Irish soprano Claudia Boyle on a ‘platform to celebrate what a woman is, what a woman can be’
Wexford Festival Opera 2023: The singers Claudia Boyle, Andreea Soare and Na’ama Goldman on this year’s theme of Women and War
Claudia Boyle
Der Rosenkavalier: Visually breathtaking production provides sumptuous platform for sumptuous music
Richard Strauss’ work is challenging for first-timers, but chances are they will appreciate opera after seeing this
‘The singing profession can be precarious, as the last few years have reminded us’
Me & My Money: Claudia Boyle, opera singer
Private treasures of Betty Ann Norton to be auctioned
Drama teacher was an avid collector, and sale includes jewellery, clothing and furniture
Michael Palin, Mike Leigh and Christy Moore: This week’s unmissable online events
Celine Byrne and Robert Webb also among the virtual attractions over next seven days
Wexford opera, virtually: A bittersweet affair in Covid’s shadow
First-rate soloists and the Wexford Factory enliven binge-watching this year’s Wexford Festival Opera online, a Festival in the Air
Lisette Oropesa: ‘I’m glad I wasn’t thrust into superstardom’
American soprano talks of Vienna audiences and opera in a time of pandemic precautions
The show must go on: Making opera in the lockdown age
Covid-19 restrictions did not stop INO from creating Seraglio - an upcoming mini-series
Performing from home: The strange new world of summer arts festivals
Events from West Cork Chamber Music Festival to Friday Opera Sessions are migrating online
The best classical music events this week
Christmas concerts in various venues and the Ficino Quartet at the National Concert Hall
The best classical music and opera to see this week
An opera on Ireland’s direct provision system and New Ross Piano Festival
National Concert Hall launches bumper programme for 2019-20
Joyce DiDonato, Damon Albarn, Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson in wide-ranging line-up
Opera about JFK’s tragic sister Rosemary to premiere in July
Irish National Opera season to also feature new opera set in direct provision
Classical concerts of the week, from Louis Schwizgebel to Marc Coppey
Plus: Don’t miss soprano Claudia Boyle’s showstopper in The Tales of Hoffmann
Culture Night 2018: Everything you need to know
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The Tales of Hoffmann review: engaging, energetic, surprising
Irish National Opera’s Offenbach showcases the talents of Claudia Boyle and John Molloy
Roll Over Beethoven - and Hoffman: this week’s classical highlights
Jean-Christophe Spinosi conducts the ICO; Claudia Boyle in ‘The Tales of Hoffman’
More bang for your bucks: This week’s classical and opera highlights
Chamber music at the NCH; Irish National Opera company celebrates 2018 programme with 12 top singers; and Russian conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky debuts with RTÉ NSO
Classical music highlights for week ending January 7th
New Year’s Eve Viennese Gala – New Year Celebration – RTÉ NSO/Alexander Shelley
To stay in or go out? The best New Year’s Eve entertainment
From James Vincent McMorrow and Lisa Hannigan to Imelda May’s bid to out-Jools Jools
Musical taste: There’s no accounting for it, especially new stuff
Last weekend’s New Music festival finally delivered on its celebratory promise
Classical music review: Two pianos and a cello ensemble
Unusual musical combinations and an extreme reaction
Cracking Christmas events from carols, to drama to drag
All the best in shows and festive entertainment
The Last Hotel review: An opera about rehearsing for death
Death is an assisted act in Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh’s new opera at the Edinburgh International Festival
Donnacha Dennehy: ‘I thought opera was a ridiculous art form’
Happily, the composer has got over his anxieties, and his second collaboration with Enda Walsh, ‘The Last Hotel’, is shaping up to be a non-stop 80-minute roller coaster ride
Niall Doyle is an intriguing choice for the Arts Council’s head of music
Doyle comes to the job as someone who knows how bruising the council can be to clients
What’s on across Ireland this weekend
Enjoy a bog jacuzzi, live traditional bands to the Clarenbridge Oyster Festival
Miriam Lord’s Week: Enda Kenny gives Lucinda Creighton thumbs up
SF parties on at the Áras; but Mick Wallace seems to have sambaed out of town
Review: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
The singers give it all their worth in this production; spreading it throughout the venue proves attractive and frustrating
Overnight success: a theatre becomes the city of Mahagonny in 12 hours
Witnessing the highly pressurised construction of the immersive city of Mahagonny for six performances of Brecht’s opera is impressive – it is amazing what you can achieve without planning permission
How the drug-like voice of Lotte Lenya led me to Kurt Weill
I discovered many of Weill’s works by following the trail of his tremulous-toned wife
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