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Relive Ireland's Summer Opera Festival with our first BVOF highlights reel for you to enjoy! Catch some of the most memorable moments from this year's epic festival - the first of our mini film productions to celebrate BVOF 2022. This year we welcomed an incredible...

Gluck's popular opera Orfeo ed Euridice was the headline event over four evenings from June 1 – 5, 2022 at Lismore Castle, the heart of the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival.  It is one of the most popular works by renowned composer Gluck, first performed in...

Happy We! The Irish Baroque Orchestra were joined by soprano Nuria Rial and tenor Juan Sancho for a concert to remember at BVOF 2022. Under the artistic direction of Peter Whelan at the harpsichord, Nuria and Juan sang a selection of arias and duets in an exciting...

Recorder virtuoso Maurice Steger and Friends: Music for the Opera Intermissions took place at Dromore Yard, Aglish, Co. Waterford as part of BVOF 2022, featuring three exceptionally talented, world-class musicians; Maurice Steger, Daniele Caminiti, and Mauro Valli...

For this year’s Blackwater Valley Opera Festival's opera production – Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck – we were very excited to collaborate with the magnificent, award winning Irish Baroque Orchestra conducted by Peter Whelan. The Irish Baroque...

For this year’s Blackwater Valley Opera Festival's opera production – Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck – we were excited to collaborate with CoisCéim Dance Theatre, whose artistic director David Bolger also directed and choreographed the...

Regional tourism lifted by boom in attendance for classical music events   High Notes BVOF : For 12 years, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has towered over some of the most iconic festivals on the national cultural calendar - yet the festival has also remained a...

MEET THE BVOF 2022 CHORUS: We were delighted to feature the return of the BVOF Chorus at the 2022 festival. Performing across the week in our production of Orfeo ed Euridice, the BVOF Open Air recitals and of course their magnificent ‘Stepping out from the Chorus’...

Did you celebrate Bloomsday this week?    Bloomsday Centenary with Barry McGovern at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2022.   We had a very special recital of ‘Joyce in Music’ at the festival this year, in collaboration with Royal Irish Academy of Music...

MSL CORK MERCEDES-BENZ: Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is delighted to partner with MSL Cork Mercedes-Benz again for 2022. Blackwater Valley Opera Festival features an array of top international acts, including the Irish Baroque Orchestra, CoisCéim Dance Theatre,...

The BVOF Voices of Ukraine event was attended by 100s of BVOF festival goers, as well as a large group of Ukrainian refugee guests - as part of Blackwater Valley Opera Festival concert series for 2022.   BVOF VOICES OF UKRAINE "Blakytne Nebo i Pshenychni Polya”...

Local primary school children and communities attended a free BVOF open air lunchtime recital and were treated to Baldwin's Ice Cream in Lismore, Co. Waterford - as part of Ireland's Summer Opera Festival (May 31 - June 6, 2022), featuring 19 events over seven days....

OPENING NIGHT - BVOF 2022: There are few occasions to match the excitement and glamour of a gala opening night at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival. Guests pictured at this year's spectacular performance of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice - Wednesday June 1,...

A Night at The Opera! Local primary and second-level students enjoy a free, full scale dress rehearsal of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice in the grounds of Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford - 31 May 2022.   Ireland's Summer Opera Festival runs until Monday June 6th,...

Discover Singing is a new exciting singing initiative presented by Blackwater Valley Opera Festival in partnership with Music Generation Waterford. It has been a resounding success since its launch in 2022, booked local teachers in primary schools, who are keen for...

We took a sneak peek inside the opera rehearsals room for Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice. This year is BVOF's first partnership with CoisCéim Dance Theatre, and we are delighted to have eight incredible dancers joining the opera. Under the baton of Peter Whelan of Irish...

With just one week to go until this year’s Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (BVOF), organisers are encouraging local community groups to book their FREE tickets for the open air lunchtime recitals in Fermoy and Youghal. This year’s BVOF Open Air Lunchtime...

  Teenage Harpists Herald Festival Countdown: There’s only one month to go until the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (BVOF) kicks off.  Ireland's Summer Opera Festival runs from May 31 to June 6, June 2022, features world-class opera, award-winning...

Discover Opera is an immersive opera experience for primary school children to learn, explore and discover the world of opera, in partnership with Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and Music Generation Waterford. Children explore music, story, set-design, costume, cast...

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has added a special new ‘BVOF Voices of Ukraine’ performance to their programme this June. The event “Blakytne Nebo i Pshenychni Polya” (Blue Skies and Wheat Fields) will take place at Dromore Yard in Waterford on Sunday June 5th at...