| Wexford Festival Opera - Wexford | 4 May 2024 |
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Guglielmo RatcliffWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 7 | |
Now a forgotten Mascagni Opera is another convincing revival at the Wexford Festival |
 30 Oct 15 / Seen and Heard |
A haunting unrequited love story |
| 29 Oct 15 / Irish Independent |
Geister der Vergangenheit |
| 28 Oct 15 / Online Musik Magazin |
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Sultry and luscious |
| 27 Oct 15 / Telegraph |
Excellent gothic gore and Parisian romance |
| 26 Oct 15 / The Guardian |
Ivory Gothic madness: a visceral Guglielmo Ratcliff in Wexford |
| 24 Oct 15 / Bachtrack |
Le Portrait de ManonWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Poco representada y con principiantes |
| 3 Nov 15 / Beckmesser |
Ein Mann erinnert sich |
| 27 Oct 15 / Online Musik Magazin |
KoangaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | |
A compelling performance in Wexford of a seldom-staged Delius Opera |
| 29 Oct 15 / Seen and Heard |
Sultry and luscious |
| 27 Oct 15 / Telegraph |
Voodoo in Wexford |
| 26 Oct 15 / Online Musik Magazin |
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Brave revival of Delius's problematic 1904 slavery opera |
| 23 Oct 15 / The Guardian |
Slavery and Voodoo: Delius’ Koanga opens the 64th Wexford Festival |
| 23 Oct 15 / Bachtrack |
ToscaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Tödliche Intrigen |
| 26 Oct 15 / Online Musik Magazin |
Silent NightWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
Kevin Puts’ Silent Night: inspired and user-friendly |
| 6 Nov 14 / Seen and Heard |
“Silent Night”, una magnífica ópera del siglo XXI en Wexford |
| 4 Nov 14 / Beckmesser |
A Pulitzer Prize-winning opera with sketchy characters |
| 2 Nov 14 / Express |
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An operatic take on the 1914 Christmas truce gets a timely debut |
| 29 Oct 14 / Telegraph |
A remarkable piece of music theatre |
| 28 Oct 14 / Irish Independent |
Weihnachten an der Front |
| 27 Oct 14 / Online Musik Magazin |
SaloméWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 8 | |
Strauss’ Salome still heads above contemporary version |
| 6 Nov 14 / Seen and Heard |
Festival de Ópera de Wexford: “Salomé” de A. Mariotte |
| 4 Nov 14 / Beckmesser |
Russian baritone Igor Golovatenko shines in Salome |
| 2 Nov 14 / Express |
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Antoine Mariotte, anyone? |
| 2 Nov 14 / The Observer |
Salomé au Festival de Wexford |
| 29 Oct 14 / Opera Online (French) |
Die Bedeutung der Zahl Sieben |
| 27 Oct 14 / Online Musik Magazin |
Antoine Mariotte's dull version of Oscar Wilde's tale is given a surprisingly successful makeover |
| 27 Oct 14 / Telegraph |
Wexford unearths the Mariotte Salomé to open its 63rd Festival |
| 25 Oct 14 / Irish Independent |
La CenerentolaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
La Cenerentola de Rossini en el Festival de Wexford |
| 4 Nov 14 / Beckmesser |
Cinerentola |
| 27 Oct 14 / Online Musik Magazin |
Il tabarroWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Festival de Wexford: “Il tabarro” de Puccini |
| 4 Nov 14 / Beckmesser |
Es fehlt das Orchester |
| 27 Oct 14 / Online Musik Magazin |
Don BucefaloWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
Una ópera injustamente olvidada |
| 4 Nov 14 / Beckmesser |
Don Bucafelo is a joyful number drawing on Donizetti’s Don Pasquale |
| 2 Nov 14 / Express |
Something funny, talented and thought-provoking |
| 1 Nov 14 / Seen and Heard |
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Don Bucefalo au Festival de Wexford |
| 29 Oct 14 / Opera Online (French) |
Cagnoni's opera is plausibly updated to small-town America in the Nineties |
| 28 Oct 14 / Telegraph |
Belcanto vom Feinsten |
| 27 Oct 14 / Online Musik Magazin |
The Wandering ScholarWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Zwei kurze Einakter über die Moral |
| 27 Oct 14 / Online Musik Magazin |
Trial by JuryWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Zwei kurze Einakter über die Moral |
| 27 Oct 14 / Online Musik Magazin |
ThérèseWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | 
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What's in a picture? |
| 1 Dec 13 / Audiophile Audition |
Hurrah for Wexford Festival, which has exhumed two rarely heard one-act operas by Massenet |
| 1 Nov 13 / Telegraph |
Bilder des Krieges |
| 28 Oct 13 / Online Musik Magazin |
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Director and designer Renaud Doucet and André Barbe give Massenet a painterly twist |
| 28 Oct 13 / Financial Times |
Wexford Opera's double bill of works by Jules Massenet was a little mixed |
| 28 Oct 13 / The Guardian |
La NavarraiseWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | |
What's in a picture? |
| 1 Dec 13 / Audiophile Audition |
Hurrah for Wexford Festival, which has exhumed two rarely heard one-act operas by Massenet |
| 1 Nov 13 / Telegraph |
Bilder des Krieges |
| 28 Oct 13 / Online Musik Magazin |
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Director and designer Renaud Doucet and André Barbe give Massenet a painterly twist |
| 28 Oct 13 / Financial Times |
Wexford Opera's double bill of works by Jules Massenet was a little mixed |
| 28 Oct 13 / The Guardian |
Cristina, Regina di SveziaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
This rarely performed opera is the indisputable hit of the festival |
