WFO Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi has announced details of her programme for the 71st Wexford Festival Opera, which will run for 17 days from 21 October–6 November 2022.
The programme is built around the theme of Magic & Music and will feature three main stage operas - La Tempesta, Lalla Rookh and Armida.
Today, Wexford Festival Opera launched a new outreach initiative as part of the 2021 Festival which will bring the opera to Wexford care homes and day centres with the support of its long-standing technology partner, Datapac. The initiative is part of the Festival’s outreach programme, Synapses,...
This year, as part of the Festival’s partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Wexford Festival Opera and the EPA launched a new initiative as part of EPA Green Night. Opera goers were encouraged to make sustainable fashion choices when choosing their evening outfits to highlight that the way we shop and the choices we make daily can make a big difference to our environment.
Wexford Festival Opera was delighted last week to present prizes to the two winning shops–Oxfam for ‘Most Creative Window’ and Barnardos for ‘Best Use of Space’.
David Maguire was awarded the 2021 Ecclesiastical/ Wexford Festival Opera Volunteer of the Year Award at the opening of this year’s Wexford Festival Opera after a public vote by fellow volunteers, board and staff of the Festival. A long-time volunteer and supporter of Wexford Festival Opera, David is extremely popular among all Festival staff and volunteers, as well as the wider Wexford community.