Ahead of its performance here on Sat 22 April, enjoy this look behind the scenes of Werther with director Sophie Motley and mezzo-soprano Niamh O’Sullivan. Full of heartbreak and romance, Massenet transforms the love triangle of Goethe’s hugely influential novel into a hauntingly gentle and lyrical opera that sensitively traces the unfolding of a hopeless passion. BOOK …
We are looking forward to welcoming the Irish National Opera to An Grianán next week as they open their Irish tour of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale in Letterkenny. They’ll be with us for a final week of rehearsals as they put the finishing touches to the opera ahead of its first performance on Saturday 26 November. …
Hansel and Gretel opened its national tour at the Abbey Theatre on 8 February, a tour which will conclude here at An Grianán on Saturday 7 March. As you would expect from our national opera company this is a gorgeous production with very high production values as you can see from these images taken by …
Muireann Ahern and Louis Lovett, Artistic Directors of Theatre Lovett and co-directors of Irish National Opera’s production of ‘Hansel and Gretel’, talk about their work and this new production. Hansel and Gretel is a co-production from Irish National Opera, Theatre Lovett and the Abbey Theatre. It comes to An Grianán on Saturday 7 March 2020. …
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Irish National Opera, Theatre Lovett and the Abbey Theatre present their national tour of Engelbert Humperdinck’s greatest hit, his heart-warming fairytale opera HANSEL AND GRETEL this spring. After its opening run at The Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Saturday 8 – Saturday 15 February, 2020, Hansel and Gretel will be performed at An Grianán for one night only on Saturday 7 March …
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