The Irish Times

Enda Walsh and Donnacha Dennehy come full circle with final offering in operatic trilogy

Dublin Fringe Festival 2021: The playwright and composer join forces once more on ‘suburban horror’, The First Child

Sat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00

Dublin Theatre Festival launches with ambitious programme of in-person events

Numbers in venues restricted to 50 pending Government decisions on Covid-19 measures

Wed Aug 11 2021 - 08:00

‘I sort of vomited up a draft’: Megan Nolan and Amanda Feery on creating an opera for the first time

A Thing I Cannot Name is a collaboration between the two that explores ugly side of desire

Sat Jul 10 2021 - 05:00

Irish language project commissions 50 songs from composers at home and abroad

Michael Dervan speaks to six composers about themes of grief, nature and lamentation

Sat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00

The best classical music events this week

Christmas concerts in various venues and the Ficino Quartet at the National Concert Hall

Sat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00

La cucina/Adina review: A production so busy it ties itself in knots

Wexford Festival Opera: Andrew Synnott’s skilful music faces a riot of onstage activity

Fri Oct 25 2019 - 14:15

Lankum: The Livelong Day review – A fierce and fragile masterpiece

Lankum march to the beat of their own tune too: in all its anarchic glory

Fri Oct 25 2019 - 07:00

Four to the floor: This week’s best classical music gigs

A Culture Night programme at the National Concert Hall is among the highlights

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 05:00

Roger Doyle: Aosdána’s newest Saoi is a champion of Irish composers

Previous saoithe have included Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel, and Doyle believes that Ireland’s composers are up there with our literary greats

Wed Aug 28 2019 - 05:00

Donnacha Dennehy: The Hunger review – Innovative exploration of the Famine

This ‘docu-cantata’ examines a painful period for Ireland through compelling music

Fri Aug 23 2019 - 05:00

The Hunger review: An opera let down by its musical material

The composer Donnacha Dennehy struggles to convey the horrors of the Great Famine

Wed Aug 21 2019 - 13:49

The Hunger: A mixed-media opera about the Famine

Production team and cast illuminate 1840s with sean-nós, economists and vivid footage

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 05:00

The best classical music and opera to see this week

Get Bach in Kilkenny and The Hunger in Dublin

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 05:00

John Godfrey: pushing boundaries at the extreme ends of the musical spectrum

‘The primary core thinking behind quiet music is that this is a music you choose to engage with’

Sat Aug 10 2019 - 05:00

Cork Midsummer Festival 2019: Daring work and delicious food

Plays for an audience of one and a Mick Flannery musical are among this year’s ambitious programme

Wed Jun 19 2019 - 15:00

Classical music: What to see at this summer’s festivals

Master classes, talks, public interviews and recitals in Cork, Kilkenny and Galway

Wed May 22 2019 - 05:00

Think opera is only for cultural snobs? A free crash course might help

INO is taking the Deadly World of Opera to venues from East Wall to Inchicore

Thu Apr 11 2019 - 05:00

Whispers of Eastern colour from composer Barry O’Halpin

‘Advice from a Caterpillar’ is a depiction on solo bass clarinet of the conversation in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ between Alice and the caterpillar

Wed Dec 12 2018 - 05:00

Irish National Opera goes for the big time; Gavin Bryars performs at his own birthday party

Classical music highlights for the coming week

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00

Building Enda Walsh’s world: ‘I like the danger of having a blank piece of paper’

Jamie Vartan’s set designs transport audiences – and that’s before the crows move in

Sat Jul 21 2018 - 05:00

Irish Times Theatre Awards: Red gets to paint the town

What do you see? asked the big winner. We’re seeing double and elephants, came the answer

Sat Mar 03 2018 - 05:00

Harassment ‘elephant’ enters the room at theatre awards night

Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: Mark Rothko drama ‘Red’ is the big winner

Sun Feb 25 2018 - 22:49

‘Powder Her Face’, New Music Festival: the best in opera and classical music this week

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

Sat Feb 24 2018 - 05:00

‘Is opera an Irish artform? Of course it is’

Opera is becoming ‘sexy again’ and Irish National Opera aims to capitalise on the new interest by bringing opera to the people

Sat Feb 17 2018 - 05:00

Director’s first full festival hoves into view

New Music Dublin to open with Crash Ensemble on the front steps of the National Concert Hall at sunset

Wed Jan 24 2018 - 05:15

National Opera’s Big Bang! a real statement of intent

Launch of new company ‘a golden moment’ and signals commitment to Irish creative talent

Wed Jan 17 2018 - 05:15

Irish National Opera launches with a Big Bang!

A day of celebration and an opera marathon mark birth of a new approach to opera

Tue Jan 09 2018 - 21:48

Clashes of Culture – An Irishman’s Diary on Dostoevsky in Kavanagh Country and Casement meeting Conrad

Thu Nov 09 2017 - 00:01

Dublin Theatre Festival 2017: Eight of the best shows

Here's our recommendations for what to see over the next few weeks

Thu Sept 28 2017 - 05:00

Schubert dip and Caesar salad: Classical and opera treats this week

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

Thu Aug 10 2017 - 13:00

The new director of New Music Dublin has his work cut out for him

The experience of the festival has been like that of a child of warring parents

Tue Aug 08 2017 - 16:45

The Second Violinist review: An extraordinary modern opera

A lonely life is subsumed into this collaboration between Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh

Mon Jul 31 2017 - 15:56

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

Thu Jul 20 2017 - 13:00

Galway arts festival marks 40th opening, while Fringe celebrates sixth year

Syrian conflict and mother and baby homes among political themes in the two events

Sun Jul 16 2017 - 20:54