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Wexford Festival Opera Announces 2020 Festival

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The Wexford Festival Opera has announced its 2020 season. This season, the festival will present a program inspired by Shakespeare and will present three main stage operas as well as a number of concerts and pocket operas. Main Stage Goldmark’s “Ein Wintermarchen” will get a production by Dmitry Bertman with conductor Markus Bosh leading the work. Performance Dates: Oct. 20-29, {…}

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Festival Diary 2019: Wexford Festival Opera, Day 1

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Just arrived in Wexford for its annual festival, which will in fact be the final year for its Artistic Director, David Agler. Unfortunately, at first glance at least, it does not appear to be the most imaginative program, with both Vivaldi’s “Dorilla in Tempe,” and Rossini’s “Adina” having already received production premiere’s in the past 18 months in Venice and {…}

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Wexford Festival Opera’s ‘Dorilla in Tempe’ To Make History With Cinema Live Stream

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RTÉ and the Wexford Festival Opera will team up to stream a performance of “Dorilla in Tempe” on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, making history in the process. The stream will be broadcast in two fashions. First off, audiences can watch the showcase at the three movie theaters starting at 8 p.m. local time: the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin, the Pálás {…}

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Wexford Festival Opera Unveils Casts For Numerous 2019 Productions

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The Wexford Festival Opera has unveiled casting for most of its operas. The company revealed that the role of Admento in “Dorilla in Tempe” by Vivaldi will feature tenor Juan Sancho. The ShortWork operas also got full cast lists. In “Le Docteur Miracle,” audiences will see Lizzie Holmes as Laurette, Kasia Balejko as Veronique, Guy Elliott as Dr. Miracle, and {…}

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Q & A: Rosetta Cucchi On Taking Over As Artistic Director Of Wexford Festival Opera & Working With Singers & Music

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In 1995, a young Rosetta Cucchi first walked through the door of the Theatre Royal in Wexford, home of the Wexford Festival Opera, beginning an association, which almost 25 years later, is still going strong, having just been been appointed as the company’s Artistic Director. Cucchi will take over the running of the festival from 2020, replacing David Agler, who {…}

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Wexford Festival Opera’s ‘Il Bravo’ Wins Major Award In Ireland

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The recent revival of Mercadante’s “Il Bravo” was a major coup for the Wexford Festival Opera. Not only did it garner strong reviews, but it is not the winner of the “Best Opera Production” at the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards. The production was directed by Barbe & Doucet with musical direction by Jonathan Brandini. The production was broadcast globally {…}

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Wexford Festival Opera No Longer Performing ‘Der Freischütz’ In 2019

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The Wexford Festival has made some changes to its 2019 slate. At the 2018, the festival noted that it would be showcasing “Der Freischütz,” “Adina” and “Don Quichotte” as the major works to lead the event. However, a recent press release, issued on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, has stated that the festival will not perform the Carlo Maria von Weber {…}