Friends Gala Concert with Camerata Ireland; Anja Bihlmaier; Irish Baroque Orchestra

Irish National Opera’s production features superb singing, but a brave effort to modernise the story isn’t a total success

London Mozart Players concert mixes works from the 18th and early 20th centuries

RTÉ NSO chief conductor Jaime Martín opens his reign in style; Katie Bray is Griselda

Sinéad O’Leary was almost killed by the man who murdered her friend Nichola Sweeney in 2002

Peter Whelan was jailed for life for murder of Nicola Sweeney

Caroline Staunton directs an entertaining, thought-provoking Mozart production for Irish National Opera

Irish National Opera’s The Magic Flute. Plus: Verdi’s Requiem and Camerata Ireland

Classical music has not been documented the way it is in other European countries

Soprano Anna Devin and tenor Jorge Navarro Colorado in commanding form during Handel’s Esther

Handel’s Esther is a real rarity in Ireland and hasn’t been performed here in more than 100 years

Paul Lewis plays the NCH, while opera Orfeo ed Euridice tours the country

Michael Dervan: Moves are afoot to orchestrate more equitable representation

Mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty takes full possession of Orfeo’s wide range of emotions

Sharon Carty, Celine Byrne and Danielle de Niese are all performing in Ireland this week

Emma Martin is stepping out of the dance world to direct Irish National Opera’s new production of ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’

Director Patrick Mason ’s light touch creates the happy illusion of a non-interventionist approach

Director Patrick Mason on getting to the heart of Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, Irish National Opera’s new production

Music Current 2018 offers a showcase of contemporary Irish electronic music

Dee Forbes wants to give the impression RTÉ is committed to maintaining two orchestras, but it has forced the NSO into a situation of atrophy