How was it for you? Cathy Desmond's highlights from 2017

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year.

Best Opera

The nymphs and shepherds in Opera Theatre Company’s, Acis and Galatea lost none of their charms on being relocated to a pub in rural Ireland. A concert performance of Julius Caesar in Kilkenny proved that superb singing is enough to deliver spine tingling thrills. In Wexford, the gem was among the Short Works with the operatic treatment of Joyce’s Dubliners.