Wexford Festival Trust today announced that David McLoughlin, its long serving Chief Executive, has decided to leave the organisation after thirteen years in the role.
McLoughlin, whose role encompasses CEO responsibilities for both Wexford Festival Opera and the National Opera House, has decided...
This year the curtain will fall on a very different Wexford Festival Opera on Sunday 18th October with a special concert streamed live from the stage of the National Opera House featuring Irish soprano Claudia Boyle and Sicilian tenor Pietro Adaini accompanied by the Wexford Festival Orchestra and conducted by Francesco Cilluffo.
This special closing night event is kindly supported by Arachas, Ireland’s largest nationwide insurance broker.
The 69th Wexford Festival Opera will run from Sunday, 11 October – Sunday, 18 October. Audiences are invited to experience the magic at home as the festival goes online for this year only. Ahead of the festival commencing some amendments to the programme have been made following recent Government restrictions under its Level 3 Resilience and National Recovery plan.
Irish soprano Claudia Boyle and Sicilian tenor Pietro Adaini will now join the Wexford Festival Orchestra and conductor Francesco Cilluffo to deliver the closing night concert, replacing the American soprano Lisette Oropesa, who is now regrettably unable to travel.
Wexford Festival Opera will go on the town in Wexford with a series of daily Pop-up events comprising multidisciplinary performances featuring music, drama, singing and dance, which will be performed in various shops and businesses around Wexford town. Streamed daily on Facebook Live www.facebook.com/wexfordfestivalopera, to encourage audiences to observe social distancing guidelines, the Pop-up events are a central part of new Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi’s vision to bring the Festival closer to the people of Wexford.
Gala Concert – Remote Voices, supported by Ecclesiastical in partnership with RTÉ Culture as part of Waiting for Shakespeare …The Festival in the air. Experience the magic for yourself, Friday 16th October 2020 as audiences across Ireland and around the world will have a chance to experience a taste of the magic of Wexford Festival Opera at home. From their home to your's comes performances from:Aigul Akhmetshina, Joseph Calleja, Daniela Barcellona, Juan Diego Flórez, Igor Golovatenko, Ermonela Jaho, Sergey Romanovsky and many more.