Classical Notes: Juicy bite-sized pieces of opera from Wexford Factory

Wexford Festival Opera is aiming to be top of the pop-ups as it launches its new series of Sunday evening mini-concerts

Sarah Richmond and Rory Musgrave in What Happened to Lucrece as part of Wexford Festival Opera 2020: Wexford Festival Opera has now organised mini online concerts for Sundays during January and February

Just because there’s neither an audience nor a full orchestra pumping up the volume doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening full stop. Though I would say that, wouldn’t I? The desperation to get back to reality is beginning to bite in a most dispiriting way, and one clings to each offering of virtual reality with good old-fashioned spiritual renewal – in a word, hope.

And that was exactly the feeling that ran through me when I ...