The Carlow woman was named as the first ever recipient of Bríd Phelan Emerging talent Award Carlow soprano Eva Kavanagh has been awarded the Bríd Phelan Emerging Talent Award. Photo: Mark Reddy ...

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has announced that soprano Eva Kavanaugh will be its first-ever recipient of the Bríd Phelan Emerging Talent Award. The award, which is supported by Kildare Village, ...

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British lyric tenor Ian Bostridge is widely considered one of the great interpreters of the art song. When he recently took his position on stage at the Schubertiade − joined by the superb pianist, ...

Verity Sharp explores Richard Strauss as a composer and conductor, including Tod und Verklärung and the First Horn Concerto, plus music by Wagner, Mozart and Humperdinck. Equally celebrated as ...

Donald Macleod explores Gustav Mahler’s childhood in Bohemia, where he was inspired by the sounds and songs of the countryside, and his studies in Vienna. Mahler rose from humble beginnings on the ...

The first part of the Celebrity Recital which brought the Leeds Lieder Festival to a close was entitled “Schubert Looking North”, which included a section on German versions of British poets. The ...