Come fly with me One of the grandest of grand operas, NI Opera’s The Flying Dutchman is a feast for the eyes and ears, marrying thrilling drama and a gorgeously romantic score. One stormy night a Norwegian sea captain encounters the Flying Dutchman – a ghostly captain doomed to sail the seas for all eternity.…
Emergency Musical Benefit at St Peter’s Cathedral Following the fire that burnt down the Welcome’s Homeless Shelter in St Divis Square, a group of local opera singers have agreed to perform a concert in order to raise funds for the organisation. Taking place in St Peter’s Cathedral on Saturday the 9th of…
This month’s Newsletter update has been emailed to our subscribers. It includes a chance to win tickets for the Grand Opera House, alongside the usual mix of news and events coming up in the next month. Click here to read the Newsletter.
This month’s Newsletter update has been emailed to our subscribers. It includes a chance to win tickets for the Millennium Forum, alongside the usual mix of news and events coming up in the next month. Click here to read the Newsletter.
Scottish Opera returns to the Grand Opera House with director Sir Thomas Allen’s take on Mozart’s most inventive opera The Magic Flute. Set in a fantastical world that’s part 18th century, part ‘steam punk’ Victoriana, this promises to be a theatrical and imaginative telling of this much-loved piece. Mozart’s music effortlessly evokes the full gamut…
Two of Britain’s most glamorous and versatile performers appear together for the very first time in a specially devised programme for the soprano voice and its instrumental counterpoint, the clarinet, as part of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s. Lesley Garrett and Emma Johnson are justly celebrated for their many achievements in classical music,…
‘The luminous and lyrical soprano of Camilla Tilling, which keeps its beautiful bloom even in the top register, is a pure joy for the ear’ Fono Forum Besides having a highly successful career in opera, the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling has made a name for herself in concert and recital. International Record Review praised her ’rounded…
In the midst of a city, in the midst of a war, an enduring friendship is formed between a young elephant named Sheila and her keeper. As the bombs begin to fall and the Head Zookeeper worries about the fate of the animals, the local children play and laugh and sing in the Belfast streets……
This month’s Newsletter update has just been emailed to our subscribers. It includes a chance to win tickets for Elephant Angel, alongside the usual mix of news and events coming up in the next month. Click here to read the Newsletter.
NI Opera and KT Wong Foundation present Britten’s much loved children’s opera, Noye’s Fludde, in the stunning backdrop of Belfast Zoo. The lakeside performances will capture the sights and sounds of the famous story of Noah, his Ark and the flood, brought to life by a huge chorus of local schoolchildren dressed in spectacular animal…
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