(Photo: Patricio Cassinoni) History has not been kind to Charles Villiers Stanford’s reputation as an opera composer. During his lifetime he wrote nine complete operas, which, apart from his comic opera “Seamus O’Brien,” was met with limited success. Today, they are rarely performed, and none have found their way into the mainstream repertoire. In 2019, the Wexford Festival Opera produced {…}
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Thomas Søndergård conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Julie Roset and Linda Watson. Performance Dates: Oct. 4 & 5, 2024 Derrick Morgan conducts “The Haunted Concert” with Owen Gunnell and the RSNO Children’s Chorus. Performance Dates: Oct. 26 & 27, 2024 Dunedin Consort, Hebrides Ensemble, {…}
(Photo: Pat Redmond) The reaction of the audience at Dundalk’s Táin Theatre to Irish National Opera’s performance of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” said it all! Every scene, every joke, every overplayed reaction, every facial exaggeration was met with unaffected laughter. Rarely does one find an audience so totally engaged with a piece. At the final curtain, the performance was met with {…}
