63rd 22 October – Festival 2 November 2014 ‘ did not help me to improve my social situation, nor did it enrich my experiences as a tourist. It was more serious than that. It simply entered my spirit and it lingered there and it became powerful. It offered me a relationship to soaring beauty, to the idea that there was a world beyond This is Wexford…

A charming historic town on the south-east coast of Ireland where something magical happens every October. People who appreciate the very best in opera come from around the world to our small town to savour the rare musical delights of Wexford Festival Opera in the most luxurious of venues, our acoustically-excellent Wexford Opera House.

the visible world. It suggested mystery, as human relations are filled with mystery, as light is filled with mystery, as sound is filled with mystery. It paved the way for a life lived more sonorously, a life open to possibility and otherness and strangeness.’ (Colm Tóibín)

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MORNINGS

Joyeux Noël (film) Dr Tom Walsh Lecture Friday, 24 October – 10:30 Saturday, 25 October – 11:00 Monday, 27 October – 10:30 Irish Heritage at Wexford Thursday, 30 October – 10:30 Saturday, 1 November – 11:00 Sunday, 2 November – 10:30

AFTERNOONS

Lunchtime Recitals ShortWorks Friday, 24 October – 13:05 THE WANDERING SCHOLAR / Saturday, 25 October – 13:05 TRIAL BY JURY Monday, 27 October – 13:05 Thursday, 23 October – 15:30 Tuesday, 28 October – 13:05 Wednesday, 29 October – 15:30 Wednesday, 29 October – 13:05 Saturday, 1 November – 15:30 Thursday, 30 October – 13:05 Friday, 31 October – 13:05 IL TABARRO Saturday, 1 November – 13:05 Friday, 24 October – 15:30 Monday, 27 October – 15:30 Irish Heritage at Wexford Thursday, 30 October – 15:30 Thursday, 23 October – 13:05 LA CENERENTOLA Saturday, 25 October – 15:30 Tuesday, 28 October – 15:30 Friday, 31 October – 15:30 EVENINGS SALOMÉ SILENT NIGHT Wednesday 22, Saturday 25, Friday 24, Monday 27, Tuesday 28, Friday 31 October – 20:00 Thursday, 30 October – 20:00 Sunday, 2 November – 17:00 DON BUCEFALO Thursday 23, Wednesday 29 October, Gala Concert Saturday, 1 November – 20:00 Sunday, 26 October – 21:00 Sunday, 26 October – 17:00 Schedule correct at the time of going to print, but may be subject to subsequent change. 2 Wexford Festival Opera 2014 About Wexford Festival Opera

2013 WEXFORD FESTIVAL OPERA PRODUCTION OF IL CAPPELLO DI PAGLIA DI FIRENZE BY NINO ROTA PHOTO: CLIVE BARDA/ARENAPAL

Wexford Festival Opera is held Another reason for Wexford Festival every October in the seaside town Opera’s renowned status and the of Wexford in south-east Ireland and excitement generated amongst its 2014 is the Festival’s 63rd season. supporters is that many outstanding The Festival has gained an enviable young singers perform at Wexford international reputation for the and soon establish top-flight quality of its performances and for international careers. the unique atmosphere that this The first operatic festival in Wexford quintessentially community Festival was held in 1951 at the suggestion of Sir generates in the town. Compton Mackenzie and was organised Wexford’s raison d’être is to perform by a local doctor, Tom Walsh, and that either never made it his friends in the 1832 Theatre Royal. into the popular repertoire or were Nowadays Wexford boasts a beautiful performed and then fell out of favour – new opera house (opened in 2008) that operatic rarities which, following their combines comfort for performers, staff revival at Wexford, have been known to and audience with superb acoustics enter the operatic mainstream. and a respect for the traditional style of the old house.

