Irish Salon Opera Series: La Zingarella by Joseph O' Kelly
2024-06-01 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore, Waterford, Ireland
Featuring Dean Power – tenor, Kelli-Ann Masterson – soprano, Frasier Hickland – piano, Amy Gillen – flute, Emma Power – spoken word at St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore, Waterford.

Meet and Greet with Opera Voice Tours
2024-05-31 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | Blackwater Valley Opera Festival
Ireland’s Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has been likened to Glyndebourne. While this is an understandable comparison, it is unfair to both festivals. They are equally unique, and for many, the venue of Lismore Castle in the scenic Blackwater Valley is far superior, and what it lacks in scale, it more than makes up for in intimacy and variety.

Opera Voice Tours is offering you a two-night stay in a 5-star luxury hotel with the opportunity to attend two operas and an afternoon concert, a chance to dine in the castle grounds, and the possibility of meeting and talking to two of the principal singers.
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All your travel while in Ireland will be taken care of, which includes return transport from Cork airport or Cork train station to the hotel and return transport between the hotel and the festival. All meals are included in the price, apart from the first evening, owing to the many dining options available. However, they can easily be ordered on arrival.
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Please note that places are restricted to ensure that we can offer you individual attention and that the meetings with the singers have a degree of personal contact.

Friday 31st May
​18:30: Meet Soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson
You can read more about Kelli-Ann on her website at: www.kelliannmasterson.com

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Music at Green Acres
2024-05-04 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Green Acres Gallery, Wexford Town, Ireland
Come join us in The Gallery at Green Acres for a series of Saturday lunchtime concerts where you can enjoy songs from musicals to opera to Irish airs, what better way to spend an hour on a relaxing Saturday afternoon!
Wexford soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson accompanied by Rebecca Warren, will delight with a programme of song, arias, classic musical hits and some beautiful Irish melodies.
Location: The Gallery at Green Acres, Wexford TICKETS: €12 / €5 U18
AVAILABLE FROM WEXFORDARTSCENTRE.IE OR ON THE DOOR.

In Praise of St Cecilia
2024-04-04 19:30 - 2024-04-05 21:00 UTC | Multiple Venues
4th April 2024 | 7.30pm
Fisherwick Presbyterian Church | BELFAST
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5th April 2024 | 8:00pm
Thomastown Concert Hall | KILKENNY
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About the Event
Programme
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
Ouverture pour le sacre d’un évêque, H. 536 (1690)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Litanies de la Vierge H. 83 (1684)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Welcome to all the pleasures, Z339 (1683)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Caecilia Virgo et Martyr H. 413 (1684)
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Sestina Music presents In Praise of St. Cecilia, a powerful programme celebrating the patron saint of music. Purcell’s celebratory ode, Welcome to all the Pleasures is a vibrant celebration of solo and choral harmonies blending poetry and music. Commissioned by The Musical Society, London, for St Cecilia’s Day 1683, it is a lively piece that exudes youthfulness and artistic camaraderie. A chamber oratorio, Caecilia Virgo et Martyr showcases Charpentier’s ability to exquisitely convey drama and emotion through music. In contrast, Charpentier’s profound spiritual sensitivity is evident in the solemn Litanies de la Vierge, which employs intricate polyphony to evoke reverence and reflection. Brought to life by Sestina Music’s talented singers, Next Generation Mentoring Programme participants and their band of authentic period instrumentalists, each piece reveals a distinct facet of Baroque music demonstrating the era’s richness and the depth of the composer’s creativity in captivating and enthralling ways.

NSO On Good Friday: St Matthew Passion - National Concert Hall
2024-03-29 15:30 - 17:00 UTC | National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Bach St Matthew PassionDavid Young, conductorGavan Ring, tenor (Evangelist)Dan D’Souza, bass (Jesus)Kelli-Ann Masterson, sopranoBethany Horak-Hallett, altoIlker Arcayürek, tenorMichael Mofidian, bass (Pilate)National Symphony ChorusDavid Young, chorus directorCór na nÓg Mary Amond O’Brien, choral directorA magisterial re-telling of the Easter Story, Bach’s St Matthew Passion is arguably the greatest of all musical masterpieces.Deeply moving, intensely felt and boasting dark-hued music of exquisite beauty, it is also a drama of tremendous urgency and striking intimacy.David Young conducts the National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with Gavan Ring (Christus), Dan D’Souza (Jesus), Michael Mofidian (Pilate), and soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson, alto Bethany Horak-Hallett, tenor Ilker Arcayürek, and Cór na nÓg.Presented by NCH

