Blackwater Valley Opera Festival review: In need of some firm quality control
The festival’s favoured production style is at the gag-rich, pantomime end of the spectrum
Tributes paid to conductor David Heusel
The American conductor died on Saturday, hours before he was due to conduct the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin
Irish opera picking up international awards as Arts Council decision imminent
Smart money still on the Wide Open Opera/Opera Theatre Company bid to become the council’s new major opera supplier
Classical music: A musical storm blows in from Brussels, and Mozart is reborn in a stable
The Brussels Philharmonic made a stylish debut at the NCH, but Mozart at Lismore Music Festival needed a lighter touch
The Magic Flute in a circus makes for a frustrating experience in Lismore
The looseness of the ensemble and problems with co-ordination proved largely insurmountable
A spring break with tradition that’s now a musical rite of passage
A century on, Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring’ still has the power to shock and awe, and musicians are still finding ways to transform it
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