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4 Wexford Festival Opera 2014 Concerts, Recitals & Lectures

2013 Wexford Festival Opera production of Cristina, regina di Svezia by Jacopo Foroni. Photo © Clive Barda/ArenaPAL Concerts, Recitals & Lectures

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at Wexford KEVIN PUTS MARK CAMPBELL Irish Fantasy Dr Tom Walsh Lecture ST IBERIUS CHURCH JEROME HYNES THEATRE WEXFORD OPERA HOUSE Thursday, 23 October – 13:05 Saturday, 25 October – 11:00 JEROME HYNES THEATRE WEXFORD OPERA HOUSE Tickets €10

Saturday, 1 November – 11:00 Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell, composer and librettist of Silent Night Tickets €15 The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Irish Heritage at Wexford is curated Night powerfully recalls the near-mythic by Una Hunt to showcase the music Christmas Eve battlefield truce during the of Ireland. Great War. We are delighted that Kevin Irish Fantasy: a family affairis a Puts and Mark Campbell, the composer celebration of the the music of Ireland and librettist of Silent Night, will present through songs and violin and piano this year’s lecture, held in memory of music performed by members of a Wexford’s Dr Tom Walsh. He was one of remarkable musical family: sisters the founders of the Wexford Festival of Una Hunt (piano) and Fionnuala Hunt Music and the Arts in 1951 and was its first (violin) with Una’s daughter Rachel Artistic Director, from 1951 to 1966. Kelly (mezzo-soprano). The programme Tea and coffee will be served from 10:00 includes music by Harty, Stanford, before the Lecture. Come early and Esposito, Hughes, Moore, Wallace, take advantage of this opportunity to Balfe and T.C. Kelly – who was Rachel’s compare notes about the premiere of grandfather and a Wexford man. Silent Night the previous evening. Kindly supported by 6 Wexford Festival Opera 2014 Victoria Walsh-Hamer OWEN GILHOOLY | PHOTO: PATRICK REDMOND 2013 GALA CONCERT | PHOTO © GER LAWLOR Lunchtime Recitals Gala Concert ST IBERIUS CHURCH – 13:05 WEXFORD OPERA HOUSE

Friday, 24 October Sunday, 26 October – 21:00 Saturday, 25 October Tickets from €50 Monday, 27 October Tuesday, 28 October The Gala Concert is one of the Wednesday, 29 October highlights of the season and features Thursday, 30 October a collection of favourite party pieces Friday, 31 October from members of the Festival Saturday, 1 November Company. All proceeds go toward supporting the programmes of Tickets €15 Wexford Festival Opera. Continuing a long-established Wexford Early booking is advised. tradition, the popular Lunchtime Recitals (approximately fifty minutes) will be given in St Iberius Church in the centre of Wexford. These recitals afford a unique opportunity to hear the principal artists of the Festival display their versatility. The artists and their performance dates will be announced at the beginning of the Festival.

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The Wandering Scholar +Trial by Jury (Double Bill) GUSTAV HOLST ARTHUR SULLIVAN (1842–1900) (1874–1934) and W.S. GILBERT (1836–1911)

Thursday, 23 October / Wednesday, 29 October / Saturday, 1 November Whites Hotel – 15:30

Tickets €25 – Allocated seating

Sung in English The Wandering Scholar, a one-act Trial by Jury was commissioned as chamber opera which was Holst’s final a short work to be played after an opera, was written in 1929–1930 and Offenbach comic opera in London in first performed in Liverpool shortly 1875. It was an immediate success and before his death. Holst’s lifelong passion established one of the most famous of for English folk music permeates the all theatrical and musical partnerships. witty score. The , by Clifford Bax, Described as a dramatic cantata, is based on one of the tales from The Trial by Jury is Gilbert and Sullivan’s Wandering Scholars by Helen Waddell. only opera that contains no spoken It is set in thirteenth century France dialogue. Edwin had promised to marry where Louis’ wife Alison prepares to Angelina but jilted her and is taken to ‘entertain’ her admirer Father Philippe. court in a breach of promise case. It is They are interrupted by the poor a delightful combination of Sullivan’s wandering scholar Pierre. Alison is tuneful and sparkling music, Gilbert’s sympathetic but the priest throws him clever words and the absurdities that out. However, Pierre returns with Louis result when judge and jury become and tells a story that uncovers the priest emotionally involved in the case. and the carryings-on.

