Wexford Festival Opera 2011

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This years opera fesitvals sees the launch of the fesitvals android app

this app which is free gives you all the information you need on the festival

Enjoy

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Anyone else feel the buzz of the Wexford Festival Opera creeping up on them? October 21st won’t be long coming around at all.

I am seriously looking forward to it. Still trying to decide which opera to go to this year:

http://www.wexfordopera.com/programme/

I’m leaning towards ‘Maria’ because there’s already been so, so many Donizetti compositions featured in Wexford over the years.

Let’s not forget the fringe events surrounding the Opera Festival either. A download of the fringe programme is available here:

http://www.wexfordfr…ownload2011.pdf

“My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave.”

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Indeed. The Antique Fair in the Talbot is always worth attending.

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The foresight of the Wexford people in bringing high culture to the south east still staggers me in its ambition. While Limerick sadly worshiped false gods in the form of unwanted commercial retail units like the now abandoned Opera Centre, Wexford led the way with a true cultural icon.

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I meant to reply to this post sooner. It’s probably a bit harsh to use the example of peerless Wexford as a stick to beat Limerick with. Nothing can compare to Wexford. To think that this year is the 60th Wexford Opera Festival makes me proud. Emotional, sure, but very proud. As you say, the foresight of the Wexford people was absolutely staggering then and remains completely inspirational now. What a gift they left those of us lucky enough to be born into Wexford households - the beautiful gift of boutique opera. :clap:

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It really is staggering that in the priest ridden Ireland of the 1950’s, an opera festival was started and survives, nay prospers, to this day. With the continued support of people like yourself Bandage, its future indeed looks rosy. An icon of modern Irish cultural life (the festival that is, though this description could also be ascribed to Bandage, him and his kin have always, always promoted the festival and its associated benefits). Fair play to all involved.

Exemplar Hibernae.

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Thinly veiled “Bandages family ran an unapproved B&B that rooked money out of festival goers”[quote=“Fitzy, post: 610234”]

It really is staggering that in the priest ridden Ireland of the 1950’s, an opera festival was started and survives, nay prospers, to this day. With the continued support of people like yourself Bandage, its future indeed looks rosy. An icon of modern Irish cultural life (the festival that is, though this description could also be ascribed to Bandage, him and his kin have always, always promoted the festival and its associated benefits). Fair play to all involved.

Exemplar Hibernae.

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[quote=“Fitzy, post: 610234”]

It really is staggering that in the priest ridden Ireland of the 1950’s, an opera festival was started and survives, nay prospers, to this day. With the continued support of people like yourself Bandage, its future indeed looks rosy. An icon of modern Irish cultural life (the festival that is, though this description could also be ascribed to Bandage, him and his kin have always, always promoted the festival and its associated benefits). Fair play to all involved.

Exemplar Hibernae.

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A lovely post Fitzy. :clap:

Wexford people all those years ago dared to dream and now we’re fortunate enough to be living it.

Long live Opera! Long live Wexford! :clap:

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A little flavour of what’s in store in Wexford in October and November:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqhQyKoD7f0

Ian Fox has probably forgotten more about opera than many of us will ever know.

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I don’t wish to take from the Wexford Opera festival mate, but to broaden the appeal of this thread to those who wouldn’t have the live-long knowledge of opera that we’d have, I’ve decided to include this populist clip of the drinking song from La Traviata to encourage opera-shy forumites to introduce themselves to the genre. Verdi’s La Traviata is opening in the Grand Canal Theatre at the end of November.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcKdnkGBSgA

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Any feedback on this year’s festival thus far?

I’ve been out of the country lately and haven’t seen any opera reviews as yet.

However, I plan to head south on Saturday for the final weekend of the world renowned boutique festival.

What a festival! What a town!