Cathy Desmond enjoyed the combination of Rossini and an Irish composer at Wexford Festival Opera

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

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.