Maire Flavin
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The best classical music concerts this week
- Music
- December 28, 2019, 05:00
Wednesday, January 1st RTÉ NSO New Year’s Day Gala National Concert Hall, Dublin The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra's New Year’s Day Gala brings to(...)

La cucina/Adina review: A production so busy it ties itself in knots
- Music
- October 25, 2019, 14:15
LA CUCINA/ADINA O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House ★★★☆☆ The year 1990 is beginning to look like a key turning point for Irish opera. The world p(...)

The Marriage of Figaro review: setting high standards for Irish opera
- Theatre
- April 16, 2018, 15:00
The wait is over. Irish National Opera, which last year emerged from a competitive Arts Council process as the council’s “preferred provider” of large(...)

'The Marriage of Figaro' and the redemptive power of love
- Music
- April 11, 2018, 05:00
Meeting Patrick Mason was relatively simple. He was ensconced in rehearsals for Irish National Opera’s new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, (...)
Irish National Opera’s debut show: the best classical and opera this week
- Music
- April 9, 2018, 12:00
Thursday, April 12th Music Current 2018 Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, smockalley.com; until Saturday Music Current, Dublin Sound Lab’s annual festival(...)

More bang for your bucks: This week’s classical and opera highlights
- Music
- January 6, 2018, 04:00
Chamber Music Gathering NCH Kevin Barry Recital Room, Dublin, Saturday January 6th, 11am; NCH Studio, Saturday January 6th, 1pm; Newman Univer(...)

A sequence of visions of Chopin
- Music
- December 13, 2017, 05:00
There was a real sense of special occasion for last week’s NCH debut by the of the 26-year-old Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov. And why not? Trifonov (...)

Classical music highlights of the week: JoAnn Falletta’s NCH debut
- Music
- November 24, 2017, 00:00
Saturday. November 25 RTÉ CO/JoAnn Falletta NCH, Dublin 8pm €15-€45/€12-€40.50 nch.ie New Yorker JoAnn Falletta, who was principal conductor of the(...)

The Second Violinist review: An extraordinary modern opera
- Stage
- July 28, 2017, 13:00
The Second Violinist ★★★★ Black Box Theatre, Galway Early in composer Donnacha Dennehy and writer Enda Walsh’s second collaboration on an opera(...)

The best classical performances to see this week
- Music
- July 20, 2017, 13:00
SATURDAY 22 CLASSICAL Dublin International Piano Festival Various venues, Dublin, until Sunday 30th pianofestival.ie The Dublin International Pian(...)