Truth as commodity: History warns us to watch out in wake of Covid-19 vaccine
After Weimar-like exuberance will come Covid-19 scapegoating and ongoing lies
After Weimar-like exuberance will come Covid-19 scapegoating and ongoing lies
Beethoven’s knottiest composition opens ICO’s programme; Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel at NCH
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s current Essential Classics series ends with a popular selection of Schubert and Beethoven
The Czech orchestra is playing three times at the NCH; Stutzmann’s RTÉ NSO concerts are not to be missed
A celebrated Swedish brass player, a master US percussionist and a Norwegian trumpeter
The American conductor died on Saturday, hours before he was due to conduct the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin
Orchestra celebrates 70th anniversary with a wide-ranging concert programme
While no longer strictly in houses, the Great Music in Irish Houses festival has found good new homes
Storm Large is a full-on, larger-than-life performer, part rock’n’roll, part cabaret, who scares men and doesn’t care about taking stick from feminists for using her sexuality on stage
Review: Finally available in its complete form, Hans Fallada’s tome is a masterful study of dire adversity
The singers give it all their worth in this production; spreading it throughout the venue proves attractive and frustrating
Witnessing the highly pressurised construction of the immersive city of Mahagonny for six performances of Brecht’s opera is impressive – it is amazing what you can achieve without planning permission
I discovered many of Weill’s works by following the trail of his tremulous-toned wife
The broadcaster has commissioned a ‘parallel narrative’ to market Mahagonny production
The stated aim of a new concert series is to create a new canon of Irish works and make them repertoire standards. Good luck with that
Rough Magic and Opera Theatre Company have been awarded €230,000 from Sky Arts to stage a Marxist opera. Are Brecht and Weill camera-ready, and what’s in it for Sky?
Theatre companies to stage a Brecht and Weill play in large-scale immersive production
Director Wayne Jordan restores the satirical and human bite to an opera of opulence and economy
‘The Threepenny Opera’ began in disaster and grew into a triumph – a new Irish production hopes to burnish its agitprop credentials
Seven shows, seven restaurants, and seven options; here’s a week’s worth of suggestions and great nights out for this year’s festival
How to soundtrack Felix Baumgartner’s extraordinary near-space skydive? Ed Bennett has an explosive idea
Jim Golden: born July 6th, 1935; died June 15th, 2013
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices