Programme 2022 - Wexford Festival Opera 2023

Programme 2022

La Tempesta — Music is central to the very fabric of Shakespeare’s late masterpiece The Tempest, so it is hardly surprising that this play has inspired more operas than any other Shakespearian work.

La Tempesta

Fromental Halévy

21, 24, 29 October, 3 November,

Lalla-Roukh — For all the exoticism in Lalla Roukh, there’s some local interest here: Félicien David’s opera is based on one of the most famous works of Thomas Moore, the celebrated Irish poet (and musician) who died 170 years ago this year.

Lalla-Roukh

Félicien David

22, 25, 30 October, 4 November,

Armida — Dvořák’s last opera has been neglected for reasons that are at once hard to fathom and easily understandable. An ideal ‘Wexford work’, then, it ties together many strands from across operatic history.

Armida

Antonín Dvořák

23, 28 October, 2, 5 November,

Cinderella — From Rossini’s La Cenerentola to Massenet’s Cendrillon, the Cinderella story has enjoyed a successful operatic life.

Cinderella

Alma Deutscher

26, 29, 31 October, 4 November,

The Master — The novelist Colm Tóibín may need no introduction, but his deep love and appreciation of opera may still catch some unaware.

The Master

Alberto Caruso

22, 23, 27, 29, 30 October, 1, 3, 5 November,

The Spectre Knight — Even by Wexford standards, Alfred Cellier (1844-91) is a rarely heard composer. He was a school friend of Arthur Sullivan, and the connections with Victorian operetta don’t stop there.

The Spectre Knight

Alfred Cellier

23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31 October, 2, 5 November,

Les Selenites — An intriguing new chamber opera merging the birth of cinema with dream-play and fantasy.

Les Selenites

Premiere of a new WFO commission by Artist-in-Residence Conor Mitchell

26 October, 6 November,

Lunchtime Recitals — Taking on dual homes this year, the concerts will be held partly in the atmospheric surroundings of the O’Reilly Theatre, and will also return to the beautiful eighteenth-century church of St. Iberius.

Lunchtime Recitals

22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 October, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 November,

Daniela Barcellona Gala — with the WEXFORD FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

conducted by FRANCESCO CILLUFFO

Daniela Barcellona Gala

27 October,

Gala Concert — The Gala Concert is undoubtedly one of the highlights of Wexford Festival Opera and features a collection of favourite party pieces from members of the Festival company.

Gala Concert

1 November,

Barry Douglas — with the WEXFORD FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

and on piano & conducted by BARRY DOUGLAS

Barry Douglas

6 November,

Dr Tom Walsh Lecture — Shakespeare's Rough Magic
by Patrick Spottiswoode

Dr Tom Walsh Lecture

27 October,

Impossible Interviews — Michael Dervan hosts another impossible interview this year with a world-famous Hungarian-American illusionist and escape artist.

Impossible Interviews

28 October, 2 November,

Pop Up Events — The Wexford Festival Pop-Ups are a series of free multidisciplinary performance events featuring music, drama, singing and dance, performed in non-traditional settings around Wexford town.

Pop Up Events

Multidisciplinary performances in non-traditional settings around Wexford