The Irish Times

Charles Villiers Stanford: More than a teacher of composers

Music programme to focus on Stanford’s composing rather than his catalogue of pupils

Mon Jan 17 2022 - 05:00

A chorus of crises: Wexford, opera and the festival

Karina Daly’s fascinating book is lean on links with RTÉ, Arts Council and Mazars

Wed Oct 20 2021 - 05:00

Experts fear it could take weeks to dislodge huge ship blocking Suez Canal

Egyptian president eager to limit disruptive debacle as flow of goods totally halted

Fri Mar 26 2021 - 17:10

Wexford opera, virtually: A bittersweet affair in Covid’s shadow

First-rate soloists and the Wexford Factory enliven binge-watching this year’s Wexford Festival Opera online, a Festival in the Air

Tue Oct 20 2020 - 01:00

Wexford Factory performers at heart of this year’s Opera Festival productions

Singers will appear in Waiting for Shakespeare and Falstaff and more

Thu Sept 24 2020 - 05:00

Shelbourne Hotel statues do not depict slave girls, says leading art historian

Catalogue from which the statues were chosen calls them Egyptian and African women

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 10:42

Shelbourne’s banished statues were part of mania for all things Egyptian

Story of Nubian princess became known in 19th century after hieroglyphics translated

Wed Jul 29 2020 - 15:39

Wexford Festival Opera goes online in series of free performances

Waiting for Shakespear...The Festival in the Air is an eight-day online celebration

Thu Jul 16 2020 - 00:00

Coronavirus: Italy resists disaster with cultural pursuits

‘From the point of view of solidarity, beautiful things are happening ... I feel proud to be Italian’

Sun Mar 15 2020 - 20:00

The best classical music concerts this week

Start the new year with the RTÉ orchestra or chamber music at the National Concert Hall

Sat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00

Artistic director plans new theme for every Wexford Festival Opera

Rosetta Cucchi, who brings an open-hearted warmth to her task, has chosen ‘Shakespeare’ for 2020

Wed Nov 06 2019 - 05:00

Meet Wexford Festival Opera’s next artistic director

Rosetta Cucchi thought she was in the wrong place when she first arrived at Theatre Royal

Sat Oct 05 2019 - 05:00

Jessye Norman, international opera star, dies aged 74

The Grammy award-winning soprano gained worldwide fame for her roles at New York’s Metropolitan Opera

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 09:32

The best classical music and opera to see this week

An opera on Ireland’s direct provision system and New Ross Piano Festival

Sat Sept 21 2019 - 05:00

The Irish Times view on the creative process: No (age) limits

Edna O’Brien, Margaret Atwood show artistic imagination does not abide by aging

Fri Sept 06 2019 - 00:02

NCH’s chamber music series offers flexibility amid closure uncertainty

Collaboration part of long tradition of composers coming together with mixed results

Wed Sept 04 2019 - 05:00

Opera by Victorian sensation Pauline Viardot a first for Wexford

Famed composer and singer will become the first woman to have an opera presented by Wexford Festival Opera

Wed Aug 07 2019 - 05:00

The best classical music events this week

Soprano Majella Cullagh comes to Dublin for the RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s latest concert

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00

The best classical music to go to this week

The Irish Composers’ Collective and the RTÉ NSO at the National Concert Hall

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00

Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96

Artist was best known for work with opera singers and on Shakespeare plays

Sat Jun 15 2019 - 16:49

A magic night of Mozart: This week’s classical music highlights

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

Sat May 11 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

Deutsche and Commerzbank begin merger talks

Deal would create euro zone’s second-largest lender with €1.9 trillion in assets and over 140,000 employees

Sun Mar 17 2019 - 13:46

Best classical concerts: Beethoven, Verdi and Vilde Frang

Frang, one of the nimblest violinists around, takes on a highly athletic Stravinsky work

Sat Feb 16 2019 - 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

Two operatic B-movies, a stinker of a concept, and some sub-Verdian striving

Wexford Festival Opera reviews: ‘Leoni’ and ‘Mala Vita’; ‘Dinner at Eight’; and ‘Il Bravo’

Mon Oct 22 2018 - 16:25

More turbulence on the horizon for Ryanair

Airline issues profit warning as it braces for further industrial unrest in difficult market

Fri Oct 05 2018 - 05:30

German Ryanair pilots stage full-day walkout, threaten more

Union calls for airline to agree to mediation in its dispute over pay and terms

Wed Sept 12 2018 - 11:34

Jimmy Vaughan returns to play at concert for Veronica Dunne’s 91st birthday

The Dublin native explains life as head coach do at one of the world’s great opera houses

Mon Aug 27 2018 - 00:00

The magic of Monteverdi and what he means to us

Participants in the first Irish production of ‘The Return of Ulysses’ talk to Michael Dervan

Thu Aug 09 2018 - 05:00

Irish opera singer leading London’s Bring the Noise protest against Trump

100 musicians will lead Women’s March objecting to president’s UK visit

Fri Jul 13 2018 - 06:15

West Wicklow Festival at Russborough House: the best classical music this week

Highly acclaimed German baritone Benjamin Appl will colse the close the Dublin Song Series

Sat May 12 2018 - 05:00

The risk and reward challenges facing Irish National Opera and Wexford

The new Irish National Opera is too risk-averse, while Wexford Festival's rare opera is not so rare anymore. And both need to engage with Ireland’s musical diaspora

Wed Apr 18 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