Kilkenny Arts Festival 2021 gives two fingers to adversity with a striking line-up
Ranging from opera to a skatepark installation, the programme marks an extraordinary balancing act
Kilkenny Arts Festival mixes risk and safe-bets in search of magical chance
From Rough Magic’s Tonic to Mozart’s Requiem, the festival starts August 6th
Dua Lipa, Stephen Rea and Emma Dabiri: This week’s unmissable online events
Plus Marian Keyes, Frank McGuinness, Mick Fleetwood and the National Symphony Orchestra
‘I think we’ve all out-Zoomed ourselves’: A festival organiser adapts
New Dublin Music’s John Harris on factors beyond his control and keeping streamed performances fresh
Get a musical fix with 20 Shots of Opera
Irish National Opera commissioned 20 short operas that were composed and quickly produced for video
Irish National Opera returning to stage after summer of shifting sands
Pandemic forced young company to revamp plans and find ways of performing online
‘A city like Dublin needs to have life, and we want to be part of it’
Dublin Theatre Festival 2020: Live performance is more important than ever, says Willie White
The best classical music and opera to see this week
Beethoven’s Fidelio and New Music Dublin both come to the National Concert Hall
Musical youth: How Ireland’s youth orchestras are growing
The annual Festival of Youth Orchestras shows the power of these teenage ensembles
What is it that opera traditionalists want exactly?
It has become clear over the years that whatever it is they like, they call it traditional
Festival director calls for dedicated visual arts space for Galway
Paul Fahy says it is ‘shocking’ that city is still without a proper cultural hub and gallery
Least Like the Other – Searching for Rosemary Kennedy review: Deeply moving
The gut-wrenching, experimental telling of the story of JFK’s hidden sister
Galway International Arts Festival: The must-see events
The best picks from this year’s selection of theatre, street spectacle and quirky surprise
The best classical music and opera to see this week
The tragic tale of JFK’s sister and National Youth Orchestra moves from east to west
Rosemary Kennedy: Telling the story of a forgotten daughter
Composer Brian Irvine’s new opera focuses on JFK’s intellectually disabled sister
Classical music: What to see at this summer’s festivals
Master classes, talks, public interviews and recitals in Cork, Kilkenny and Galway
Opera about JFK’s tragic sister Rosemary to premiere in July
Irish National Opera season to also feature new opera set in direct provision
‘Men just get away with being composers. We have to do this activism and keep composing’
Irish-born opera composer Jennifer Walshe on scores, made-up history and globalisation
National Opera’s Big Bang! a real statement of intent
Launch of new company ‘a golden moment’ and signals commitment to Irish creative talent
Irish National Opera launches with a Big Bang!
A day of celebration and an opera marathon mark birth of a new approach to opera
‘Composing music is almost like trying to remember a dream’
‘Composing the Island’ celebrates 100 years of music by Irish composers, written between 1916 and 2016. What do composers think about Irish music now?
Kirkos Ensemble are drawn to the dark side
Classical Music: The ensemble is to give a series of concerts in the dark; elsewhere, street opera proves a slippery business
A fantastic early history of the Irish avant-garde
What, you haven’t heard of Zaftig Giolla or the Guinness Dadaists? Let Jennifer Walshe enlighten you
Children’s Christmas show review: A Most Peculiar Wintry Thing
Sniffs and snuffles are welcome at this lively classical concert for kids
First Encounters: Fergus Sheil and Brian Irvine
‘We connect when it comes to understanding the value of music’
NI Arts Council funds Lough Derg: the musical and Hurricane Higgins: the novel
Colin Bateman and Eoin McNamee among four artists to receive £15,000 awards
Room at the top: another departure from RTÉ’s performing groups
Several key vacancies persist at the top of RTÉ’s performing groups, and one man is currently covering three roles
The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is out of touch with the music of its own time
The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is failing to engage with modern music, and this needs to change
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