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The Wexford Festival Opera has an industry-wide reputation of excellence, providing rewarding opportunities.

Our core people plan, prepare, work, and fundraise for our festival, managing a year-round series of events, activities and outreach projects.

Over just two months, the Festival Company expands to 350+ dedicated individuals both onstage and offstage, with an army of volunteers, who join together to make our internationally acclaimed festival of opera happen and enjoyed by so many.

Leadership team

Rosetta Cucchi, Wexford Festival Opera Artistic Director

Rosetta Cucchi

Artistic Director

Artistic Director of Wexford Festival Opera since 2020, Rosetta Cucchi is a renowned musician and stage director. From her early studies at the Rossini Conservatoire in Pesaro and Bologna, she has directed with opera companies throughout the world. A previous Artistic Director of Lugo Opera Festival and Arturo Toscanini Foundation (FAT) in Parma, she brought the Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra on tour throughout Italy, China, Germany and Bulgaria. Her first association with WFO was as répétiteur (1995) and her WFO directorial debut was with Braunfels’ Prinzessin Brambilla (2004). She has also directed at WFO, Risurrezione by F.Alfano, Adina by Rossini and La cucina by Andrew Synnott and La Ciociara by Marco Tutino.

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Suzanne Nance, Wexford Festival Opera Executive Director

Suzanne Nance

Executive Director

Named a 2022 Woman of Influence and "the CEO building a radio powerhouse" by the Portland Business Journal (Portland, Oregon, USA), Suzanne Nance is an internationally recognized leader in the arts and media industries.

Prior to joining Wexford Festival Opera, Suzanne was the President and CEO of All Classical Radio. Under her leadership, All Classical Radio became one of the top classical music radio stations in the USA. Nance led a successful capital campaign to build a new media arts center in downtown Portland, Oregon (which opened in October 2024). In addition, the organization expanded its budget by 57% while dramatically increasing net revenue and reserve funds. During her time as CEO, the company also received the largest grant in its 40-year history, rebranded, published its first book (the Artist Anthology), and launched several groundbreaking initiatives including a 24-hr radio station for children: the International Children’s Arts Network.

Nance is the former presenter of the internationally syndicated Lyric Opera of Chicago radio broadcast series; co-creator of the Emmy Award-winning TV program MaineArts!; and the creator of All Classical Radio’s Sunday Brunch - a show designed to “explore cultures through delicious music.”

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Staff directory

Our core people plan, prepare, work, and fundraise for our festival, managing a year-round series of events, activities and outreach projects. Over just two months, the Festival Company expands to 350+ dedicated individuals both onstage and offstage, with an army of volunteers, who join together to make our internationally acclaimed festival of opera happen and enjoyed by so many.

This list below includes select full-time staff members. For contact information for individuals not listed, please contact Main Office on +353 53 912 2400 or email boxoffice@wexfordopera.com

Assistant to Artistic Director
Andrea Pecchio
+353 53 912 2400

Director of Artistic Administration
Nora Cosgrave
+353 53 916 3522

Company Manager
Nicky Kehoe
+353 53 912 2400

Technical Director
Colin Murphy
+353 53 912 2400

Accommodation
Phyllis McCarthy
+353 53 912 2400

Head of Development
Ann Marie Dalton
+353 87 901 2925

Donor Development Manager
Nuala Sheedy
+353 86 208 1354

Development Operations & Research Executive
Lisa Cullen
+353 53 9122 400

Development Executive
Louise Carley
+353 53 9122 400

Head of Marketing
Sinead McPhillips
+353 53 912 2400

Marketing and Communications Executive
Kelly Veiga
+353 53 912 2400

Media and Public Relations (Ireland)
Sinead O'Doherty
+353 86 259 1070

Media and Public Relations (UK/International)
Anna Kenyon
+44 7525 361 894

Box Office Manager
Anne-Marie O'Brien
+353 53 916 3527

Box Office Assistant Manager
Brénna Hurley
+353 53 9122 400

Box Office Team
Geraldine O'Rourke
Catherine Gaul
Louise Carley
Abigail Way
Fiona Fleming
+353 53 912 2144

Financial Controller
Pat Whelan
+ 353 53 912 2400

Accounts Administrator
Megan Lawson
+ 353 53 912 2400

Facilities Manager
Nicky Pender
+ 353 53 912 2400

Executive Support Manager
Lisa Walsh
+ 353 53 912 2400

Eleanor White
+ 353 53 912 2400

If you are interested in joining our team, auditioning to be part of our Festival Chorus, Festival Orchestra or Wexford Factory programme, see all our current opportunities.

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