Saint John Passion
2024-03-24 15:30 - 17:30 UTC | St Ann’s Church of Ireland, 18 Dawson Street, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Following their hugely successful performance of Bach’s Saint John Passion last year, the Dublin Bach Singers are performing this masterwork again this year, at 3:30pm on Palm Sunday, March 24th in Saint Ann’s Church, Dawson Street. This is the only performance of the Saint John Passion in Dublin this year.
The concert will be an exclusive event, the audience size strictly limited to 300 people.
We have a stupendous team of soloists lined up:

Evangelist – Andrew Gavin
Christus & Bass arias – Shokri Francis Raoof
Soprano – Kelli Ann Masterson
Alto – Eilis Dexter
Tenor – Jacek Wislocki

The soloists, the superb Marlborough Baroque Orchestra, the Dublin Bach Singers will be conducted by Blanaid Murphy.

Kelli-Ann Masterson Soprano recital at NCH
2024-02-26 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Join 2022 winner of the Bernadette Greevy Bursary, Kelli-Ann Masterson, accompanied by Niall Kinsella, for the opening of our Bernadette Greevy Recital Series.
The evening of song will also feature the premier of a newly commissioned composition by Anselm McDonnell, winner of the Jerome Hynes Young Composers’ Award 2022.
Kelli-Ann’s winning performance was adjudicated by conductor David Brophy and opera singer Naomi Louisa O’Connell.
The award is named in memory of the renowned Irish mezzo Bernadette Greevy (1940–2008), who was Artistic Director of the Anna Livia International Opera Festival and Artist in Residence at the Dublin Institute of Technology. The award aims to provide opportunities for emerging Irish singers.
Kelli-Ann Masterson is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (BMus.Ed.) and TU Dublin, formerly DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama (MMus). Kelli-Ann is an alumna of both the ABL aviation Irish National Opera studio 2019-2021 and Northern Ireland opera studio 2018-2019. Kelli-Ann is a current Cara O Sullivan Associate Artist for Cork Opera House.
Kelli-Ann’s 2023 engagements include: Norina in Don Pasquale for Irish National Opera, Sharon Graham in Masterclass by Terence McNally for Smock Alley Theatre, Elsie Maynard in The Yeomen of the Guard with the National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company at the Buxton International Festival, Pamina in Die Zauberflote for Cork Opera House and Elena in the world premiere of Elena e Gerardo for Random Opera Company in Rugby, Warwickshire.
Her numerous concert engagements include Handel’s Messiah at the National Concert Hall with the RTE Concert Orchestra and her recent debut with the National Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in their 2023 summer concert, which was broadcast live on RTE Lyric FM.
Kelli-Ann was a finalist in the 2022 BA Lirica International Voice Competition, Italy, winner of the Dramatic Cup at Feis Ceoil and both the PwC bursary for an emerging Irish artist and the Liam Healy bursary at Wexford Festival Opera
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The National Concert Hall wishes to acknowledge the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media for its kind support of the Bernadette Greevy Bursary for Singers.

La tragédie de Carmen - Cork Opera House
2024-02-14 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Cork Opera House
Based on the opera Carmen (1875) the tragic tale is relived through the music of George Bizet and Marius Constant in this adaptation from Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carriére.
Directed by John O’Brien, La tragédie de Carmen features the Cara O’Sullivan Associate Artists making their role debut performances in this reimagined classic opera – Cork mezzo-soprano Niamh O’Sullivan as Carmen, Clare tenor Dean Power as Don José, Kildare bass-baritone Rory Dunne as Escamillo, and Wexford soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson as Micaela.
The highly charged music of Bizet is brought to life in this dark and emotional retelling live at Cork Opera House on Valentine’s Day, 14 February 2024. The performers will be accompanied on the evening by an ensemble of 15 players.
The performance is sung in French with English surtitles and spoken word.

