Wexford Festival Opera amends 2012 Festival Programme
Wexford Festival Opera, renowned for staging rarely-performed or unjustly neglected operas, had hoped to produce Francesca da Rimini by Saverio Mercadante at the 2012 Festival. Although Francesca da Rimini was written in 1831 it had never been performed, as the opera house it was written for.....
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La Cour de Célimène and Maria nominated for ‘Best Opera’ production in 2011 Irish Times Irish Theatre Award
La Cour de Célimène, an opéra comique by Ambroise Thomas, composer of Mignon and Hamlet, was written in 1855 but only performed for a single season. Irish soprano, Claudia Boyle, who sang the title role in the Wexford production...........
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