Wexford Festival Opera will this year run for 15 days and feature an expanded programme.
The highlights of the 59th festival, which will take place from October 16th to 30th, include a European premiere of The Golden Ticket, an opera based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
There will be a rare performance of Saverio Mercadante's Virginia, a tale of revolt banned in 19th-century Italy.
Hubièkamakes a return to the festival, this time in Czech, having previously featured in an English- language version in 1984.
