Hector Berlioz

Béatrice et Bénédict: A mischievous, playful Fiona Shaw brings extra energy to Berlioz’s opera

Opera: Conductor Ryan McAdams draws lively, fresh playing to a concert performance featuring Paula Murrihy, Anna Devin and Niamh O’Sullivan

Wed Oct 02 2024 - 14:15

What would Berlioz have made of Disney’s Frozen? Fantastique, probably

After his death, the fanciful French composer, was left out in the cold, but two Dublin concerts celebrating his 150th anniversary shows romanticism is not dead

Wed Oct 09 2019 - 05:00

Hearts of darkness: Joseph Conrad and Roger Casement in the Congo

For their collaboration commemorating the Rising at the NCH, Colm Tóibín and Donnacha Dennehy have focused on the uneasy time when Casement and Conrad shared quarters in the Belgian colony

Tue Mar 29 2016 - 07:00