When Compton Mackenzie, the renowned novelist and founder of Gramophone magazine, suggested to Tom Walsh that he stage an opera in Wexford, few could have imagined where the idea would lead. But since the first ‘Festival of Music and the Arts’ took place in October 1951, Wexford Festival Opera has grown into one of the world’s leading opera festivals.
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra has built a strong connection with the public, at home and abroad, which saw it voted the World’s Favourite Orchestra in a 2015 Bachtrack.com poll. We can expect an evening of thrilling emotional highs as we run the gamut from pleasure to despair, to ecstasy with some of opera’s most ravishing arias.
Conducted by Wexford Festival Opera’s guest conductor Francesco Cilluffo, and featuring four of operas extraordinary singers, this concert is set to bring audiences on a journey infused with passion, romance and drama, with orchestral favourites for sure to be as familiar to everyone.
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra has built a strong connection with the public, at home and abroad, which saw it voted the World’s Favourite Orchestra in a 2015 Bachtrack.com poll. We can expect an evening of thrilling emotional highs as we run the gamut from pleasure to despair, to ecstasy with some of opera’s most ravishing arias.
Conducted by Wexford Festival Opera’s guest conductor Francesco Cilluffo, and featuring four of operas extraordinary singers, this concert is set to bring audiences on a journey infused with passion, romance and drama, with orchestral favourites for sure to be as familiar to everyone.
Wexford Festival Opera Presents Friends of Wexford. A US based support and concert series to engage the US public and educate them about Wexford Festival Opera.