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Vagabones review: Irish witchcraft meets Irish opera
Raymond Deane’s Vagabones dramatises one of the few witch trials to have ever taken place in Ireland
This week’s best classical music gigs
Yuga Wang makes her Irish debut, and Vagabones gets its first Irish airing
Opera about JFK’s tragic sister Rosemary to premiere in July
Irish National Opera season to also feature new opera set in direct provision
An all-female composer programme? Sounds great
Recent concerts have provided persuasive proof-of-concept demonstrations
International Women’s Day: 11 of the best events around Ireland
Events big and offbeat call for gender balance and celebrate achievements
Best classical concerts: Barry Douglass goes back to the start
Plus: the NCH’s Female Composer series features soprano Sarah Power and the IBO
Classical concerts of the week: From Bach to Gluck
Paul Lewis plays the NCH, while opera Orfeo ed Euridice tours the country
Orfeo ed Euridice: An opera of intense, crisp energy
Mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty takes full possession of Orfeo’s wide range of emotions
‘Opera is everything . . . sometimes too much of everything’
Emma Martin is stepping out of the dance world to direct Irish National Opera’s new production of ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’
The best classical music this week: Daniil Trifonov makes NCH debut
RTÉ Contempo Quartet play Beethoven while Peter Whelan directs Irish Baroque Orchestra performance of Handel’s Messiah
When one player produces two different styles
Most times composers and musicians have a recurring style - but what happens when they sound liketwo different people?
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