees
After seeing more than 130 shows, the judges have made 60 nominations in 15 categories
Musical ups and downs in a year of change and challenge
Year in Culture Review: Key directors stepped down, while performers stepped up in classical music and opera
No plans for the bank holiday and Halloween? You need to read this
From Macnas parades and the Bram Stoker Festival to Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
Two operatic B-movies, a stinker of a concept, and some sub-Verdian striving
Wexford Festival Opera reviews: ‘Leoni’ and ‘Mala Vita’; ‘Dinner at Eight’; and ‘Il Bravo’
Backstage divas: behind the scenes at Wexford Festival Opera
Backstage stories add even more colour to preparations for three new productions
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
The peculiar situation of a national opera house in Wexford
The renaming of Wexford Opera House is odd: what’s fine for a festival does not necessarily make sense for a national institution
‘What isn’t music?’ Kilkenny ponders the big questions
Musical fusion of different stripes could be heard at the recent arts festival – with varying degrees of success
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