8 Wexford Festival Opera 2014 Il Tabarro La Cenerentola GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1858–1924) (1792–1868)

Friday, 24 October Whites Hotel Saturday, 25 October Whites Hotel Monday, 27 October 15:30 Tuesday, 28 October 15:30 Thursday, 30 October Friday, 31 October

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Sung in Italian Sung in Italian The Cloak – ‘Il Tabarro’ – is the first Cinderella, the English form of La work in Il Trittico, Puccini’s trio of one- Cenerentola, was composed in 1817, a act operas (the other two are Gianni year after The Barber of Seville, and Schicchi and Suor Angelica), which contains some of Rossini’s most dazzling were first performed in New York in vocal writing. The complete title, 1918. It is a verismo melodrama set Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant, among the barges on the river Seine suggests there is more to the story than in Paris in 1910; a dark, passionate a handsome prince seeking a beautiful opera about a marriage that has bride. The prince’s bride is to be the gone sour, a love triangle, economic kindest of them all as well as the fairest, anxieties, unemployment and a lovers’ so his tutor uses disguise in order to assignation that goes tragically wrong. bring about the happy ending. Prince The barge owner Michele remembers Ramiro and the ill-treated kind-hearted the days when he could cover both Cenerentola fall in love and marry, and himself and his wife Giorgetta with his Cenerentola repays her step-family’s cloak. Now he suspects her of infidelity cruelty with forgiveness. with one of his stevedores.

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PAULA MURRIHY WHITES HOTEL THE SLEEPING QUEEN, 2013 PHOTO: PATRICK REDMOND PHOTO: PAULA MALONE CARTY

Friday, 24 October For groups of fifteen or more the group Saturday, 25 October organiser receives a complimentary Tuesday, 28 October €55 Daytime Events Package ticket. Wednesday, 29 October Individual bookings may be made Thursday, 30 October online or through the Box Office. Group Friday, 31 October bookings must be made through the Saturday, 1 November Box Office: +353 53 912 2144.

Tickets €55 DAYTIME EVENTS PACKAGE: Discover the world of opera with our • 13:05 – Lunchtime Recital at St Iberius Daytime Events Package, which gives a Church. One of the principal artists of true flavour of opera and is the perfect the Festival in concert introduction to Wexford Festival Opera. • 14:00 – Three-course lunch at Whites It includes two Festival favourites: a Hotel Lunchtime Recital and a ShortWork opera, as well as lunch at Whites Hotel. • 15:30 – ShortWork opera in Whites Hotel. A one-hour small-stage Come and find out more about an art operatic production form that has captivated Wexford’s locals and visitors for over sixty years. Please ensure that you check the ShortWorks performance schedule before booking. The schedule of Lunchtime Recital performers will be announced at the beginning of the Festival. 10 Wexford Festival Opera 2014 Evening Operas

2013 Wexford Festival Opera production of La Navarraise by Jules Massenet, Photo © Clive Barda/ArenaPAL

Production Supporter ANTOINE MARIOTTE (1875–1944) SALOMÉ

Wednesday, 22 October / Saturday, 25 October / Tuesday, 28 October / Friday, 31 October – 20:00

Tragédie lyrique in one Salomé, composed by the French sailor-turned- act after the play by composer Antoine Mariotte (1875–1944), is an opera Oscar Wilde based on Oscar Wilde’s 1891 play Salomé. Mariotte followed closely Wilde’s French text, portraying the First performed on 30 emotional extremes, passions and secret terrors of October 1908 at the the dysfunctional family of Hérod, Tetrarch of Judea, Grand-Théâtre, Lyon his second wife Hérodias (who was also his sister-in- law as well as his niece), and Salomé who was both A short introductory Hérod’s great-niece and his step-daughter. talk about the opera will take place in the Jerome At the heart of it all is Iokanaan, John the Baptist, Hynes Theatre one hour imprisoned for telling Hérod disturbing truths about before the performance his immoral conduct. Salomé lives for passion and excitement; she desires Iokanaan, but he rebuffs Sung in French her. The inevitable tragedies follow, set in motion by Hérod’s drunken oaths and Salomé’s perverse desires.

