About the Wexford Factory
Wexford Festival Opera has established the Wexford Factory to offer professional and financial support to young singers, pianists and stage managers in the early stage of their careers.
Wexford Festival Opera’s aim in creating the Wexford Factory is to offer one of the world’s most formative experiences for young opera professionals who are about to take the biggest step of all into a fully professional career. Working closely with our partner opera companies, the Rossini Opera Festival ‘Alberto Zedda Academy’ in Pesaro, TU Dublin, Royal Irish Academy of Music and Opera for Peace, we will help them hone their musical and professional skills to start a brilliant journey into the industry.
Factory participants embark on a two-year journey which sees them take part in a professional development academy each September. In addition to performing at the Festival each year, participants also have the chance to take part in an international exchange.