Below is a complete list of the

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

s performed by

Wexford Festival Opera Wexford Festival Opera () is an opera festival that takes place in the town of Wexford in south-eastern Ireland during the months of October and November. The festival began in 1951 under Tom Walsh and a group of opera lovers who quickly gener ...

since its inception in . Only complete operas presented on stage with orchestra are listed; over the years, the Festival has also presented programmes of scenes from operas and one-act operas with piano accompaniment. Nearly all the performances listed took place at the

Theatre Royal, Wexford The Theatre Royal, was an opera house and performance venue in Wexford Ireland which opened in 1832 and closed in 2005. It was the home of the annual Wexford Festival Opera, and has now been replaced by The National Opera House. History The th ...

or (from 2008) at the new Wexford Opera House. After the demolition of the Theatre Royal and during the building of the Opera House, the 2006 season operas were performed at the Dún Mhuire Theatre in

Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 N ...

, and the 2007 operas at

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, a few kilometres outside the town. The Festival has been led by the following Artistic Directors: *1951–66: Tom Walsh *1967–73: Brian Dickie *1974–78: Thomson Smillie *1979–81: Adrian Slack *1982–94: Elaine Padmore *1995–2004: Luigi Ferrari *2005–2019: David Agler *2020–present: Rosetta Cucchi

List

Sources

*Creative teams and singers for seasons 1951–2007: *Creative teams and singers for the 2008–2012 seasons: the programme books for those years. *Chronological list of operas: the 2012 Wexford Festival Opera programme book. *"Operas Performed at the Wexford Festival, 1951-1972". ''Opera'', Autumn 1973, Festival Issue, pp. 18–21. *The Programme Books for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022

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