Blackwater Valley Opera Festival: Don Giovanni gets an  enjoyable treatment in Lismore 

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has provided another enjoyable few days  of music in counties Waterford and Cork 

Gavan Ring, Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Carolyn Holt in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in the grounds of Lismore Castle, during Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2026. Photo: Frances Marshall 

Don Giovanni, Stable Yard, Lismore Castle ★★★★☆

The Lismore production of Mozart’s dark comedy, Don Giovanni,has Cork director Tom Creed bringing the drama up-to-date by setting it in a swish country club hotel.