Classical Notes: Arts Council opera plans are met with a chorus of approval

Plan will see the Arts Council’s opera funding climb to €3.8 million

Core repertoire, such as The Barber of Seville, is being promoted in the Arts Council plan. This scene is from a production by Wide Open Opera

Political events of the operatic kind have not been in short supply of late. Very welcome indeed, however, is the news that opera events of the political kind have just surfaced that will see the Arts Council boosting the artform by at least €1 million up to the end of the 2018 season.

A new plan envisages the setting up of a company in Dublin to produce popular core opera, branching out into ...