The architectural language of Wexford’s new Opera House is confident and unmistakably contemporary, while the quirky constraints of the site continue to charm and surprise, writes James Howley
The Wexford Festival Opera, which was established in 1951, has become one of Ireland’s great cultural institutions. Having grown steadily in prestige throughout its fifty-seven years, the festival now enjoys an international reputation amongst opera lovers around the world. As a measure of its success the Irish Government contributed over 80% of the cost of a new €33 million theatre for the festival, which last month opened its first season of operas in the new opera house
Róisín Kennedy discusses Carey Clarke’s Portrait of My Daughter, Michelle, the winner of the Ireland-US Council Portrait Prize at the 178th RHA Annual Exhibition
Riann Coulter finds a personal compendium collated with daring and vigour, in Basil Blackshaw’s work
