https://operawire.com/wexford-festival-operas-ceo-steps-down/
David McLoughlin, the long-standing CEO of the Wexford Festival Opera has announced he will step down at the end of March. After 13 years as the CEO, McLoughlin announced that he had decided to make the move from opera to return to producing roles in the film and television sector from where he had come prior to his work in {…}
https://operawire.com/wexford-festival-opera-announces-closing-night-cast-change/
The Wexford Festival Opera has announced a cast change for its closing night performance. The festival announced that Claudia Boyle and Pietro Adaíni will replace Lisette Oropesa, who will be unable to travel due to COVID-19 restrictions. Boyle is a well known Irish soprano who has performed at the Semperoper Dresden, Irish National Opera, English National Opera, and Teatro dell’Opera di {…}
https://operawire.com/wexford-festival-opera-to-premiere-what-happened-to-lucrece-its-3-different-endings/
The Wexford Festival Opera is set to premiere “What Happened to Lucrece,” a unique opera experience with multiple endings. The opera is set to stream between Oct. 13-15 and each night will offer up a different conclusion to the work. The opera was created during the COVID-19 lockdown by composer Andrew Synnott as part of the company’s “Waiting for Shakespeare… {…}
https://operawire.com/wexford-festival-opera-teams-up-with-rte-arte-to-stream-festival/
The Wexford Festival Opera has announced that it will team up with RTÉ and ARTE to bring opera to audiences in Ireland and worldwide. The festival will run between Oct. 11-18 and features performances by Lisette Oropesa, Antonio Pappano, Angela Meade, Celine Byrne, Ermonela Jaho, Aigul Akhmetshina, Simone Alberghini, Nicola Alaimo, Daniela Barcellona, Joseph Calleja, Roberto de Candia, Paolo Bordogna, Helena {…}
https://operawire.com/juan-diego-florez-lisette-oropesa-ermonela-jaho-headline-wexford-festivals-revised-2020-schedule/
The Wexford Festival has announced that it will be rescheduling its 2020 season to October 2021. However, the company will move forward with plans to present a reimagined event that takes place solely online. This showcase will be called “Waiting for Shakespeare… The Festival in the Air” and will take place over the course of eight days between Oct. 11-18. {…}
https://operawire.com/wexford-festival-opera-to-stream-historic-performance-of-the-veiled-prophet/
The Wexford Festival Opera has made its historic performance of “The Veiled Prophet” available online. Opera lovers can check out the opera by Irish composer Charles Villiers Standford via RTÉ Player. The work was showcased during Wexford Festival Opera’s 2019 slate in association with Heritage Music Productions. The production represented the first-ever professional performance in English of work and the {…}
https://operawire.com/wexford-festival-opera-announces-first-ever-factory-participants/
The Wexford Festival Opera has announced the first-ever participants of the Wexford Factory. The factory is a two-week academy that aims to mentor young singers through masterclasses from international artists and professionals including famed tenor Juan Diego-Flórez, Irish soprano Celine Byrne, Ernesto Palacio of the Rossini Opera Festival, and Dmitry Vdovin, head of the Bolshoi’s Young Artist program. Additionally, Veteran {…}
https://operawire.com/lisette-oropesa-anne-sophie-duprels-shakespeare-headline-wexford-festival-opera-2020/
(Credit: Jason Homa) The Wexford Festival has unveiled its 69th Festival, which includes a program inspired by the work of William Shakespeare. It all kicks off with “Ein Wintermärchen,” a work by Karl Goldmark. The performance, which will take place that O’Reilly Theatre, stars Sergy Radchenko, Sophie Gordeladze, Deanna Breiwick, Simon Thorpe, Julian Hubbard, Rory Musgrave, Lancelot Nomura, and Zlata {…}
https://operawire.com/q-a-baritone-simon-mechlinski-on-his-pathway-to-becoming-an-opera-singer-wexford-festival-opera-his-hopes-for-his-future-career/
At last year’s Wexford Festival Opera I caught a recital by the largely unknown Polish baritone, Simon Mechlinski, and he made quite an impression. At the end of festival he received the Gerard Arnhold Bursary, an award made to a singer who is considered to have outstanding potential. This year he returned to Wexford and gave another recital, in addition {…}