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Northern Ireland Opera 2024 Review: Eugene Onégin

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(Photo: Neil Harrison) Since Cameron Menzies took on the position of artistic director of Northern Ireland Opera in 2020, the company has undergone something of a Renaissance. Although working on a slim budget, enough to fund only one main stage production each season, its imaginative and innovative approach has led to it staging a stream of high-quality short works, which {…}

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David Portillo, Michael Chioldi, Claudia Boyle & Soraya Mafi Lead Irish National Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Irish National Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. The company will open with a double bill featuring “Mary Motorhead” and “Trade.” Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Oisin O’Dalaigh, and John Molloy star in the production. Elaine Kelly conducts and Tom Creed directs. Performance Date: August 8–Oct. 23, 2024 Paula Murrihy and David Portillo lead Berlioz’s “Béatrice and Bénédict,” alongside Anna Devin, {…}

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Straymaker & The Abbey Theater to Present Premiere of ‘Elsewhere’

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Michel Gallen, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, and Dylan Coburn Gray “Elsewhere” is set to premiere on November 15, 2021. The opera will be presented by Straymaker and The Abbey Theater in association with Miroirs Étendus and Once Off Productions. The opera is set in 1919 and tells the story of the Monaghan Asylum’s staff declaring themselves an independent Soviet commune. At {…}

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Irish National Opera Announces 2020-21 Season

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The Irish National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season. Opera Fireworks stars the singers of ABL Aviation Opera Studio 2020-21. The evening will feature four singers in arias and duets from some of the best-loved operas. Performance Dates: Nov. 17-21, 2020 Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” will be showcased in concert performances starring Claudia Boyle, Dean Power, Sarah Power, {…}