Messiah
2023-12-21 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | St Andrew’s Parish Church, 44 Westland Row, Dublin, D02 W274, Ireland
Come and join The Bach Singers for their seasonal performance of Handel’s Messiah.
The choir, the Marlborough Baroque Players and soloists will be conducted by our music director Blanaid Murphy.
Our lineup of top-class soloists:
Soprano: Kelli Ann Masterson
Alto: Katie Richardson McCrea
Tenor: Andrew Gavin
Bass: Rory Dunne
It’s not Christmas without Messiah!
The concert will be a fundraiser for the National Autism Charity AsIAm and the autism advocacy group Involve Autism D6/D6W. All money after concert expenses have been covered will be given to the charities.

The Cork Opera House Christmas Concert
2023-12-18 20:00 - 2023-12-19 22:00 UTC | Cork Opera House
The annual Cork Opera House Christmas Concert returns this December, featuring some of the brightest rising stars of Irish opera singing seasonal classics accompanied by the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra and Cork Opera House Jazz Artist-in-Residence Laoise Leahy.
A selection of the Cork Opera House Cara O’Sullivan Associate Artists will perform at the Christmas Concert, with bass-baritone Rory Dunne, soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson and tenor Dean Power performing alongside Cork Opera House Jazz Artist-in-Residence, Laoise Leahy.
The Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra will perform with arrangements by John O’Brien, joined by the MTU Glór Choral Society, who recently won the Choir of the Year Competition at the Cork Choral Festival.
This year the programme will feature a number of popular Christmas hit songs as well as choral numbers and carols, with some ‘fairy tale’ duets from the Cara O’Sullivan Associate Artists! Patrons can expect to hear classics such as ‘A Spaceman Came Travelling’, ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ and ‘All I want for Christmas is You’.
Join us at Cork Opera House for a wonderful evening of sublime festive fare.

Midwinter Gala Concert
2023-12-06 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | St Columb’s Hall, Derry City, Ireland
Sponsored by Alchemy Technology Services, ChallengeCurve, Fleming Steel, Nuprint Technologies Ltd, Arts&BusinessNI, Continuo Foundation, together with funding from Derry City and Strabane District Council, season two opens with the Midwinter Gala Concert
Vivaldi’s epic Four Seasons frame the programme as Le Foyer des Artistes opens season two celebrating the 300th anniversary year of the Venitian masterpiece.
Playing on historic period instruments, the soloist is award-winning rising superstar Dutch violinist, Charlotte Spruit (23).
And joining the Midwinter Gala Concert are two of Ireland’s opera stars – soprano, Kelli-Ann Masterson, recently described by Opera Magazine as ‘a remarkable Semele with incredible delivery of virtuoso arias’ – and Kerry born tenor, Gavan Ring who is no stranger to stages across the world with appearances this year at in Brussels and Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Singapore – Emerald Ball 2023
2023-11-25 18:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | St. Regis Singapore
Kelli Ann Masterson will perform as a featured artist in this year’s Emerald Ball in Singapore presented by The Emerald Funds.

Elena e Gerardo
2023-10-28 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Temple Speech Room, Rugby
Elena e Gerardo is the only opera by Marianna Bottini – one of 19th Century Italy’s greatest female composers – and it has never been performed. Random Opera is excited to be bringing the WORLD PREMIERE of this work to Rugby in 2023, accompanied by a 26-piece orchestra.
Performed in Italian, with English subtitles
Sat 28 October 2023, 5.00pm
Temple Speech Room, Rugby

The Magic Flute
2023-10-10 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House presents The Magic Flute, abridged and semi-staged.
With a prince, magical musical instruments and a cheeky bird-catcher journeying through a fabled realm, Mozart’s final operatic masterpiece is a tale of adventure, endurance, passion and revenge.
Conducted by John O’Brien and directed by Davey Kelleher, Cara O’ Sullivan Associate Artists – Dublin Bass-Baritone Rory Dunne, Wexford Soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson and Clare Tenor, Dean Power – will perform this reimagined classic opera. Joined by a host of Irish and international soloists, the ensemble is accompanied by the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra.
The concert will run in two halves with a 20-minute interval.
The performance is in German with English surtitles and spoken word.