Conductor Mariotte entered naval school aged fifteen but longed DAVID ANGUS to study music at the Paris Conservatoire. He read Director Wilde’s play while serving in the Far East and decided ROSETTA CUCCHI to set it to music, completing it some years later when Set Designer he had gained his musical education and was professor TIZIANO SANTI of piano at Lyon Conservatoire. Despite a notorious Costume Designer dispute with ’s publisher, Mariotte’s CLAUDIA PERNIGOTTI Salomé was successfully produced in Lyon in 1908. His Lighting Designer dramatic music is impassioned and intense, its subtle D M WOOD harmonies revealing the influence of Debussy. Presented with the support of the Bravura Friends of Tickets from €25 Wexford Festival Opera

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ANTONIO CAGNONI (1828–1896) DON BUCEFALO

Thursday, 23 October / Wednesday, 29 October / Saturday, 1 November – 20:00; Sunday, 26 October – 17:00

Melodramma giocoso in Don Bucefalo is a delightfully good-humoured comic three acts to a libretto opera distinguished by its melodic inventiveness and by Calisto Bassi is reminiscent of Rossini and Donizetti. It was written in 1847 as a graduation work by Antonio Cagnoni First performed on (1828–1896), a student at the Milan Conservatory, 28 June 1847 at the and was an immediate success. It was performed in Conservatory of Music, several opera houses in Italy and abroad, winning Milan critical and popular acclaim wherever it was staged. Its most obvious predecessor is Donizetti’s 1843 A short introductory comic masterpiece Don Pasquale. Cagnoni had talk about the opera will written two operas before Don Bucefalo and was to take place in the Jerome write a further seventeen, stylistically moving from the Hynes Theatre one hour tradition of Rossini and Donizetti towards Leoncavallo before the performance and verismo. However, he failed to recapture the ease

Sung in Italian and fluency ofDon Bucefalo in his later works. Don Bucefalo introduces himself as a singing teacher,

Conductor extolling the rewards of working in the theatre: travel, SERGIO ALAPONT love, wealth and luxuries. Rosa takes him up on his Director offer of singing lessons as a means of bettering KEVIN NEWBURY herself socially, and Don Bucefalo and Don Marco Set Designer compose an opera and prepare for its performance. VITA TZYKUN But before the (inevitable) happy ending there is Costume Designer rivalry between singers, marital jealousy, the return of JESSICA JAHN a long-lost husband, and the difficulties of putting on Lighting Designer a new opera. D M WOOD

Proudly presented in association with Tickets from €25 Italian Institute of Culture – Dublin

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Production Supporter KEVIN PUTS (b. 1972) SILENT NIGHT

Friday, 24 October / Monday, 27 October / Thursday, 30 October – 20:00 Sunday, 2 November – 17:00

EUROPEAN PREMIERE Silent Night by Kevin Puts will receive its European premiere at Wexford. It was commissioned by Opera in two acts to Minnesota Opera and first performed in 2011 to great libretto by Mark Campbell critical acclaim. In 2012 it was awarded the Pulitzer after screenplay by Christian Caron for film Prize in Music. The opera’s multilingual libretto by Joyeux Noël Mark Campbell was inspired by the 2005 filmJoyeux Noël about the spontaneous 1914 Christmas truce First performed on between enemy combatants in the First World War. 12 November, 2011 Its core message is that war is not sustainable when at the Ordway Theater, you come to know your enemy as a person. St Paul, Minnesota Kevin Puts, from St Louis, Missouri, is regarded as one of A short introductory the most important composers of his generation. Silent talk about the opera will Night is his first opera and tells the stories of French, take place in the Jerome German and Scottish soldiers caught up in war, and the Hynes Theatre one hour humanity that is shown as they lay down their weapons before the performance and join in the singing with its message of peace. Sung in English, French, German, Italian and Latin With the support of the French Embassy in Ireland

Conductor Presented with the support of the American Friends MICHAEL CHRISTIE of Wexford Opera Director TOMER ZVULUN The Dr Tom Walsh Lecture, on 25 October at 11:00, will be given by Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell, Set Designer ERHARD ROM composer and librettist of Silent Night. Costume Designer Joyeux Noël, the film that inspiredSilent Night, will VITA TZYKUN be screened in the Jerome Hynes Theatre in Wexford Lighting Designer Opera House at 10:30 on the days of the Silent Night D M WOOD performances. There is no charge but tickets must be booked through the Box Office. Tickets from €25

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Friends of Wexford Festival Opera enjoy many benefits – social, cultural and gastronomic – with priority booking being the most prized. Opening 1 March for FRIENDS ONLY.

