Wexford readies for annual operatic festivitiesThis year’s festival runs from October 24 to November 5, with a wide choice of offerings from films to interviews
Classical Notes Classical notes: Eimear Noone praises ‘powerful impact’ of Leaving Cert music awardsGalway-born composer says Top Security Frank Maher Classical Music Awards are an example of much-needed support for creative professionals in Ireland
Business Post Magazine Classical Notes: NCH flies the flag for Europe with ambitious concert series The National Concert Hall’s new International Concert Series aims ‘to offer fresh perspectives, and to champion the power of music as a force for good and change’
Classical Notes Veronica Dunne winner socked by conductor after opera ‘error’Sir John Eliot Gardiner cancels all engagements after outburst in which he punched award-winning young bass William Thomas
Classical Notes Opera Collective takes Flight to a new levelOCI takes off in a modern direction by staging British playwright Jonathan Dove’s breakthrough comedy composition
Classical Notes At last, INO presents Oscar’s Dance of the Seven VeilsSalome, the opera that shocked the world way back at the turn of the last century, is now getting an airing in Oscar Wilde’s native city
Classical Notes Dick O’Riordan’s Classical Notes: The orchestra that plays from the heart A round-up of the latest developments in Irish classical music
Classical Notes Dick O’Riordan’s Classical Notes: Kilkenny comes alive for a major milestoneKilkenny Arts Festival raises its game as it celebrates its 50th year
Classical Notes Dick O’Riordan: Could this virtuoso violinist become our own Andre Rieu?Vladimir Jablokov started out busking on Grafton Street 20 years ago and is now one of the most successful and individualist musicians in the business
Classical Notes: Wexford Festival Opera remains upbeat with time on its sidePandemic or no pandemic, WFO is determined its 69th iteration will go ahead from October 20 to November 1