Australia’s rising star to soar in West Wicklow

The West Wicklow Festival is just three years old, but is already bristling with confidence and bursting with ambition

Lauren Fagan will perform at the West Wicklow Festival later this month Pic: Victoria Cadisch

Soprano Lauren Fagan, one of Australia’s top rising stars in the world of opera, is the headline singer for the West Wicklow Festival, an annual event just three years old, but which is already bristling with confidence and bursting with ambition.

Fagan has been making waves from her London base following a string of acclaimed performances in Britain – not least as Violetta in Opera Holland Park’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata.

Subsequently, ...