Cork soprano Emma Nash returns to her hometown with a production of Orfeo ed Euridice featuring a new dance element, writes Cathy Desmond.

Irish National Opera’s true tale of a sex-mad duchess has been deemed suitable only for over-16s, writes Cathy Desmond

One of the strengths of Wexford Festival Opera is the variety of events running throughout the days to entertain visitors to the seaside town.

James Joyce’s famous short works are filled with music. Alan O’Riordan meets two gallants who decided to make them into an opera.

Rachel Croash is a soprano from Dublin, and performs in Opera Collective Ireland’s new production Owen Wingrave.

A performance of Messiah, 275 years after the famous oratorio made its debut in this country, will be one of the highlights of Kilkenny Arts Festival, writes Cathy Desmond.

Cathy Desmond talks to theatre director Wayne Jordan, ahead of his debut opera, Handel’s ‘Radamisto’, staged by Northern Ireland Opera

Irish baritone Rory Musgrave will be one of the stars of Wexford Festival Opera, writes Cathy Desmond.

Roddy Doyle approached his translation of Mozart’s opera in a similar way to his book with the footballer, writes Alan O’Riordan

Cathy Desmond rounds up the best opera and classical events coming up in Ireland and further afield

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A fuming husband, a wife with a guilty secret and a jilted lover on the verge of a nervous breakdown are the main protagonists in a pair of short operas on the theme of love and lies presented by Opera Theatre Company at the Watergate Theatre during Kilkenny Arts Festival.

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OTC’s touring production of The Elixir of Love is set in a university , writes Jo Kerrigan

Brecht-Weill’s rarely-seen opera is a stirring take on consumer excess, writes Padraic Killeen.

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A seaside village will be “on song” next weekend as it hosts its first singing workshop weekend.

MUSIC NEWS: Shane MacGowan has told the Quietus website that some of his best songs were written by ghosts.

Virginia Kerr will perform the famous Requiem at the opening of the Cork International Choral Festival, writes Colette Sheridan

Arts Minister Martin Cullen has announced the establishment of an Irish National Opera.

THE Government is damaging the arts sector by hitting non-profit groups with hefty tax bills for performances by international artists in Ireland, arts campaigners said yesterday.

CULTURE Ireland yesterday announced €1 million in funding for groups promoting Irish arts and culture abroad.

THE National Concert Hall (NCH) plans to develop three performance halls on its current site at an estimated cost of €140 million, to be completed by 2010 or 2012.

I WISH to complain about André Jute’s remarks regarding the general state of composition in Ireland in his article headlined ‘Boredom and brilliance’ (Irish Examiner, June 29).