Ways to support

The Artistic Benefactors Programme enables Wexford Festival Opera to attract some of the opera world’s most exciting singers, directors, and conductors.

As a Benefactor, you will be recognised in the Festival Programme and receive complimentary mainstage tickets to see the artist or creative team member you support. You will also have opportunities to connect personally with the artists and gain rare insight into their creative process. As part of this special circle, you play a direct role in shaping the Festival’s artistic future.

Maestro Level (Support - €10,000)

The Maestro level provides support for the most essential artists at the festival, our conductors, directors, and mainstage stars. Our Maestro benefactors ensure we can attract the talent to make the festival an artistic voyage each year.

Principale Level (Support - €5,000)

At Principale level our benefactors can support emerging onstage talent or a more established singer. Opera is a career that demands intense focus and dedication, and it is encouraging for performers to know that they have support in the most practical way.

If you are interested in learning more about how to support and artist, you can contact Nuala Sheedy

Donating shares of stock is a highly effective and tax-efficient way to support Wexford Festival Opera.

Gifts of publicly quoted shares to an eligible charity may qualify for tax relief based on the full market value of the shares at the time of transfer.

By choosing to make a gift of shares, you help sustain ambitious productions, support emerging talent, and ensure that Wexford Festival Opera continues to thrive as one of Ireland’s most distinctive cultural events.

Our Development Team will be pleased to guide you through the straightforward transfer process and liaise with your financial advisor if required. All enquiries are handled in confidence.

For more information please contact our Head of Development, Ann Marie Dalton at adalton@wexfordopera.com

Create a lasting legacy by endowing a seat in your name, or in honour of a loved one. Your dedication will live on at Ireland’s National Opera House, the home of Wexford Festival Opera, for generations to come. We would be honoured to share in your legacy.

For more details, please contact Nuala Sheedy

Become part of the inner circle that brings opera to life.

Membership of a Production Consortium offers an extraordinary and intimate connection to Wexford Festival Opera’s grand-scale productions. As a valued supporter, you do not only attend the performance, but you also help make it possible!

From the first notes on the score to the thrill of opening night, you’ll journey alongside a community of passionate patrons who share your commitment to artistic excellence. Your support directly fuels the creativity on stage, sustaining the artists, craftspeople, and visionaries who transform imagination into unforgettable performance.

As a Consortium member, you’ll enjoy privileged access to the creative process: exclusive behind-the-scenes insights, opportunities to witness rehearsals, and moments of connection with the artistic team and performers as characters take shape and music finds its voice.

For more information about becoming part of a production consortium please contact: Head of Development, Ann Marie Dalton at adalton@wexfordopera.com

Honour the 75th Anniversary as a member of the Founders Circle

In this landmark 75th anniversary year, a gift of €75,000+ offers a rare opportunity to honour Wexford Festival Opera’s extraordinary past while helping to shape its future.

When Dr Tom Walsh founded the Festival in 1951, he did so with the bold conviction that great opera could flourish in Wexford, sustained by artistic ambition and a community united in belief. That founding spirit of discovery and courage continues to define the Festival today.

As a member of the Founders Circle, your profound generosity carries that original vision forward, enabling the Festival to realise its boldest artistic ambitions, attract exceptional artists, nurture emerging talent, and bring unforgettable productions to the stage.

You may choose to direct your gift toward an area that holds special meaning for you, including mainstage productions, leading artists, young artist development, the Orchestra or Chorus, or education and community programmes.

Founders Circle members form a small and visionary community of patrons whose leadership ensures that Wexford’s spirit of discovery continues to thrive just as it did at its beginning.

In honour of this anniversary year, a gift of €75,000 becomes part of Wexford’s enduring legacy.

Because of you, the curtain rises on a new era. If you are interested in joining the Founders Circle please contact Executive Director Suzanne Nance at suzanne@wexfordopera.com

For so many of us who love Wexford Festival Opera, the story began decades ago.