Breathwork
2023-09-28 - 2023-09-30 | Project Arts Centre, Dublin
NO WAY OUT
Beware! The well is poisoned. The sea is infected. Everything has been consumed. Lamentation is too late. Guilt has no positive outcome. An opera about a dystopian world affected by some form of destructive force.

This intimate new opera by the multi-talented Éna Brennan (aka Dowry) — composer, arranger, violinist and graphic designer — is a statement of horror and protest in response to the destruction of our environment. Breathwork, with a text by Olivier award-winning director David Pountney, offers a foretaste of a larger operatic collaboration that will premiere at Austria’s Bregenz Festival next year.
Running time 15-20 minutes.
Six performances daily.

Dates:
28 – 30 Sep: 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 7pm, 8pm & 9pm

Sung in English.
Join the conversation online with #Breathwork
‘Breathwork’ is a companion work to a larger composition ‘Hold Your Breath’ by Éna Brennan and David Pountney which has been commissioned by Bregenzer Festspiele

Cork Opera House Gala
2023-09-12 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House presents Opera Gala in association with Irish National Opera
Tues 12 Sep, 8pm

Cork Opera House is thrilled to present its 2023 Opera Gala in association with Irish National Opera

This Opera Gala introduces the second cohort of the Cara O’ Sullivan Associate Artists, a programme initiated by Cork Opera House in 2021 to honour the life and work of Cork’s gifted coloratura soprano, with the hope of contributing significantly to the future of opera in Cork city, so that generations to come can benefit from her enduring legacy. This Gala evening is free of charge to the public – a gift to the city in Cara O’Sullivan’s name.
The Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra will be conducted on the evening by founding artistic director of Irish National Opera, Fergus Sheil. They will accompany a host of Irish operatic talent in their inaugural performance as Cara O’ Sullivan Associate Artists – Cork Mezzo-Soprano Niamh O’ Sullivan, Dublin Bass-Baritone Rory Dunne, Wexford Soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson and Clare Tenor, Dean Power.
The programme for this Gala evening features many beloved arias and opera favourites such as the famous trio ‘Soave sia il vento’ from Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Nemorino’s wonderfully pensive aria ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ from Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore, Dvořák’s ‘Song to the Moon’ and Saint-Saëns exquisite ‘Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix’.
Online booking is limited to two tickets per booking – for additional tickets please contact Cork Opera House Box Office on 021 427 0022.
Proudly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.

The Yeomen of The Guard
2023-07-30 - 2023-08-12 | Buxton Opera House, Water Street, Buxton,, Derbyshire, SK176XN, United Kingdom
National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company
The Yeomen of The Guard
with the National Festival Orchestra conducted by Murray Hipkin
Sun 30 Jul – Sat 12 Aug 2023
Buxton Opera House

The National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company is the G&S Festival’s resident professional company. It returns to Buxton with three brand-new productions of all-time favourites, The Mikado, The Yeomen of the Guard, The Pirates of Penzance and the acclaimed, The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan Concert.
The Yeomen of the Guard is set in the Tower of London and is the most emotionally engaging of the G&S canon combining tragedy and despair with W S Gilbert’s sharp wit and satire. Colonel Fairfax is doomed to execution on a false charge of sorcery. To avoid leaving his estate to his cousin and accuser, he secretly marries a strolling player Elsie Maynard. Jack Point also loves Elsie but agrees to the marriage knowing his rival will be dead within hours. But Fairfax escapes, and chaos ensues.
Generally considered to be Sullivan’s finest score, this brand-new production of The Yeomen of the Guard is directed by Simon Butteriss who also stars as heartbroken Jack Point.

