Friday, June 2, 2023

FREE OPEN AIR OPERA RECITALS IN FERMOY AND YOUGHAL. Tickets still available. *** Check out the The Foodie Lovers events also

press release

 FREE OPEN AIR OPERA RECITALS IN FERMOY AND YOUGHAL

Tickets still available.


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 Check out the The Foodie Lovers events also, below


With less than a week to go until this year’s Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (BVOF), organisers are encouraging local community groups and music lovers from around Cork to book their FREE tickets for open air lunchtime recitals taking place in Fermoy and Youghal. This is a unique opportunity to experience highlights of the festival’s classical and operatic repertoire in a less formal way, enhanced by an outdoor scenic setting.


This year’s BVOF Open Air Lunchtime Recitals in County Cork will be in Youghal Green Park on Saturday 3rd June at 12 noon, and Fermoy Town Park on Sunday 4th June at 12 noon. Ireland's Summer Opera Festival which runs from 29th of May to the 5th of June 2023, features world-class opera, award-winning musicians, international performers, and acclaimed dance troupes who will perform in unique venues across the Blackwater Valley. While work by Fermoy artist Gerard Harris, a member of the Cork arts collective, Blackwater Valley Makers, is being spotlighted by the festival as his digital artwork was featured as the opera cover art on this year’s programme and promotional material.

 

Highlights include the headline opera Verdi’s Macbeth, conducted by Killian Farrell, directed by Sarah Baxter and in artistic collaboration with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, which is set in the grounds of Lismore Castle.  The concerts at Dromore Yard, a romantic, semi-restored 19th century farmyard on the banks of the River Blackwater, are also in high demand, featuring Ian Bostridge with Saskia Giorgini, Nadège Rochat and Judith Jáuregui, and Paula Murrihy with the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Peter Whelan.

 


The current spell of warm weather gives the perfect setting for some exquisite fine dining options for the opera at Lismore Castle and our concerts in Dromore Yard. Chef Eunice Power is offering The MacBeth Menu - a pre-Opera Formal Dining Menu at Lismore Castle while Eamo & Ró will be offering a choice of Three Gourmet Table Picnics  at Lismore Castle, and Dromore Yard. People are also welcome to pre-order to bring their own picnic to Dromore Yard, to enjoy before the concerts, and book a spot in one of the romantic, semi-restored outhouses so they can picnic in comfort.

 

More than 4,500 visitors are expected to attend the world-renowned classical music week, which is now in its 13th year.  The festival will welcome 103 international and Irish artists, present 65+ hours of music, and deliver education outreach to an estimated 2,500 local students.  And it all happens thanks to the support of 98 volunteers, 100 Friends of BVOF, and 25 sponsors, funders, and partners.   

 

Luxury shopping destination Kildare Village is the Fashion Retail sponsor of Blackwater Valley Opera Festival for 2023, and the award-winning Waterford Whisky distillery is the new Hospitality Partner of the festival.  Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is supported by grants from the Arts Council, Waterford City & County Council, and Fáilte Ireland. The festival’s lead sponsors are Kildare Village, Marsh, AIB and the John Pollard Foundation.

For more see blackwatervalleyopera.ie 

 

The Big Tickets (Opera)

Macbeth- 31 May, 2, 3, 4 June (31 May and 4 June SOLD OUT)

Tickets €75-220. Lismore Castle Waterford

 

The Dromore Yard Concerts

Ian Bostridge and Saskia Giorgini – Thurs 1 June

Nadège Rochat and Judith Jáuregui – Sun 4 June

Paula Murrihy with the Irish Baroque Orchestra &  Peter Whelan – Mon 5 June

Tickets €25-60. Dromore Yard, Aglish, Co. Waterford

 

Recitals for The Classical Music Lovers 

From 29 May – 5 June 2023

Artists include Amy Gillen, Kelli-Ann Masterson, Niall Kinsella, Mairead Hurley, Abigail LaDuke, Ella Nagy, Frasier Hickland, Megan O’Neill, Amy Ní Fhearraigh,  BVOF Chorus.

Venues in Youghal, Fermoy, Lismore, Dungarvan, Cappoquin, Villierstown.

Tickets €25 / €10 Concessions / Limited Free Tickets 

 

The 2023 Free Shows

BVOF Free Open-Air Lunchtime Recitals – Fermoy, Youghal, Lismore, Dungarvan

30 May, 2, 3, 4 June Tickets FREE. Booking essential to secure seating.  

Lismore Castle Waterford

 

For The Foodie Lovers

The Macbeth Menu by Eunice Power - 31 May, 2, 3, 4 June

Tickets €55- €75 Lismore Castle Waterford

 

Gourmet Table Picnics by Eamo & Ró - 31 May, 2, 3, 4 June

Tickets €55 Lismore Castle Waterford

 

Gourmet Table Picnics by Eamo & Ró - 1, 4, 5 June

Tickets €55 Dromore Yard, Aglish, Co. Waterford

 

Lunchtime Recital Packages (2 Course Menu & Recital Ticket)

1 June – The Saucy Hen, Villierstown Tickets €30 

2 June – Barron’s Coffeehouse Cappoquin Tickets €30 

3 June – Fuller’s Bistro Lismore Tickets €30  

4 June – Foley’s on the Mall Lismore Tickets €45

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