| 31 Oct 13 / Telegraph |
Jacopo Foroni’s long-forgotten opera is a vintage Wexford rediscovery |
| 30 Oct 13 / Financial Times |
Schwedische Geschichtsstunde mit großartiger Musik |
| 28 Oct 13 / Online Musik Magazin |
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This piece by forgotten Italian composer Jacopo Foroni was a real discovery |
| 28 Oct 13 / The Guardian |
Il cappello di paglia di FirenzeWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Nina Rota's comic opera is more exhausting than effervescent |
| 31 Oct 13 / Telegraph |
You might need a couple of interval drinks to be persuaded that The Italian Straw Hat is a masterpiece |
| 28 Oct 13 / Financial Times |
Farce in Postkarten-Idylle |
| 25 Oct 13 / Online Musik Magazin |
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A good choice to open the Wexford festival |
| 25 Oct 13 / The Guardian |
A Village Romeo and JulietWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | |
A village Liebestod |
| 14 Dec 12 / Seen and Heard |
Trois jours à Wexford |
| 20 Nov 12 / Forum Opéra |
Wexford staged a strong production of Delius’s divisive, opera masterpiece |
| 17 Nov 12 / Telegraph |
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As fair a hearing as it seems likely to get |
| 14 Nov 12 / New Statesman |
Liebestod im Fluss |
| 6 Nov 12 / Online Musik Magazin |
Four operas at the ever resourceful Wexford keep the company and soloists on their toes |
| 4 Nov 12 / Independent on Sunday |
For 61 years Wexford has been the emerald of opera festivals |
| 2 Nov 12 / Independent |
Wexford's best thing this year |
| 31 Oct 12 / Irish Independent |
Delius’ score is vividly performed under Rory Macdonald |
| 30 Oct 12 / The Stage |
It is obvious why even Delius's best does not generally hold the stage |
| 29 Oct 12 / The Guardian |
Le Roi malgré luiWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | |
Less would have been more for Chabrier’s Le Roi Malgré Lui |
| 13 Dec 12 / Seen and Heard |
Trois jours à Wexford |
| 20 Nov 12 / Forum Opéra |
Alles nur ein Film |
| 6 Nov 12 / Online Musik Magazin |
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Four operas at the ever resourceful Wexford keep the company and soloists on their toes |
| 4 Nov 12 / Independent on Sunday |
For 61 years Wexford has been the emerald of opera festivals |
| 2 Nov 12 / Independent |
Strassberger’s fussy production complicates an already hopelessly complex and unengaging plot |
| 30 Oct 12 / Telegraph |
The Wexford festival deserves credit for disinterring such a rarity |
| 30 Oct 12 / The Guardian |
The piece comes over as pointlessly facetious |
| 28 Oct 12 / The Stage |
The opera is excellently cast with Liam Bonner's high baritone smoothly flexible as Henri |
| 27 Oct 12 / Irish Independent |
L'arlesianaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | |
Trois jours à Wexford |
| 20 Nov 12 / Forum Opéra |
A tale of distraction and destruction |
| 13 Nov 12 / Seen and Heard |
Zwischen starken Frauen |
| 6 Nov 12 / Online Musik Magazin |
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Four operas at the ever resourceful Wexford keep the company and soloists on their toes |
| 4 Nov 12 / Independent on Sunday |
For 61 years Wexford has been the emerald of opera festivals |
| 2 Nov 12 / Independent |
A work of genuine power and interest |
| 30 Oct 12 / Telegraph |
A compelling case for Cilèa's opera |
| 29 Oct 12 / The Guardian |
Rosetta Cucchi's production in Wexford is somewhat hit and miss |
| 28 Oct 12 / Irish Independent |
The entire company, like the opera itself, impresses with its integrity |
| 26 Oct 12 / The Stage |
Die ZauberflöteWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Magischer Regenschirm |
| 6 Nov 12 / Online Musik Magazin |
A Dinner EngagementWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Liebe geht durch den Magen |
| 6 Nov 12 / Online Musik Magazin |
Four operas at the ever resourceful Wexford keep the company and soloists on their toes |
| 4 Nov 12 / Independent on Sunday |
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Performance schedule
Mascagni
18 to 31 Oct 2024
Donizetti
18 Oct to 2 Nov 2024
Stanford
19 Oct to 1 Nov 2024
Morris
19 Oct to 2 Nov 2024
Donizetti
20 Oct to 2 Nov 2024
Caruso
20 Oct to 1 Nov 2024
Leoncavallo
24 Oct to 1 Nov 2024
News & Articles
| Wexford Festival Opera announces 2024 slate |
The Wexford Festival Opera has announced its 2024 season which will feature 80 events across 16 days. It kicks off on Oct. 18, 2024, and runs through Nov. 2, 2024. |
| 1 Nov 2023 / OperaWire |
| Cucchi, a Wexford racconto le donne in guerra |
La regista italiana, direttirce artistica del festival irlandese intitolato Women & War racconta il suo cartellone 2023 che la vede firmare la regia de La ciociara di Marco Tutino. |
| 31 Oct 2023 / Pierachille Dolfini |
| Wexford Festival Opera receives €1.68 million in Arts Council funding |
Wexford Festival Opera has been allocated €1.68 million in strategic funding from the Arts Council for 2023, an increase of 3% or €45,000 on last year. |
| 11 Jan 2023 / Irish Independent |
| Wexford Festival Opera announces its 2023 season |
The Wexford Festival Opera has announced its 2023 season which will include 70 events across 13 days. |
| 8 Dec 2022 / OperaWire |
| Rediscovered rarities, new opera and young artists |
A chat with Rosetta Cucchi, artistic director of Wexford Festival Opera. |
| 18 Jul 2022 / Planet Hugill |
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