Irish National Opera is ready for its close-up

The Big Bang Concert showcased the glowing talents that Ireland is now producing

Imelda Drumm, Orla Boylan, Fergus Sheil, artistic director, INO; Anna Devin, Sharon Carty, and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra at Irish National Opera’s inaugural concert last Tuesday at the NCH Pic: Ste Murray

Irish National Opera has been on the launch pad for a couple of years now, and last Tuesday night it summoned up a great blast of energy at Dublin’s National Concert Hall to announce its arrival not just to opera fans, but to the public at large.

Lift-off will not be really witnessed, however, until Irish National Opera’s first major production, The Marriage of Figaro, on April 13. In the meantime, it will ...