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Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Unveils New Membership Program

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The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival will launch a restructured membership program this Autumn. The newly structured Friends of the Festival program aims to bolster the local arts scene and offer enhanced cultural immersion in the local community. The program will now offer tiers with a carefully designed suite of benefits. Members will receive priority booking and preferred seating, acknowledgement in {…}
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Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2025 Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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(Photo: Frances Marshall) Even the rain that poured down for almost the entire performance did little to dampen the audience’s enthusiasm for the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s headline event, Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” that took place in Lismore Castle grounds. Although the seating area was protected by a canopy, it could not stop the chilled air from blowing {…}
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Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2025 Review: Dido & Aeneas

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(Photo: John D Kelly) With its intimate space and reflective ambiance, St Carthage’s Cathedral in Lismore proved to be the ideal venue for the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s performance of Purcell’s chamber opera, “Dido and Aeneas.” Seating approximately 350 to 400 people, the cathedral allowed the audience to enjoy a very personal and close-up experience of the composer’s masterpiece. A {…}
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Eva Kavanaugh Named First-Ever Recipient of Blackwater Valley Opera Festival ‘s Bríd Phelan Emerging Talent Award

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Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has announced that soprano Eva Kavanaugh will be its first-ever recipient of the Bríd Phelan Emerging Talent Award. The award, which is supported by Kildare Village, includes a €6,000 bursary and will be presented at a special performance at Kildare Village. “Kildare Village is honoured to partner with Blackwater Valley Opera Festival over the past eight {…}
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Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Announces 2025 Season

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(Photo credit: Sean O’Riordan) The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival unveils programming for its 15th anniversary season. For the purposes of this article, only vocal works are featured. Recitals & Mainstage Performances Festival artists and the Discover Singing Children’s Choir perform in the opening ceremony. Performance Date: May 27, 2025 (Lismore Millennium Park) Purcell’s “Dido And Aeneas” is presented by mezzo-soprano {…}
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Niamh O’Sullivan & Paula Murrihy Headline Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2025

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(Photo credit: Sean O’Riordan) Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has announced its the line up for its 2025 season. From May 26 to  June 2, the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival will present opera productions, concerts, educational events, and more. In total there will be 23 events and concerts held in 12 historic venues across the Blackwater Valley. Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s {…}
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Local Students to Take Part in Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Opening Ceremony

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Over 100 local primary school students will perform at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s Official Opening Ceremony in Millenium Park Lismore for the first time in the festival’s history. Their performance is the culmination of a six-week education outreach program run by the festival in conjunction with Music Generation Waterford tutors Anita Mahon and Conor Clancy. For two months weekly {…}
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Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Sharon Carty on Her Role at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and Her Recent CD Releases

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(Photo: Frances Marshall) With Ireland’s Blackwater Valley Opera Festival about to get underway, OperaWire thought it would be a good opportunity to catch up with mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty, who will be playing the role of Sesto in the festival’s headline presentation, Handel’s “Giulio Cesare.” 2024 is proving to be a busy year for Carty. She has had a full calendar, {…}
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Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Announces 2024 Season

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The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has announced its 2024 season. Ireland’s Summer Opera Festival will return from May 26 through June 3, 2024. Handel’s “Giulio Cesare“ will headline the season at the Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford. The Irish Baroque Orchestra and the BVOF Chorus will be conducted by Nicholas McGegan and will star Ingeborg Bröcheler, Anna Devin, Nils Wanderer, Patricia {…}

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