Classical Notes Mayo duo to create magical music in concert in new yearCellist Patrick Dexter and harpist Alannah Thornburgh will play music that they have written together for a live performance at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on February 4
Classical Notes Tickets to the stars light up the lives of all music loversGifting a precious ticket for a concert at Christmas gives the receiver something to look forward to in the new year – and saves them a packet
Classical Notes Iconic Quatuor Ébène puts stamp of quality on NCH series‘Supreme’ French string quartet to team up with Irish pianist Finghin Collins
Classical Notes Violinist Daimee Ng is top music schoolgirl of the yearSix students took part in the final of a competition that has gone from strength to strength since its inception in 2001. The delighted winner said it had been ‘a fantastic night and a dream come true’
Classical Notes Dick O’Riordan: Magical moments abound as Irish stars shine bright at WexfordIrish talent shone through at this year’s largely spell-binding Wexford Festival Opera, conjuring stellar performances in three major productions
Classical Notes Dick O’Riordan: Galway leads €1m European Songs of Travel projectVenture aims to raise awareness of environmental concerns and highlight stories of migrants seeking a fresh start in their adopted countries
Classical Notes Dick O’Riordan: Gheorghiu wins hearts and minds at an ecstatic NCHRomanian diva Angela Gheorghiu ratcheted up excitement to a new level among the usually extremely measured and calm NCH audience
Classical Notes Dick O’Riordan: INO works up a gallop to deliver William Tell operaWilliam Tell, Rossini’s final masterpiece and rarely seen on stage, opens for five performances by the Irish National Opera (INO) at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, on November 8
Classical Notes: INO brings Scotland’s dark Lighthouse on tour of IrelandPeter Maxwell Davies’ atmospheric opera based on an unexplained incident on a remote Scottish lighthouse in 1900 is on a nationwide tour until mid December
Looking Elsewhere to rediscover a piece of Irish historyComposer Michael Gallen’s new opera is an absorbing recreation of the establishment of the first Irish Soviet community in Monaghan more than a century ago
INO seeks young participants for new operaINO is looking for 40 young people to help make up the chorus for the world premier of Horse Ape Bird by David Coonan and Dylan Coburn Gray
Irish shock opera makes the world sit upNew tech is allowing a composer-writer duo to add exciting new twists to contemporary music performances
Classical Notes: INO hits the stage again with its powerful Kennedy operaThe tragic life of Rosemary Kennedy, sister of JFK, is the subject of Irish National Opera’s latest production – with not one but two young Irish sopranos in the lead role
Classical Notes: Baroque orchestra aspires to an annual HandelFestRunning from August 20 to 22, the series of events includes a live performance of the composer’s acclaimed opera Acis and Galatea
Classical Notes: Wexford Festival Opera to return with all guns blazingDirector Rosetta Cucchi is determined to make a splash with a programme of more than 50 separate events this October
Classical Notes: An Out of the Ordinary performance brings its reward for Irish operaIrish National Opera has won the €50,000 Fedora Digital Prize for its virtual reality community opera
Classical Notes: OperaVision puts Europe’s young fans on the right trackFreeview streaming platform OperaVision showcases opera, music theatre and ballet from 28 theatres in 17 countries
Classical Notes: INO turns Puccini’s tragic tale into a glowing victoryA full-blown concert of the legendary opera La Bohème for an online audience was more intimate and moving than many a live performance
Classical Notes: Juicy bite-sized pieces of opera from Wexford FactoryWexford Festival Opera is aiming to be top of the pop-ups as it launches its new series of Sunday evening mini-concerts
Classical Notes: Get ready for a long string of modern micro-operas20 Shots of Opera, the latest brainchild of Irish National Opera, is being described as ‘the biggest single-event commissioning project in Irish operatic history’
