Wexford Festival Opera Unveils 2027 Season
By Afton Markay(Photo credit: Ger Lawlor Photography)
The program for the 2027 Wexford Festival Opera is announced.
Casting for main stage operas is underway.
Main Stage Operas
Rodula Gaitanou directs “Anna di Resburgo” by Carolina Uccelli and Gaetano Rossi is up first. Cordelia Chisholm is the set and costume designer. Sieva Borzak conducts. The opera is performed in Italian.
Performance Dates: Oct. 14, 19, 22, 27, & 30, 2027
Polly Graham directs Bedřich Smetana and Eliška Krásnohorská’s “Tajemství” (“The Secret”). Anisha Fields is the set and costume deisgner. Sasha Scolnik Brower conducts. The opera will be performed in its original Czech.
Performance Dates: Oct. 15, 20, 23, & 28, 2027
“Déjanire” by Camille Saint-Saëns and Louis Gallet is conducted and directed by George Petrou. Georgina Germanou is the set and costume designer. The opera is performed in French.
Performance Dates: Oct. 16, 21, 24, & 29, 2027
Concerts
Celine Byrne and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra perform in the Maria Callas Mon Amour Concert.
Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2027
Pocket Operas
The triple bill features Barber and Menotti’s “A Hand of Bridge,” Menotti’s “The Telephone,” and Douglas Moore and Arnold Sundgaard’s “Gallantry.” Pat Whelan directs and Carmen Santoro conducts the small instrumental ensemble.
Performance Dates: TBD
Factory Opera & Community Opera
In a new collaboration with Opera Rara, Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Le nozze di Figaro” is performed. Rosetta Cucchi directs and Karen Ní Bhroin conducts.
Performance Dates: TBD
The Festival also has plans for other concerts, recitals, lectures, and events that will be announced soon.
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