Programme 2019 - Wexford Festival Opera 2019

Programme 2019

Don Quichotte — Comédie-héroïque in five acts

Libretto by Henri Cain after Jacques Le Lorrain’s verse play Le chevalier de la longue figure (1904, after Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote)

Sung in French with English surtitles

First performance 19 February 1910, Opéra, Monte Carlo

Don Quichotte

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

22, 25, 29 October, 1 November,

Dorilla in Tempe — Melodramma eroico pastorale in three acts

Libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

First performance 9 November 1726, Teatro Sant’Angelo, Venice

Dorilla in Tempe

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

23, 26, 30 October, 2 November,

La cucina and Adina — La cucina

Divertissement in one act

Libretto by Rosetta Cucchi

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

World premiere 24 October 2019, Wexford Festival Opera

Adina

Farsa in one act

Libretto by Marchese Gherardo Bevilacqua-Aldobrandini

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

First performance 22 June 1826, Teatro de S Carlos, Lisbon

La cucina and Adina

Andrew Synnott (1970–) and Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

24, 27, 31 October, 3 November,

Cendrillon — Opéra comique in three acts

Libretto by the composer based on the story of Cendrillon

Sung in French with English surtitles

First performance 13 April 1904, Salon of Mademoiselle de Aogueiras

Cendrillon

Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)

24, 29 October, 1 November,

Le Docteur Miracle — Opérette in one act

Libretto by Léon Battu and Ludovic Halévy

Sung in French with English surtitles

First performance 9 April 1857, Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris

Le Docteur Miracle

Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

23, 26, 31 October,

L’inganno felice — Opera in one act

Libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa.

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

First performance 8 January 1812, Teatro San Moisè, Venice

L’inganno felice

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

25, 30 October, 2 November,

Lunchtime Recitals

Lunchtime Recitals

23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 October, 1, 2 November,

Gala Concert

Gala Concert

27 October,

The Veiled Prophet — Grand opera in five acts

Libretto by W. Barclay Squire after Moore

Sung in English with English surtitles

First performance 2 June 1881, Hoftheater, Hannover

The Veiled Prophet

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

28 October,

Dr Tom Walsh Lecture

Dr Tom Walsh Lecture

1 November,

Daytime Events Packages

Daytime Events Packages

Accommodation Packages

Accommodation Packages

Champagne & Canapés

Champagne & Canapés

22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 October, 1, 2, 3 November,

Friends’ Lunches

Friends’ Lunches

23, 28 October,

Friends’ Parties

Friends’ Parties

25 October, 1 November,

Friends’ Buffet

Friends’ Buffet

30 October,