Celine Byrne and Robert Webb also among the virtual attractions over next seven days

Beethoven’s Fidelio and New Music Dublin both come to the National Concert Hall

Didzis Kalnins and Gyula Nagy, Judit Máté

Westport Chamber Music Festival is back; plus Monteverdi’s ‘The Return of Ulysses’

The Return of Ulysses review: The musical equivalent of the world’s best chef using just a clutch of the finest ingredients

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

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

Highlights of Kilkenny Arts Festival announced for the medieval city

Irish Youth Opera has begun its mission with a slick, updated version of Britten’s opera

Set designers have a crucial influence over the musical experience of an opera – here’s the evidence

John Wilson works his magic, and mezzo Patricia Bardon elevates all around her

A hugely stimulating interpretation of Janacek’s opera, prodigiously imagined by an army of young creative minds