Perhaps you came for the first time as a young person. Perhaps you were brought by a parent, a teacher, or a friend. Perhaps you have returned year after year, watching generations of artists take the stage and become part of your life. What began in 1951, with a small group of people and a shared passion, became something extraordinary. It has endured because of people like you, who believe in our mission.

By remembering Wexford Festival Opera in your Will or Estate Plans and supporting the Wexford Legacy Fund (or the 1951 Legacy Fund), you will help ensure that this remarkable Festival continues to inspire, discover, and bring people together for generations to come. If you have already included us in your Will, or are thinking of doing so, we would love to hear from you so that we can thank you personally for this gift. Just as Wexford became part of your life, your legacy can become part of its future.

If you are interested in learning more about how your legacy gift can make an impact for Wexford Festival Opera, please email Ann Marie Dalton

Partner with one of Ireland’s most distinctive and internationally celebrated cultural events.

Wexford Festival Opera offers companies powerful and imaginative ways to connect with audiences, clients and communities. We work collaboratively with our corporate partners to create tailored partnerships that deliver real impact – for your business and for the Festival.
As a corporate partner, you can benefit from:

• Exclusive access and premium hospitality experiences
• High-profile brand visibility across national and international platforms
• Meaningful alignment with CSR and ESG priorities
• Engagement opportunities for staff, clients and stakeholders

From sponsoring a mainstage production to supporting our transformative community outreach and education programmes, your partnership can make a tangible difference while positioning your brand at the heart ofartistic excellence. You may also wish to join our Business Circle, a dynamic network of companies committed to sustaining world-class operain Ireland. Let’s create something exceptional together.

Learn more about our Corporate Support and how you can become a partner.

We are proud to partner with Foundations and Trusts whose support enables Wexford Festival Opera to deliver artistic excellence alongside meaningful and lasting community impact.

While internationally recognised for its mainstage productions, the Festival’s work reaches far beyond the opera house. With your support, we will:

• Provide transformative music education programmes for young people and emerging artists
• Deliver creative outreach initiatives in schools and community settings
• Use the power of music to enhance health, well-being and social connection
• Create inclusive opportunities that ensure opera is accessible to all
• Sustain the skilled artists and production teams who bring each Festival to life

Music has a profound ability to unite communities, build confidence, support emotional well-being, and foster a sense of belonging. Through carefully designed education and community initiatives, we extend these benefits across Wexford and beyond, ensuring that the Festival contributes not only to cultural life, but to economic and social vitality.

We are committed to building thoughtful partnerships, aligning your Foundation’s priorities with clear outcomes and measurable impact.

Together, we can nurture talent, strengthen communities, and ensure that Wexford Festival Opera continues to enrich lives across Ireland and beyond.

For more information in Foundations and Trusts, please contact Lisa Cullen at lisa@wexfordopera.com

Spotlight on the Lighting Team.

This year, once again, our Engine Room will focus on the lighting department. In the second year of this two-year cycle, we will continue to shine a light on our six-member lighting team, supporting all seven productions. Over two months, they will collaborate with conductors, directors, designers, and technicians, tracking scores, cueing moments, and shaping the atmosphere that brings each performance to life.

Our team blends fresh talent, local creatives, and seasoned professionals with international experience. Together, they will share skills, learn from one another, and work alongside some of the world’s leading opera producers.

To support Wexford Festival Opera through The Engine Room any please contact Ann Marie Dalton, Head of Development at+353 87 901 2925
adalton@wexfordopera.com

Treat someone to the Wexford Festival Opera experience. Share the magic experience of Wexford Festival Opera with friends and family by purchasing a gift voucher. Each voucher has a unique code that can be redeemed online, over the phone, or in person at our box office.

If you would like a physical voucher, please contact our box office who will be happy to assist at boxoffice@wexfordopera.com

We rely on your generosity. Your donation will help secure the future of our Festival. You will also be supporting our mission to support and promote artists and invest in their future careers. Help to make opera available for everyone to discover and enjoy.

If you wish to know more about how you can further support our exciting plans please contact Ann Marie Dalton.