Tara Erraught: ‘I was terrified. I was, like, Callas probably touched this doorknob’
Singing the same role in the same place as the opera great was a goal fulfilled for Ireland’s leading mezzo and NCH artist-in-residence
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Monica Bellucci: ‘I have two kids, I have slowed down!’
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The English performer will play a concert devoted to the Salzburg prodigy in October
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Musical idols, dreams and nightmares of West Cork Chamber Music Festival performers
Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96
Artist was best known for work with opera singers and on Shakespeare plays
Marrakesh: An unfaltering sense of place and people
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Deborah Kelleher’s ambitious plan for the Royal Irish Academy of Music
The director took over at a tough time. Now she’s driving the academy's expansion for the 21st century
Rise of the standing ovation still runs foul of English theatre etiquette
London Letter: ‘It’s disgusting and it has to be stamped out. Standing ovations are un-English’
Hubert de Givenchy obituary: couturier to Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy
Although Givenchy never lacked wealthy customers, he was uncomfortable with the extravagant showmanship of couture from the mid-1970s
Another mountain to climb: Celine Byrne takes on Mother Abbess
Ireland’s best-known soprano effortlessly moves from opera to ‘The Sound Of Music’
Wexford Festival Opera: the opening weekend’s reviews
‘Medea’ misses the mark while ‘Risurrezione’ goes down a storm
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Wexford Festival Opera begins while ‘Eithne’ is presented in a concert performance
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The Dublin hotel’s multimillion-euro refit is over, and the best room costs a princessly sum
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Ahead of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, five string players discuss their work
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Approaching 90, Veronica Dunne, the doyenne of Irish opera talks to Róisín Ingle
Life’s Work: Joy Danker, antique silver dealer, Dublin
‘The soprano Maria Callas walked into the shop one day . . . and started to sing’
Rufus Wainwright: ‘I’ve enjoyed experiencing everything. Get married. Have kids. Do drugs. Not in that order’
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Anna Calvi’s second first impression
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