Summer Lunchtime Concert
2023-07-11 13:05 - 14:00 UTC | National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
National Symphony Orchestra John Finucane, conductor Kelli-Ann Masterson, sopranoPresented by Liz Nolan, RTÉ lyric fmDvořák Song to the Moon Rusalka)Dvořák The Devil and Kate OverturePuccini ‘Quando m’en Vo’ (Musetta’s Waltz) from La bohèmeJanáček Moravian DancesLehár ‘Vilja’ from The Merry WidowJ Strauss II ‘Mein Herr Marquis’ (Laughing Song) from Die FledermausSmetana ‘Vltava’ from Má vlastA lunchtime excursion into the sylvan, picture-postcard romance of Bohemia with essential stops en route for some mischievous flirting in Venice and pulse-quickening seduction in Paris.John Finucane, the National Symphony Orchestra’s former Principal Clarinet, makes a welcome return, this time on the conductor’s podium.With a ‘captivating soprano, characterised by its crisp, pure tone’ (Opera Wire), Kelli-Ann Masterson comes into her own for the seductive ‘Quando m’en Vo’’ (more familiar as Musetta’s Waltz) from Puccini’s heart-rending tale of young love, La bohème, the yearning, fragile beauty of Song to the Moon from Dvořák’s Rusalka, the exquisite, hauntingly delicacy of ‘Vilja’ from Lehár’s The Merry Widow, and the infectious coloratura brilliance of the Laughing Song from Richard Strauss’s Die Fledermaus.Away from affairs of the heart, love of landscape and homeland lights up Janáček’s colourful, animated Moravian Dances, Smetana’s liquid ‘Vlatava’, hymning the mighty River Moldau, while the Overture to Dvořák’s The Devil and Kate takes a thrilling excursion Into the bewitching realms of fairy tale and fantasy.Presented by National Symphony Orchestra

Of Fiction & Fantasy Recital
2023-06-04 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | Blackwater Valley Opera Festival
​Tales of adventure, mystery, romance and magic are present in all cultures in a myriad of forms. We are constantly fascinated and enchanted by myths and legends as well as fairy tales and tall tales. ​​​​Through a magical recital of arias, folk songs, and lieder, we invite you on a journey of music inspired by stories, young and old: performed by soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson, and accompanied on piano by Mairead Hurley.

Master Class
2023-05-11 19:30 - 2023-05-27 21:00 UTC | Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
An Audience With Maria Callas
Produced by Smock Alley Theatre and Once Off Productions
★★★★★ “One of the best pieces of theatre you’ll attend this year”
– The Reviews Hub
★★★★ “Caitríona Ní Mhurchú gives a sharp performance while Conor Hanratty’s intelligent direction allows for seamless retreats into the past”
– The Irish Times
★★★★ “Caitríona Ní Mhurchú’s delivers a top draw Callas”
– The Arts Review
Winner of the 1996 Tony Award for Best Play.
Passionate, fascinating and supremely talented, Maria Callas remains the pinnacle of operatic stardom. Famous for musical virtuosity, elegance and a sharp temper, Callas was a unique and towering talent.
Terrence McNally’s award-winning play invites an audience in to hear Callas speak in her own voice. Inspired by a series of real masterclasses given at The Juilliard School NY, we encounter Callas’ public lessons about music and performance as well as some of her most private and intimate memories.
To mark the centenary of Callas’ birth, Smock Alley & Once Off Productions are proud to present the Irish premiere of Master Class. Hugely successful on Broadway and the West End, this new Irish production directed by Conor Hanratty will see Smock Alley transformed into an intimate concert space, allowing audiences encounter the magnetism of this great singer up close and personal.
Caitríona Ní Mhurchú will play Maria Callas. The cast includes some of our finest young talent in Leo Hanna, Rebecca Rodgers, Niall Kinsella, Gillian Roberts and Kelli-Ann Masterson who together will conjure those heady days in New York where Callas demands impeccably high standards of her students.
Filled with humour, passion and stories from a legendary career, Master Class is an unmissable celebration of music, theatre and art.
“McNally’s well-crafted, quip-filled drama – which depicts Callas teaching at Juilliard, circa 1971… is less a biography and more a love letter to La Divina”.
–Entertainment Weekly
CAST: Caitríona Ní Mhurchú as Maria Callas
Niall Kinsella, Rebecca Rodgers, Leo Hanna, Gillian Roberts and Kelli-Ann Masterson
WRITTEN BY Terrence McNally
DIRECTED BY Conor Hanratty
LIGHTING & SET DESIGN BY Paul Keogan
COSTUME DESIGN BY Maree Kearns
SOUND DESIGN BY Fiona Sheil

Saint John's Passion
2023-04-02 15:30 - 16:30 UTC | St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 2
Saint John’s Passion

The Lenten performance of Bach’s Saint John Passion will take place at 3:30pm on Palm Sunday, April 2nd, in Saint Andrew’s Parish Church, Westland Row, Dublin 2.
The soloists are tenor Andrew Gavin, bass Shokri Francis Raoof, bass Rory Dunne, soprano Kelli Ann Masterson, alto Alison Browner and tenor Jacek Wislocki.
The soloists, the Dublin Bach Singers and the Marlborough Baroque Orchestra will be conducted by Blanaid Murphy.