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Located on the southeast corner of There is a wide variety of Ireland, the attractions of County accommodation available, including Wexford include historic towns and holiday cottages, bed and breakfasts, castles, beautiful landscapes, glorious and four- and five-star hotels with spas sandy beaches and attractive fishing and leisure centres (www.visitwexford.ie villages. Wexford Historical Society and www.discoverireland.ie). Wexford is organises tours during the Opera Festival also renowned for its high-quality food, (www.wexfordhistoricalsociety.com). and has a range of gourmet restaurants Wexford town, the home of Wexford and artisan food producers. Festival Opera and a splendid new Wexford Festival Opera is helping opera house, is the county’s heritage Wexford become a more sustainable centre. Wexford was once a walled ‘green destination’ for visitors and town and retains something of its businesses. Visitors are encouraged to medieval layout in the many narrow make their own opera experience a more streets and its long attractive environmentally friendly one. Visit the quayside. Wexford Walking Tours BeGreen website (www.epa.ie/begreen) arranges tours of this ancient town for ideas on how you can improve your (www.wexfordwalkingtours.net). environment.

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The Ferrycarrig Hotel For more information call The nationally- and reservations directly on internationally-renowned +353 53 915 3623 4-star Ferrycarrig Hotel boasts one of the most E: reservations@ inspiring locations of any hotel in Wexford or ferrycarrighotel.com Ireland, with sweeping views across the River W: www.ferrycarrighotel.ie Slaney. The hotel is the perfect location for your visit to the 2014 Festival.

Whites of Wexford For more information: Whites of Wexford is one of the T: +353 53 912 2311 leading 4-star Wexford hotels, E: [email protected] conveniently located in the centre of Wexford town. W: www.whitesofwexford.ie Large parking facilities are available.

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Kelly’s Resort Hotel For more information: The 4-star Kelly’s Resort Hotel is T: +353 53 913 2114 uniquely situated along five miles E: [email protected] of safe sandy beach in Rosslare, W: www.kellys.ie Co. Wexford.

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Fly to Dublin International Airport Irish Rail (www.dublinairport.com). operates regular There is a variety of train services to transport options from KNOCK Wexford from

there to Wexford, including DUBLIN Connolly and

car hire and a direct coach DUN LAOGHAIRE Pearse railway service to Wexford, as well stations in Dublin as bus services to Dublin SHANNON (www.irishrail.ie). city for onward travel to WEXFORD ROSSLARE Wexford by bus or train. FARRANFORE WATERFORD BUS There are also CORK Wexford Bus scheduled flights operates a direct between Waterford bus service between Regional Airport and Dublin Airport and Wexford Manchester and Birmingham. (www.wexfordbus.com). Bus Éireann operates regular bus services to Wexford (www.buseireann.ie). CAR HIRE Enjoy your visit to Wexford with the SEA greater freedom you get when you rent Wexford is situated close to Rosslare a car from Hertz, Ireland’s premier car Europort. hire company (www.hertz.ie). Stena Line operates daily sailings between Rosslare and Fishguard (www.stenaline.com). Irish Ferries sails between Rosslare and ROAD Pembroke, and between Rosslare and Wexford is easily accessed from Cherbourg (www.irishferries.com). many main routes in Ireland. Detailed directions may be obtained from AA Route Planner (www.aaireland.ie).

