Cathy Desmond enjoyed The Marriage of Figaro, the first of this year's Concert Series at Cork Opera House

International opera star Rachel Kelly is coming home to sing at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival. She talks to Cathy Desmond.

Live music: Whelan’s Ones To Watch - Whelan’s, Dublin

Kathryn Rudge is savouring her role in Opera North’s production of Giulio Cesare in Dublin next week, Nikki ffrench Davis reports