REVIEW: The Marriage of Figaro
Irish National Opera
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
There are many who might have wanted Irish National Opera to blast out of the blocks, and be a bit more adventurous in its choice for an inaugural production. After all, this was supposed to be the dawn of a new age in Irish opera, and that’s what artistic director Fergus Sheil did with his previous Wide Open Opera. But Mozart’s masterpiece rarely fails, and it certainly ...