NCH, Dublin Tonight 7.30pm 15-45 01-4170000
MIAH PERSSON (SOPRANO), BAVARIAN RADIO SO/ MARISS JANSONS
NCH, Dublin Tomorrow 8pm 40-80 01-4170000
NI OPERA
St Columb’s Cathedral, Guildhall St Columb’s Hall, Derry Thurs 7pm £15; Fri Apr 1st 1pm £15; Sat 2nd 7pm niopera.com
Things are busy again, after the dearth of concerts around St Patrick's Day. The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra gives a concert performance of Puccini's La Bohème, with Bryan Hymel and Sinéad Mulhern as the young lovers, and young Scottish conductor Rory Macdonald on the podium.
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is back in town on Saturday, with Mariss Jansons again at the helm, and again conducting a programme of two symphonies, Shostakovich’s Sixth and Mahler’s Fourth, with popular Swedish soprano Miah Persson (left) in the Mahler.
And Thursday sees Northern Ireland's new opera company, NI Opera, offering a new, site-specific production of Puccini's Toscain Derry, with a different location for each act, moving from St Columb's Cathedral to the Guildhall to St Columb's Hall.
