| Wexford Festival Opera - Wexford | 18 October 2017 |
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VanessaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | |
Festival d'Opéra de Wexford: Vanessa, de Samuel Barber |
 12 Nov 16 / Opera Online |
Una notable ópera, bien servida en Wexford |
| 8 Nov 16 / Beckmesser |
An obscure Samuel Barber opera that deserves an outing in a major UK opera house |
| 4 Nov 16 / The Spectator |
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A compelling production of Barber’s seldom-heard Vanessa |
| 4 Nov 16 / Seen and Heard |
Un opéra américain sous un ciel irlandais |
| 3 Nov 16 / Forum Opéra |
Ewiges Warten |
| 1 Nov 16 / Online Musik Magazin |
This magnificent, soaring Vanessa deserves a wider audience |
| 29 Oct 16 / Telegraph |
Utterly gripping performance of Barber's Vanessa at Wexford Festival Opera |
| 29 Oct 16 / Bachtrack |
Wexford makes a strong case for Barber's uneven opera |
| 29 Oct 16 / The Guardian |
Maria de RudenzWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 7 | |
Maria de Rudenz no está entre lo mejor de Donizetti |
| 8 Nov 16 / Beckmesser |
Le gothique "Maria de Rudenz" de Donizetti |
| 7 Nov 16 / Opera Online |
Perhaps this rarely seen Donizetti opera deserves to be overlooked |
| 5 Nov 16 / Seen and Heard |
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Plus vivante que morte |
| 4 Nov 16 / Forum Opéra |
Mord in der Puppenstube |
| 2 Nov 16 / Online Musik Magazin |
Charged with musical authority |
| 2 Nov 16 / The Stage |
Exhilarating Maria de Rudenz at Wexford Festival Opera |
| 1 Nov 16 / Bachtrack |
Riders to the SeaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | |
“Riders to the Sea”, dramatismo total |
| 8 Nov 16 / Beckmesser |
Festival d'Opéra de Wexford : Il campanello, The Bear, Riders to the Sea |
| 7 Nov 16 / Opera Online |
Die Grausamkeit der See |
| 2 Nov 16 / Online Musik Magazin |
Il campanello di notteWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Un modesto Campanello en Wexford |
| 8 Nov 16 / Beckmesser |
Festival d'Opéra de Wexford : Il campanello, The Bear, Riders to the Sea |
| 7 Nov 16 / Opera Online |
Maladie de la jeunesse |
| 2 Nov 16 / Forum Opéra |
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Und immer wieder die Glocke |
| 1 Nov 16 / Online Musik Magazin |
HerculanumWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | |
El Festival de Wexford fiel a sus principios y tradiciones |
| 8 Nov 16 / Beckmesser |
Best left in ear and imagination |
| 4 Nov 16 / The Spectator |
Wexford Festival continues to attract opera lovers with its programme of rarities |
| 3 Nov 16 / Seen and Heard |
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Herculanum was a long lost opera, and should have stayed that way |
| 1 Nov 16 / Telegraph |
Sous les cendres du volcan |
| 1 Nov 16 / Forum Opéra |
Vulkanausbruch auf der Bühne |
| 31 Oct 16 / Online Musik Magazin |
Apocalyptic Herculanum opens Wexford Festival Opera |
| 29 Oct 16 / Bachtrack |
The Wexford festival opened with two contrasting works |
| 29 Oct 16 / The Guardian |
Uneven and decidedly long but it has a lot of good music |
| 28 Oct 16 / Irish Independent |
The BearWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Festival d'Opéra de Wexford : Il campanello, The Bear, Riders to the Sea |
| 7 Nov 16 / Opera Online |
Le Pré aux ClercsWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Wexford Festival ends with a sprightly production of another opera rarity, Le Pré aux Clercs |
| 4 Nov 15 / Seen and Heard |
Un enredo ligero y divertido |
| 3 Nov 15 / Beckmesser |
Excellent gothic gore and Parisian romance |
| 26 Oct 15 / The Guardian |
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Parisian sparkle in the meadow: Le Pré aux clercs charms Wexford |
| 26 Oct 15 / Bachtrack |
Hansel und GretelWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Espectáculo imaginativo |
| 3 Nov 15 / Beckmesser |
Guglielmo RatcliffWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 7 | |
Un Mascagni desconocido en Guglielmo Ratcliff |
| 3 Nov 15 / Beckmesser |
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 |
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Geister der Vergangenheit |
| 28 Oct 15 / Online Musik Magazin |
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 |
Antoine Mariotte's dull version of Oscar Wilde's tale is given a surprisingly successful makeover |
| 27 Oct 14 / Telegraph |
Die Bedeutung der Zahl Sieben |
| 27 Oct 14 / Online Musik Magazin |
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 |
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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Wexford Opera's double bill of works by Jules Massenet was a little mixed |
| 28 Oct 13 / The Guardian |
Director and designer Renaud Doucet and André Barbe give Massenet a painterly twist |
| 28 Oct 13 / Financial Times (via Google) |
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 |
Director and designer Renaud Doucet and André Barbe give Massenet a painterly twist |
| 28 Oct 13 / Financial Times (via Google) |
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Bilder des Krieges |
| 28 Oct 13 / Online Musik Magazin |
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 (via Google) |
This piece by forgotten Italian composer Jacopo Foroni was a real discovery |
| 28 Oct 13 / The Guardian |
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Schwedische Geschichtsstunde mit großartiger Musik |
| 28 Oct 13 / Online Musik Magazin |
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 (via Google) |
A good choice to open the Wexford festival |
| 25 Oct 13 / The Guardian |
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Farce in Postkarten-Idylle |
| 25 Oct 13 / Online Musik Magazin |
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 |
The Wexford festival deserves credit for disinterring such a rarity |
| 30 Oct 12 / The Guardian |
Strassberger’s fussy production complicates an already hopelessly complex and unengaging plot |
| 30 Oct 12 / Telegraph |
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 |
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News & Articles
| Wexford Festival Opera announces details of 2017 |
Now in its 66th year, this internationally renowned festival will run over an extended 18-day period, from Thursday, 19 October to Sunday, 5 November. |
| 3 Mar 2017 / Opera Today |
| €1.42 million for Wexford Opera Festival |
Wexford Opera Festival has been awarded funding of €1.42 million by the Arts Council while Wexford Arts Centre will receive €145,000. |
| 6 Jan 2016 / Wexford People |
| Wexford Festival Opera |
Journey into the unknown. |
| 10 Dec 2015 / WQXR New York |
| 63rd Wexford Festival Opera, reports increased sales |
Festival organisers reported an increase in overall ticket sales for this internationally renowned opera festival. Over 20,000 tickets were sold for the 12 day Festival. |
| 3 Nov 2014 / Broadway World |
| Wexford opera picks up top theatre prize |
A Wexford Festival production has been named Best Opera at the Irish Theatre Awards. |
| 26 Feb 2014 / Irish Independent |
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