Wexford Festival Opera was founded in 1951 and has built an unrivalled reputation for excellence in opera...

"One of the pleasures of attending the festival is the chance to hear talented young singers who aren’t yet well known on international stages. There were several standouts this year: Bryan Hymel who in recital revealed a beautiful upper range; Czech mezzo Kateřina Jalovcová a major find as Ježibaba in Rusalka: and the superb Welsh baritone Paul Carey Jones, who sparked a ‘bonus’ staging of Donizetti’s comic gem Rita”