Opera group launches programme for 2005

TED CROSBIE, chairman of Opera 2005, last night launched the organisation’s programme for the coming season at the Heineken Brewery — and specifically, next week’s opening of The Marriage of Figaro.

The first full-scale Opera 2005 production, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, will be directed by Michael Hunt and conducted by Opera 2005’s artistic director Kevin Mallon.

Company manager Eithne Egan acknowledged the contribution of the Cork 2005 organisation and also expressed gratitude to sponsors Thomas Crosbie Holdings, Ernst & Young and Bank of Ireland Private Banking.