Mozart Requiem and Mass in C Minor
2023-04-01 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 2
Soprano soloist with Guinness Choir –
Mozart’s Requiem and Mozart Mass in C Minor

On Saturday 1st April 2023 The Guinness Choir and Orchestra will perform Mozart’s Requiem and his Mass in C Minor in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 2 at 7.30p.m.
Conducted by Ciarán Kelly with soloists Kelli-Ann Masterson, Soprano, Megan O’Neill, Soprano, Leanne Fitzgerald, Alto, Andrew Gavin, Tenor, and Rory Dunne, Bass.
This is a rare opportunity to experience and enjoy Mozart’s two great masterpieces in one concert.
The Requiem was Mozart’s final work, composed in the short period before his death in December 1791. He was only 35. Though completed by others in his circle, Mozart, as with the Mass in C Minor, which he had mostly written by the mid 1780s, captures the drama and visceral emotion of the liturgy.
Though much scholarly debate continues as to who completed the pieces, there is no escaping the magnificence and virtuosic demands of both, such that generations of artists have been inspired by these great masterpieces ever since. Don’t miss the dramatic and hopeful beauty that this opportunity presents.
Speaking about the concert Ciarán Kelly, Music Director of The Guinness Choir, said:
“The Requiem was one of the first large-scale pieces I ever learned and performed, and it remains my favourite choral work to this day. The mystery around these works only adds to the excitement we feel when we hear and perform them. The ways in which Mozart takes us on a journey, musically, spiritually and dramatically are, in my opinion, unique to this masterful composer.”
The Guinness choir and its professional Orchestra will be joined by our wonderful soloists
Kelli-Ann Masterson, Soprano; Megan O’Neill, Soprano; Leanne Fitzgerald, Alto; Andrew Gavin, Tenor and Rory Dunne, Bass.
Tickets (inc booking fee): €30 Premium and €25. All seating unreserved.

Constellations of Noise – ‘Carbon Women’
2023-03-25 - 2023-03-26 | The Court House, Bangor, Co. Down
Constellations of Noise – ‘Carbon Women’
New work by Aine Mallon in conjunction with Dumbworld

Don Pasquale
2022-11-26 - 2023-02-11 | Multiple Venues
Kelli-Ann Masterson will perform the role of Norina in INO’s nationwide tour of Don Pasquale.
Donizetti’s effervescent comic masterpiece is a witty, high-spirited, inter-generational tug of war about love and money — young love and old money, whipped up by lots of deceit.

Don Pasquale, a grumpy old bachelor. Ernesto, his good-looking young heir. And Norina, an attractive young widow. This unorthodox love triangle yields a hilarious and touching masterpiece that takes a riotously entertaining slant on a threat of disinheritance, a mock marriage, and a spendthrift wife who believes husbands should be seen and not heard. Donizetti’s most sparkling operatic comedy.
Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Running time: 2 hours and 20 minutes with 1 interval.
Join the conversation #INODonPasquale

“This opera is fun! It’s one of the best musical comedies . . . the melodies are sparkling and beautiful, the story works, the whole piece is captivating. You gotta love opera”– Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor)
DATES & VENUES

