DR. ERIC SWEENEY R.I.P.
The composer and former head of Music at the Waterford Institute of Technology, Dr. Eric Sweeney, has passed away he was 72. A member of Aosdána he also served on … Continue reading
ARTS PRACTICE GRANT APPLICATIONS CLOSED
Arts Practice Grant applications are now closed. 07/10/2019 Waterford City & County Council are inviting applications for Arts projects for 2020 . This year the Arts Practice Grants application … Continue reading
OPERA – VAGABONES
Theatre Royal, Friday 13th September at 8 p.m. & tickets: €21/€19 conc. Based on Emma Donoghue’s stage adaptation of her 1996 radio play Trespasses, the opera with a libretto by … Continue reading
VICTORIA – NORTHERN BALLET 2019
Odeon Cinema, Tuesday 25th June at 7 p.m. [120 mins] Passion, tragedy, fierce devotion. Queen Victoria’s diaries revealed a life so fascinating that her daughter Beatrice tried to rewrite history. … Continue reading
BLACKWATER VALLEY OPERA FESTIVAL 2019
Lismore Castle, Tuesday 28th May – Monday 3rd June at 6:00 p.m. The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary this year. The festival will host opera in … Continue reading
MET OPERA – DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES
Odeon Cinema, Saturday 11th May at 5:00 p.m. [running time 209 minutes]. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Poulenc’s masterpiece. As the French Revolution begins, shy Blanche, sung by … Continue reading
ROH: FAUST (LIVE)
Odeon Cinema, Tuesday 30th April at 6:45 p.m. [running time 200 minutes]. There are many versions of the story of Faust, who trades his soul with the Devil for youth and … Continue reading
ODEON OPERA – ROH: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (LIVE) 2019
Odeon Cinema, Poleberry Link Road. Tuesday 2nd April 6.15 p.m. [200 minutes]. Leonora falls in love with Don Alvaro, but when her father forbids their marriage, a fatal accident triggers … Continue reading
ODEON EVENT CINEMA: MUSIC – DIE WALKURE
Odeon Cinema, Saturday 30th March @ 4.00 p.m. Featuring some of the most glorious music ever written – including the Ride of the Valkyries Die Walkure is the second of the … Continue reading
LA FILLE DU REGIMENT 2019 – OPERA AT THE ODEON
Odeon Cinema, Waterford. 2nd March @ 5.55 p.m. Full of wit and invention, Donizetti’s comic opera is a delight. Bel canto stars Pretty Yende & Javier Camarena take on the … Continue reading
UPCOMING THIS FEBRUARY @ THEATRE ROYAL
Theatre Royal, February 2019 Tenors Un Limited 15 Year Anniversary Tour at Theatre Royal Waterford Thursday February 7th at 7:30pm The number one selling operatic trio Tenors Un Limited, the … Continue reading
TÁ IARRATAIS AR OSCAILT ANOIS LE hAGHAIDH DEONTAIS CHLEACHTADH NA nEALAÍON AGUS IONAID EALAÍON 2019
Deontais Ealaíon Chomhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge Spriocam: Dé Luain, an 1 Deireadh Fómhair – 4pm. Tá maoiniúchán suntasach leithroinnte ag Comhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge chun Deontais … Continue reading
BLACKWATER VALLEY OPERA FESTIVAL
Lismore Castle and The Blackwater Valley, May 29th to June 3rd 2018 Download your copy of the festival event guide here. Formerly The Lismore Opera Festival, The Blackwater Valley Opera … Continue reading
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2019 ARTS PRACTICE & VENUE GRANTS
Deontais Ealaíon Chomhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge Waterford City & County Council Arts Grants Deadline: Monday October 1st – 4pm. Waterford City & County Council has allocated significant funding … Continue reading
EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS – LISMORE CASTLE ARTS
Michael Hanna: Short Films about Learning St Carthage Hall, Chapel street, Lismore– launch Saturday 3 June at 4pm. All welcome. In spring 2015 Belfast Exposed commissioned a programme of archive-themed … Continue reading
BARITONE GAVAN RING TO PERFORM AT CITY HALL
City Hall, Waterford, Thursday March 2nd @ 7:30pm International Star Baritone Gavan Ring to perform at City Hall International opera star, Gavan Ring will be the guest of Waterford-Music on March … Continue reading
FURTHER INFORMATION FOR PLAYWRIGHT & PRODUCER TEAM GRANT (THEATRE)
Further information and Terms & Conditions All works must be unproduced and unfettered from publishing rights or previous agreements and must be the work of the applicant(s). Preference will be … Continue reading
IMAGINE FESTIVAL – NEW OPERA ‘THE GREEN ONE’
Christ Church Cathedral Friday 28th to Sunday 30th October 8pm as part of the Imagine Festival. Two sisters, each one a goddess, love the same mortal boy. He chooses one, … Continue reading
THE GREEN ONE TASTER AT GROW HQ
Grow HQ, Sunday 23rd October @ 12pm(Noon) In anticipation of the premiere of The Green One, a new opera by composer Eric Sweeney and poet Mark Roper during the Imagine Arts … Continue reading
FRIDAY 16TH EVENTS
Culture Night is an annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. Taking place on Friday 16th September 2016 special and unique events are specifically programmed at … Continue reading
A BUSY SEASON FOR THE THEATRE ROYAL
This Spring the Theatre Royal, Waterford, has one of its busiest seasons yet with a star studded line up that includes everything from Magicians to the theatre’s own magic with the … Continue reading
A VIENNESE STRAUSS GALA
Theatre Royal Tuesday 9th February at 8pm Now in its 15th year this wonderful production is cleverly staged and choreographed, and authentically costumed, and will appeal to the romantic as … Continue reading
METROPOLITAN OPERA’S TURANDO LIVE AT ODEON WATERFORD
Saturday, 30th January at 6.00pm Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, which is one of the most spectacular productions in the Metropolitan Opera’s repertory, returns to Irish screens on Saturday, January 30 … Continue reading
ALBAN BERG’S ‘LULU’ LIVE FROM THE MET OPERA
Screened Live at ODEON Waterford on Saturday, 21st November at 5.30pm Lulu is opera’s femme fatale – a sexually irresistible woman who destroys the lives of everyone around her. Visual … Continue reading
10TH ANNIVERSAIRY SEASON OF LIVE OPERA BROADCASTS SCREENED AT ODEON WATERFORD
Direct from the Metropolitan Opera in New York The ODEON Waterford presents ‘Live in HD’, the anniversary season of ten operas live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, which … Continue reading