Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2019
Presenting Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti
Welcome To Blackwater Valley Opera Festival
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Ireland’s only summer opera festival, from 29th May to 3rd June 2019, presents its centrepiece, the annual opera at Lismore Castle, with an exciting schedule of additional musical events throughout the week.
Playing host to many of these one-off events are the Great Houses, Churches and unique locations of the glorious Blackwater Valley, offering a chance to explore this hidden gem of the Munster Region, an historic part of Ireland’s Ancient East. Patrons can also enjoy an outstanding array of dining and hospitality choices, provided by local businesses and prepared by local chefs, making the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival an experience like no other.
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Eamonn Carroll announced as the new Festival Director of Blackwater Valley Opera Festival
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has announced the appointment of Eamonn Carroll as Festival Director, a position which he will take up in April 2019.Eamonn Carroll is currently the Membership Relationship Manager with the RDS. He previously held a senior position...
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Rare Opportunity to experience Balfe’s The Sleeping Queen Operetta in Lismore Town
The Sleeping Queen, an Operetta in one act by Michael William Balfe is a rare opportunity to experience a delightful chamber opera composed by Ireland’s leading nineteenth-century opera composer to a libretto by Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889). The Sleeping Queen...
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An Evening with Amy Gillen and Friends
Irish Heritage’s 2018 Music Bursary for Performance recipient, the talented flautist Amy Gillen, made her official London debut this week (Wed 6th March) with this recital in the elegant surroundings of Marylebone’s parish church. Amy’s programme for the evening...
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