Event of the week
Wexford Festival Opera
From Friday, October 17th, until Saturday, November 1st, wexfordopera.com
The 74th edition of Wexford Festival Opera features three main-stage operas: The Magic Fountain, by Delius; Deidamia, by Handel; and La Trouvère, by Verdi. It also includes “pocket opera” productions – The Dwarf, by Alexander Zemlinsky, and La Tragédie de Carmen, by Bizet – as well as sidebar events such as the Urban Legends late-night operas, which feature a libretto by Colm Tóibín. Additional events include the Dr Tom Walsh lecture, in which the folklorist Dr Bairbre Ní Fhloinn explores the festival’s themes of myths and fables, and the Impossible Interview, in which The Irish Times music critic Michael Dervan interviews Ulysses, king of Ithaca, a central figure in Deidamia.
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Billy Strings plays the National Stadium on Sunday
Billy Strings
Sunday, October 12th, National Stadium, Dublin, 7pm, €44.20/€39.20, ticketmaster.ie
The much-admired country-music performer William Lee Apost
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