Kim Sheehan
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The Magic Flute review: Riveting music, touching, satisfying performances
- Music
- May 20, 2019, 14:08
The Magic Flute National Opera House, Wexford ★★★★☆ With the lights dimmed but the curtain yet to rise on the opening night of Irish National Opera’s(...)

A magic night of Mozart: This week’s classical music highlights
- Music
- May 11, 2019, 05:00
Wednesday 15 Camerata Ireland/Barry Douglas NCH, Dublin 8pm €35/€30/€25/€19.50 nch.ie This National Concert Hall appearance by Camerata Ireland is v(...)

Irish National Opera goes for the big time; Gavin Bryars performs at his own birthday party
- Music
- November 24, 2018, 05:00
SATURDAY 24 AIDA Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin 7.30pm €15, €36, €51, €66, €86 bordgaisenergytheatre.ie; also Tues, Thurs, Sat, Dec 1st Iri(...)

The Nightingale and the Rose review: An opera that rescues Oscar Wilde from whimsy
- Music
- October 15, 2018, 10:10
THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE The Everyman, Cork ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The technical virtuosity enlivening this world premiere of John O’Brien’s operatic version (...)

Dublin Dance Festival: Striptease, Extraterrestrial Events, Deep Dish and Displacement
- Stage
- May 29, 2017, 14:00
The concluding days of this year’s Dublin Dance Festival brought into focus themes that had peeked through earlier performances: in a world of where t(...)

A bumpy journey through Bach masterpieces at Kilkenny Arts Festival
- Music
- August 12, 2015, 01:00
Kilkenny Arts Festival’s Eternal Harmony: The Music of JS Bach got off to a sticky start on Friday. It was a clammy day, and even damper in the int(...)

Labour of love sees Opera Theatre Company back on the road again
- Stage
- November 20, 2014, 10:00
In the 1980s, the Arts Council decided that Ireland needed to move beyond the kind of opera tours with piano that had been offered by Irish Nationa(...)

The Magic Flute in a circus makes for a frustrating experience in Lismore
- Music
- June 4, 2014, 01:00
Since its inception in 2010, the Lismore Music Festival has performed in the stable yard of Lismore Castle. A three-sided marquee has covered the audi(...)

A spring break with tradition that’s now a musical rite of passage
- Culture
- June 5, 2013, 01:00
There’s a scene in Arthur Penn’s 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, where the two bank-robbers fruitlessly try to make out on a bed. Lots of rustling sheets,(...)