Patrick Mason

Participants in the first Irish production of ‘The Return of Ulysses’ talk to Michael Dervan

As always, Kilkenny’s strong musical tradition is paramount

Gavan Ring warms up for BBC Proms debut with hometown concert; the first Irish production of Monteverdi’s ‘Il ritorno d’Ulisse’ takes place in Kilkenny

Festival director Eugene Downes’ term to come to an end after five years at the helm

Opera version of the ‘Odyssey’ and an open-air Shakespeare production will run in August

Highlights of Kilkenny Arts Festival announced for the medieval city

Director Patrick Mason ’s light touch creates the happy illusion of a non-interventionist approach

Director Patrick Mason on getting to the heart of Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, Irish National Opera’s new production

Music Current 2018 offers a showcase of contemporary Irish electronic music

Whelan has moved from wind section to the podium as artistic director of the Irish Baroque Orchestra

A day of celebration and an opera marathon mark birth of a new approach to opera

Chamber music at the NCH; Irish National Opera company celebrates 2018 programme with 12 top singers; and Russian conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky debuts with RTÉ NSO

Company’s first production, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, to be directed by Patrick Mason

Long career on stage and screen recalled at funeral of actor who died aged 87

Smart money still on the Wide Open Opera/Opera Theatre Company bid to become the council’s new major opera supplier

Eight Irish writers’ monologues create a moving theatrical tapestry