Sat 26 Nov 8pm
Letterkenny An Grianán
SOLD OUT

Tues 29 Nov 8pm
Navan Solstice Arts Centre
SOLD OUT

Thurs 1 Dec 8pm
Galway Town Hall Theatre
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Sat 3 Dec 8pm
Ennis Glór
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Tues 6 Dec 8pm
Dundalk An Táin
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Thurs 8 Dec 8pm
Kilkenny Watergate Theatre
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Sat 10 Dec 7.30pm
Dún Laoghaire Pavilion Theatre
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Sun 11 Dec 7.30pm
Dún Laoghaire Pavilion Theatre
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Thurs 2 Feb 8pm
Bray Mermaid Arts Centre
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Sat 4 Feb 8pm
Waterford Theatre Royal
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Tues 7 Feb 8pm
Cork The Everyman
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Thurs 9 Feb 8pm
Limerick Lime Tree Theatre
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Sat 11 Feb 8pm
Tralee Siamsa Tíre
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Semele
2022-08-04 - 2022-09-03 | Multiple Venues
Moral fable or “bawdy play”, Handel’s Semele contains some of his most lyrical arias and dramatic choruses. Part opera, part oratorio, its unique mixture of tragedy and comedy makes Semele one of the richest and most compelling of all Handel’s compositions for the stage.
The role of Semele will be performed by Kelli-Ann Masterson.

Dates/Venues:
→ 4, 5, 7 August – Kilkenny Arts Festival, Watergate Theatre
→ 2, 3 September – Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire

The French Connection: French & Irish Songs
2022-06-03 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Salterbridge House, Cappoquinn, Waterford, Ireland
French and Irish songs will be included in this recital programme which will explore the parallels between Irish Art Song and French mélodie, in the beautiful Salterbridge House, Cappoquin Co Waterford. Many of these songs have lain undiscovered for decades and have only recently been rediscovered. The French Connection: French and Irish Songs recital will feature soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson and tenor Andrew Gavin.

Orfeo ed Euridice
2022-05-31 - 2022-06-06 | Lismore Castle, Waterford, Waterford, Ireland
Book opera tickets for 2022 at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival. Ireland’s Summer Opera Festival returns with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice – conducted by Peter Whelan and directed by David Bolger, from 31 May – 6 June in Lismore, Co. Waterford. We are excited to announce that this year’s opera production will feature artistic collaborations with the acclaimed Irish Baroque Orchestra and award-winning CoisCéim Dance Theatre.
Four evening performances of this year’s opera – our headline festival event, will take place at Lismore Castle, with a special Dress Rehearsal for Schools performance on Tuesday 31st May at 8pm.
Orfeo ed Euridice began Gluck’s revolution in music as his score moved the focus from virtuosic performance to music that reflected the depth of emotion and drama seen on stage. De’Calzabigi’s libretto uses the Greek myth as Orfeo embarks on a journey to rescue his deceased wife, Euridice, from the underworld, however all is not so simple. The Gods, via Amor, make this no easy task. Orfeo must not gaze upon Euridice or explain to her the reason why while on their journey out of the underworld, for if he does, she will be lost to him forever.
The role of Amor will be performed by Kelli-Ann Masterson.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
2022-04-01 - 2022-04-09 | Multiple Venues
A fun and captivating family opera that remains true to the original spirit of Lewis Carroll’s beloved children’s book.
The role of Bottle/Duchess will be performed by Kelli-Ann Masterson.

Dates/Venues:
→ 1 April – Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
→ 3 April – Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
→ 6 April – Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick
→ 8 & 9 April – Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire

Fidelio
2021-11-07 19:30 - 2021-11-13 22:00 UTC | The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Kelli Ann Masterson will perform Marzelline in ‘Fidelio’ by LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN with Irish National Opera in Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre.

The situation is grim. Florestan, an undocumented political prisoner reported as dead, is locked in a deep dungeon.

His wife Leonore still believes him to be alive and disguises herself as a man called Fidelio to get work in the prison. Don Pizarro, the tyrannical and abusive prison governor plans Florestan’s demise. And the upright minister Don Fernando rebalances the scales of justice. Beethoven’s only opera is an uplifting plea for love, justice and freedom.

SUNG IN GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES
#INOFIDELIO

A Thing I Cannot Name
2021-07-27 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | West Cork Literary Festival, Cork, Ireland
Kelli Ann Masterson will perform Rebecca in ‘A Thing I Cannot Name’ by Amanda Feery with Irish National Opera.

Three women. All different. Connected only by the intensity of their wildly dissimilar desires.

Unrequited love for an aloof, narcissistic older woman . . . an obsession with a partner’s former lover, intense enough to verge into the erotic . . . a yearning to bear a child, to create a companion and break out of a painful seclusion. Through their letters, their voices join each other across time, in an attempt to give name to their desires.
SUNG IN ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
SUITABLE FOR AGES 14 PLUS

Streamed online at the West Cork Literary Festival
