Question of Taste: Cork conductor Conor Palliser 

Ahead of conducting Morrígan at Cork Opera House, he includes West Side Story, Bach and Dvořák in his selections 

Conor Palliser, conductor and musician.

Conor Palliser is a conductor and musician, as well as teaching at the MTU Cork School of Music. Over the next few nights, from July 28-31, he will be conducting at Cork Opera House for Morrígan, a new opera by John O’Brien and Éadaoin O’Donoghue — which tells the story of Deirdre and the Sons of Usna. "It is particularly special to be part of something on this epic scale after the recent pandemic-filled years," he says.

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