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When "A Midsummer Night's Dream," an opera adapted by Benjamin Britten, premieres in South Korea later this week in a production by the Korea National Opera, it will represent two rarities here. An opera with a libretto from William Shakespeare's play of the same title, it will stand out as a rare English-language opera in a country where the works of Verdi, Wagner and Puccini are beloved. Additio...

The Camerata were joined by the Kantos chamber choir to perform works ranging from Purcell to Pärt while Karen Cargill gave a very fine performance of Britten’s Phaedra

HELEN MUSA reviews For M Is Musick, performed by the Llewellyn Choir at WesleyUniting Church.

Eleanor Fazan, the choreographer and director who has died aged 93, worked in films and with many leading theatre and opera companies. She was…

It was back in 1224, three years after the death of St. Dominic, that 12 members of the Dominican order travelled from Oxford to Dublin, setting up a priory on the north bank of the Liffey, where the Four Courts now stand. From here, the Order rapidly expanded to most of the cities and large towns of Ireland, coming to Tralee in 1243 where they’ve had a continuous presence ever since.