Blackwater Valley Opera Festival review: In need of some firm quality control
The festival’s favoured production style is at the gag-rich, pantomime end of the spectrum
The festival’s favoured production style is at the gag-rich, pantomime end of the spectrum
The American conductor died on Saturday, hours before he was due to conduct the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin
Smart money still on the Wide Open Opera/Opera Theatre Company bid to become the council’s new major opera supplier
The Brussels Philharmonic made a stylish debut at the NCH, but Mozart at Lismore Music Festival needed a lighter touch
The looseness of the ensemble and problems with co-ordination proved largely insurmountable
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