Cork City Hall to become an indoor beach for novel opera performance 

Sun & Sea will be performed over three days as part of Cork Midsummer Festival 
Cork City Hall to become an indoor beach for novel opera performance 

Sun & Sea opera-performance by Rugile Barzdziukaite, Vaiva Grainyte, Lina Lapelyte at Biennale Arte 2019. Picture: Venice Photography Andrej Vasilenko.

Cork City Hall will be transformed into a sand-covered beach for an opera performance with a difference in June.

Developed by an all-female creative team comprising of composer Lina Lapelytė, librettist Vaiva Grainytė and director Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Sun & Sea will transform the space into an indoor beach using over 15 tons of sand.

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