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Creative Waterford Covid Care Concert Video
We are extremely grateful for the generous support of Creative Waterford & Creative Ireland that has allowed us in conjunction with Mobile Music Machine to present the Covid Care Concerts across Waterford. The Covid Care Concerts have already reached...
BVOF’s Top 5 #BVOFTogetherAtHome Videos
Here are our Top 5 most viewed #BVOFTogetherAtHome videos. We would enjoy hearing which one is your favorite? Maybe it was one that didn't make the Top 5. Number 5: Amy Gillen & Tara Viscardi Perform "Inisheer" Links: Amy Gillen: Insta | Facebook...
BVOF Announces New Board Member
We are proud to announce Deborah Kelleher has joined the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival as a board member. Appointed Director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music in 2010, Deborah Kelleher has played an integral role in the strategic development of the institution’s...
BVOF Brings Joy to Care Homes
At a time when live musical performance all over the world has been postponed or cancelled, I’m delighted to share some special news with our closest friends of BVOF. With thanks to national funding awarded by Creative Ireland and The Ireland Funds, we have been able...
Covid Care Concerts Return To Nursing Homes Across Waterford
Following a successful first series of concerts in June 2020, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and Mobile Music Machine will return to 10 care home settings in Waterford, Lismore, Cappoquin and Dungarvan.
COVID Care Concert Series
This series was devised in response to the many social challenges presented by Covid19 in residential care home settings. Our classical music ensemble performed 2 daily concerts during the week of June 22-26 (at an appropriate social distance) in 10 nursing...
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival ‘COVID Care Concert Series’
Our Covid Care Concert Series is part funded by the Ireland Funds and has been developed in collaboration with Mobile Music Machine as an immediate response to the social challenges in residential care home settings presented by the COVID19 pandemic. Our...
Justine Gormley Performs Rachmaninoff’s 4th Musical Moment On Piano For #BVOFtogetherathome
BVOF Together at Home: Our sense of community at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is stronger than ever and we are already planning and looking forward to presenting our opera double bill Gianni Schicchi and Pagliacci as part of our summer Festival from 1 – 7 June...
Gulfshore Opera’s Elixir of Love Performed By Anthony Kearns #bvoftogetherathome
We really missed Anthony Kearn's Tribute concert to John McCormack at Dromore Yard last night which was due to take place at 8pm! Sharing with you a lovely message from Anthony and his beautiful performance of L'Elisir D'amore and we look forward to welcoming him back...
The Anvil Chorus Performed by The BVOF Chorus
Our sense of community at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is stronger than ever and we are already planning and looking forward to presenting our opera double bill Gianni Schicchi and Pagliacci as part of our summer Festival from 1 – 7 June 2021. The BVOF Chorus has...
Solen Mainguené Talks Through Nedda’s Aria From Pagliacci – #bvoftogetherathome
International soprano Solen Mainguené was due to take up the roles of ‘Lauretta’ and ‘Nedda’ in Gianni Schicchi/Pagliacci for the BVOF in 2020. It was to have been her Irish debut and her first visit to Ireland and so she is doubly disappointed that the...
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (BVOF) – 16th April 2020
Beyond the current COVID-19 emergency, our sense of community at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is stronger than ever, and we are pleased to announce that a number of activities will be rescheduled to a date later this year. We are looking forward to...
BVOF 2020 Cancellation
It is with great sadness that the Board of Blackwater Valley Opera Festival have taken the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Festival, which was scheduled to run from 26th May-1st June. As the Covid-19 situation develops the primary concern for the...
Want to know more about Pagliacci?
The dark side of humanity in opera will be represented at the 2020 Black Water Valley Opera Festival by Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. Pagliacci is an Italian verismo-style opera consisting of a prologue and two acts. Tickets available here. Older than...
Want To Know More About Gianni Schicchi?
The first opera in the 2020 Blackwater Valley Opera Festival double bill will be Giacomo Puccini’s uproarious black comedy Gianni Schicchi, the final one-act opera in Puccini’s Il trittico.Book here. Gianni Schicchi premiered with the other two operas in Il...
From The Met to BVOF
Alejandro Roy will join BVOF this summer to perform the role of Canio in Pagliacci in our opera double bill after finishing with The Metropolitan Opera, New York where he has appeared as Calaf in Franco Alfano & Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot since November...
Behind The Scenes With Sandra Oman
We are excited to announce that Irish soprano Sandra Oman will return to BVOF in 2020 for our Opera Double Bill at Lismore Castle as Nella in Gianni Schicchi. As part of this announcement, we asked Sandra some questions about life as a singer and the Blackwater...
Niall Kinsella to accompany Anthony Kearns
Earlier this year we announced that Anthony Kearns would be performing at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival. We can now confirm that accompanying Anthony Kearns will be Irish pianist Niall Kinsella. This very special tribute concert to John McCormack will be...
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Ticket Booking Now Open
We are delighted to tell you that the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival ticket booking is now open. We hope you will join us this year for what promises to be an exciting Italian opera double bill Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)...
Maurice Steger Concert Thursday 28th May at Dromore Yard
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is delighted to welcome Maurice Steger to Dromore Yard on Thursday 28 May. Steger will perform accompanied by classical maestros Daniele Caminiti and Mauro Valli in a concert that is set to be one of the highlights of our...
