Wexford Festival Opera revises dates for its 58th Season

Wexford Festival Opera revises its opening date for the 58th Wexford Festival Opera and announces a change of artistic line-up.

The 2009 Festival will be consolidated into a 12-day Festival, consisting of 3 main Operas, lunchtime recitals and other events, including a choral concert featuring the Prague Chamber Choir, a gala concert, and a number of other special events, still to be announced. The short-work productions will be set aside this year. 

Running from Wednesday October 21, 2009 until Sunday November 1, 2009, the 58th Festival will feature the following operas on stage in the John and Aileen O’Reilly Auditorium in Wexford Opera House:

THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES | John Corigliano (b. 1938)
Grand opera buffa in two acts to a libretto by William M. Hoffman after Beaumarchais’s play La Mère coupable (1792 ). First performed New York, Metropolitan, 19 December 1991. European premiere in a newly revised version by the composer. A co-production with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Sung in English.

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‘Une Éducation Manquée’ (An Incomplete Education) by Chabrier (1879)
‘La Cambiale di Matrimonio’ (The Marriage Contract) by Rossini (1810)

MARIA PADILLA | Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
A melodrama in three acts to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi and Donizetti after François Ancelot’s play. First performed Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 26 December 1841. Sung in Italian.

Full details, including the artistic teams, will be announced in Wexford at the launch of the 58th Wexford Festival Opera at the end of April, ahead of priority booking, which opens on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 for Friends and Patrons. General booking commences on Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

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