Opera | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath
From: 4th July 2018
To: 4th July 2018
Recorded broadcast from Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Set in the idyllic 19th century Paris, La Bohème tells the story of a love affair between a poor poet and a seamstress who are all too soon faced with the cruel realities of poverty and ill-health.
From: 20th September 2018
To: 20th September 2018
Offenbach was dubbed “the Mozart of the Champs Élysées” by Rossini. His lyrical, effervescent final opera, left unfinished at his death, with its plot of strange, outrageous loves, an ever-present evil genius, not to mention the famous Barcarolle (borrowed from an earlier work) and an aria for a wind-up mechanical doll, is a treasure-trove for an imaginative director.