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Pre-Opera Suppers at Champagne and Wexford Opera House Canapés Relax and enjoy a meal in the Opera Treat yourself to a Deutz Champagne House before the performance. The and Canapés interval reception in popular Pre-Opera Suppers are served the Mackenzie Room at Wexford on each performance evening during Opera House on any night during the the Festival except for 2 November, Festival. Tickets cost €20. Friends of and begin at 18:00, except on Sunday Wexford Festival Opera may book 26 October when the Suppers will be their tickets from 1 March at served after the 17:00 performance. www.wexfordopera.com and by Booking for the Pre-Opera Suppers telephone (+353 53 912 2144). opens on 3 June and full details Public booking opens on 29 March. about making a reservation will be available on the Festival website (www.wexfordopera.com). Priority will be given to Friends of Wexford Festival Opera.

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Priority Booking for Friends from 10:00 on Saturday, 1 March 2014. General Booking from 10:00 on Saturday, 29 March 2014. Tickets may be booked using the following methods: Online: www.wexfordopera.com E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: +353 53 912 2144 / 1850 4 OPERA* In person at Wexford Opera House Box Office* We recommend that you book your tickets online as this is the best way to secure your preferred tickets.

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Refund / Return Policy Donations Subject to availability, tickets may Please consider making a donation be exchanged for the same opera to support the work of Wexford on an alternative date. The original Festival Opera. Gifts can be made in ticket(s) must be with the Box Office a tax-advantageous way through our at least seventy-two hours prior to Irish, UK and US Charitable Trusts. the performance to qualify for an You can make your donation online exchange. at www.wexfordopera.com.

Tickets can only be accepted for Please Note resale if the performance is sold out. The Management reserves the right The original ticket(s) must be with to refuse admission and to change or the Box Office before we can begin cancel the advertised programme or the resale process. If your ticket(s) is artists. Latecomers cannot be admitted resold, you will be refunded, less 15% once the performance has commenced. administration fee. Please allow sufficient time for traffic Special Needs and parking delays. For information on our special needs’ access, visit www.wexfordopera.com.

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Booking Dates Please note Information on our Tickets are available in three price bands over the Festival. Refund/Return Prices are based on the most requested Festival dates. Policy may be Price Band A Wed 22, Thurs 23, Mon 27, Tues 28, Wed 29, found on page 25. Thurs 30 October In keeping with Price Band B Fri 24, Sat 25, Sun 26, Fri 31 October Wexford Festival Sat 1, Sun 2 November Opera tradition, Price Band C Gala Concert: Sun 26 October evening dress is strongly recommended for the evening opera Pricing performances. Floor Level Seating Area Dates & Prices Price Band A Price Band B Price Band C 22, 23, 27, 28, 24, 25, 26, Gala Concert 29, 30 Oct 31 Oct 26 Oct 1, 2 Nov  Circle Rows A–B €140 €140 €75  Circle Rows C–G €85 €115 €60  Circle Row H* €40 €40 €60  Circle Side Stalls Row I–J €35 €35 €60  Circle Boxes Boxes A,B,C,D,E,F €25 €25 €50 (4 seats)**  Founders Circle A3–A26 €145 €145 €80 A1, A2, A27, A28 €120 €120 €60 Rows B–C €145 €145 €80  Founders Circle Side Stalls €130 €130 €80  Founders Circle Boxes A,B,D,E €50 €50 €50 (4 seats)** Boxes C,F €25 €25 €50  Main Stalls Rows A–B €90 €110 €60 Rows C–P €100 €120 €60  Side Stalls 1–6, 13–18 €100 €120 €60 7–12, 19–24 €90 €110 €60 *Reserved during all opera performances exclusively for Prelude Friends of Wexford Festival Opera **Restricted view, prices per seat

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LISMORE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2014 PRESENTS

