RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Join us for an evening with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and some of opera’s most ravishing arias! Conducted by Wexford Festival Opera’s principal guest conductor Francesco Cilluffo, who brings 'an instinctive feeling for Italianate lyricism' (New York Times), and featuring four of opera’s extraordinary singers: Claudia Boyle, soprano; Axelle Saint-Cirel, mezzo-soprano; Eduardo Niave, tenor and Giorgi Lomiseli, baritone.

They join the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, which has a vibrant, eclectic repertoire, with a programme that pays homage to this year’s Festival theme of Myths and Legends, including Bizet’s Habanera from Carmen, Puccini’s O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi and Verdi’s Quando le sere al placido from Luisa Miller.

Don't miss this celebration of opera's most legendary voices and stories.

Programme

Ponchielli, Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
Donizetti, Vien, Leonora (La Favorita)
Verdi, Quando le sere al placido (Luisa Miller)
Bizet, Habanera (Carmen)
Charpentier, Depuis le jour (Louise)
Puccini, O Mimì, tu più non torni (La Bohème)
Offenbach, Belle nuit (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)

Delius, The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
Giordano, Nemico della patria (Andrea Chénier)
Massenet, Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (Werther)
Puccini, O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Puccini, E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Bernstein, Glitter and Be Gay (Candide)
Puccini, Dunque è proprio finita (La Bohème)