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Pietro Mascagni

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Charles Villiers Stanford

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Gaetano Donizetti
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Festival News, Awards

Wexford Festival Opera Shortlisted for Best Rediscovered Work at the International Opera Awards

3 Sep, 2024

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Opera Award Nomination

Help us shine at the International Opera Awards!

4 Jul, 2024

Festival News, Community Engagement

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Over 150 primary school children from Wexford to sing together as part of Wexford Festival Opera 2024

19 Jun, 2024

Festival News, Awards

Investors in Diversity

Wexford Festival Opera Earns Investors in Diversity Bronze Award

16 May, 2024

Community Engagement

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10 May, 2024

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Theatre within Theatre

Theatre within Theatre - Theme for Festival 2024

5 May, 2024

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Wfo orchestra audition

Wexford Chorus auditions 2024

12 Feb, 2024

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Window Display Competition Winners 2023

Window Display Competition 2023

1 Nov, 2023

Festival News, Corporate Partnerships, Sustainability

Countess Ulrike Walderdorff winner of the EPA & Wexford Festival Opera Green Night fashion award 2023, with Andy Fanning (EPA), Ruth O'Connor (EPA) and Randall Shannon (WFO Executive Director). Photo Patrick Browne

Spotlight on Sustainable Fashion

30 Oct, 2023

Festival News

(c) 'Stage Door, Theatre Royal, Wexford 2001' image adapted by Roberto Recchia from an original photograph by Pádraig Grant

73rd Wexford Festival Opera Programme Announced

27 Oct, 2023

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Wex Opera 3

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar officially opens 72nd Wexford Festival Opera

24 Oct, 2023

Festival News, Community Engagement, Corporate Partnerships

2023 Volunteer of the year news

Peter Hussey named as Wexford Festival Opera’s 2023 Volunteer of the Year

21 Oct, 2023

Festival News, Corporate Partnerships

Arachas Sponsorship Orchestra

Arachas help Wexford Festival Opera deliver winning performances with a new sponsorship of the WFO Orchestra

17 Oct, 2023