MOZART DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE LISMORE CASTLE SATURDAY 31ST MAY & SUNDAY 1ST JUNE

OPERA & MUSIC FESTIVAL FUN New production of Mozart’s ’The Magic Flute’ Festival Barn Dance at Fortwilliam Farm at Lismore Castle Stables & Gardens FAMILY & CHILDREN LMF Recitals at Salterbridge House Family Opera Night - ‘The Magic Flute’ & Cappoquin House ‘What’s Opera Doc’ an animated introduction to A performance of commissioned works for Cello Opera classics for young children at SCG Dungarvan and Electronics plus the creation of a large scale charcoal drawing as a visual accompaniment to the MUSIC, FOOD & WINE concert. Kate Ellis & Rory Tangney. Opera Nights - Champagne/Wine Bar Festival Supper and Wine Club MASTERCLASS Cello and Electronics Masterclass with Kate Ellis FRIENDS OF LMF Meet the Cast Gala Event on set CONCERT Opera/Mozart Movies & Wine at SCG Dungarvan World premiere of ‘Sounds of Signs’ performed by Alla Zagaykevych & Yurodny Ensemble at LMF FRINGE EVENTS St. Carthage’s Cathedral Antiques Fair ‘I am of Ireland’ exhibition of contemporary EDUCATION Irish Artists LMF Schools Opera Education & Audience Lismore Castle Arts Exhibition Development Performance Farmers Market LMF Lunchtime Arias & Duets (Providing a performance platform for young FOLLOW US ON singers in association with RIAM, DIT, WIT & Cork School of Music)

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Festival Calendar

Wednesday 22 October Saturday 25 October 10:00 Friends’ Welcome Reception 10:00 Friends’ Welcome Reception Opening Ceremony 11:00 Dr Tom Walsh Lecture 20:00 SALOMÉ 13:05 Lunchtime Recital 22:30 Friends’ Party 15:30 LA CENERENTOLA 19:00 Pre-Opera Talk 20:00 SALOMÉ 22:30 Friends’ Party

Thursday 23 October Sunday 26 October 13:05 Irish Heritage – Irish Fantasy 12:00 Festival Mass, 14:00 Friends’ Lunch Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rowe Street 15:30 THE WANDERING SCHOLAR/TRIAL BY JURY 16:00 Pre-Opera Talk 19:00 Pre-Opera Talk 17:00 DON BUCEFALO 20:00 DON BUCEFALO 21:00 Gala Concert

Friday 24 October Monday 27 October (BANK HOLIDAY) 10:30 Joyeux Noël (film) 10:30 Joyeux Noël (film) 13:05 Lunchtime Recital 13:05 Lunchtime Recital 15:30 IL TABARRO 14:00 Friends’ Lunch 19:00 Pre-Opera Talk 15:30 IL TABARRO 20:00 SILENT NIGHT 19:00 Pre-Opera Talk 20:00 SILENT NIGHT

32 Wexford Festival Opera 2014 63rd Wexford Festival Opera Wednesday, 22 October – Sunday, 2 November, 2014

Tuesday 28 October Friday 31 October 10:00 Friends’ Welcome Reception 10:00 Friends’ Welcome Reception 13:05 Lunchtime Recital 13:05 Lunchtime Recital 15:30 LA CENERENTOLA 15:30 LA CENERENTOLA 19:00 Pre-Opera Talk 19:00 Pre-Opera Talk 20:00 SALOMÉ 20:00 SALOMÉ

Wednesday 29 October Saturday 1 November 13:05 Lunchtime Recital 11:00 Irish Heritage – Irish Fantasy 15:30 THE WANDERING 13:05 Lunchtime Recital SCHOLAR/TRIAL BY JURY 15:30 THE WANDERING 17:30 Friends’ Buffet SCHOLAR/TRIAL BY JURY 19:00 Pre-Opera Talk 19:00 Pre-Opera Talk 20:00 DON BUCEFALO 20:00 DON BUCEFALO 22:30 Friends’ Party

Thursday 30 October Sunday 2 November 10:30 Joyeux Noël (film) 10:30 Joyeux Noël (film) 13:05 Lunchtime Recital 11:00 Festival Service, 15:30 IL TABARRO St Iberius Church 19:00 Pre-Opera Talk 16:00 Pre-Opera Talk 20:00 SILENT NIGHT 17:00 SILENT NIGHT

Schedule correct at the time of going to print, but may be subject to subsequent change.

Book online at www.wexfordopera.com 33 PRIORITY BOOKING OPENS 1 MARCH 2014 GENERAL BOOKING OPENS 29 MARCH 2014 Wexford Opera House | High Street, Wexford, Ireland Tel: +353 53 912 2400 | Box Office: +353 53 912 2144 Callsave: 1850 4 OPERA [email protected] www.wexfordopera.com

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