List of operas performed at the Wexford Festival

Below is a complete list of the operas performed by Wexford Festival Opera since its inception in 1951. 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.

The Theatre Royal during the Wexford Opera Festival

Nearly all the performances listed took place at the Theatre Royal, Wexford 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, and the 2007 operas at Johnstown Castle, a few kilometres outside the town.

To date, the Festival has been led by the following seven 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-: Rosetta Cucchi

List

Year[1]OperaComposerLanguage[2]Premiere
of opera
ConductorDirectorDesigner[3]Singers
1951The Rose of Castille BalfeEnglish1857 Dermot O'Hara Powell Lloyd Murray Dickie
1952L'elisir d'amore DonizettiItalian1832 Dermot O'Hara Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Nicola Monti
1953Don Pasquale DonizettiItalian1843 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Afro Poli,
Nicola Monti
1954La sonnambula BelliniItalian1831 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Marilyn Cotlow,
Nicola Monti
1955Der Wildschütz LortzingGerman1842Hans Gierster Anthony Besch Peter Rice Heather Harper, Thomas Hemsley
1955Manon Lescaut PucciniItalian1893 Bryan Balkwill Anthony Besch Peter Rice
1956La cenerentola RossiniItalian1817 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Barbara Howitt, April Cantelo, Patricia Kern,
Nicola Monti
1956Martha FlotowGerman1847 Bryan Balkwill Peter Potter Joseph Carl Josef Traxel, Constance Shacklock
1957La figlia del reggimento DonizettiFrench[4]1840 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Graziella Sciutti, Geraint Evans, Patricia Kern
1957L'Italiana in Algeri RossiniItalian1813 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Barbara Howitt, Paolo Montarsolo, April Cantelo, Patricia Kern
1958Anna Bolena DonizettiItalian1830 Charles Mackerras Peter Potter Michael Eve Fiorenza Cossotto, Patricia Kern
1958I due Foscari VerdiItalian1844 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Mariella Angioletti
1959La gazza ladra RossiniItalian1817 John Pritchard Peter Potter Osbert Lancaster Janet Baker, Mariella Adani, Elizabeth Bainbridge,
Nicola Monti
1959Aroldo VerdiItalian1857 Charles Mackerras Frans Boerlage Micheál Mac Liammhóir Aldo Protti, Elizabeth Bainbridge
1960No Festival – theatre closed for reconstruction
1961Ernani VerdiItalian1844 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Reginald WoolleyMaria Angioletti, Ragnar Ulfung, Lino Puglisi
1961Mireille GounodFrench1864 Michael Moores Anthony Besch Osbert Lancaster Andréa Guiot, Alain Vanzo, Jean Borthayre, Laura Sarti
1962L'amico Fritz MascagniItalian1891 Antonio Tonini Michael Hadjimischev Reginald Woolley Bernadette Greevy, Nicola Monti
1962I puritani BelliniItalian1835 Gunnar Staern Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Mirella Freni
1963Don Pasquale DonizettiItalian1843 Antonio de Almeida Michael Hadjimischev Anna Hadjimischev Margherita Rinaldi
1963La Gioconda PonchielliItalian1876 Gunnar Staern Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Enriqueta Tarres, Anna Reynolds, Giuseppe Gismondo
1963The Siege of Rochelle BalfeEnglish1835(piano duo accompaniment)Douglas CraigReginald Wooley Patricia McCarry, Franco Ventriglia, Anna Reynolds[5]
1964Lucia di Lammermoor DonizettiItalian1835 Antonio de Almeida Michel Crochot Reginald Woolley Giacomo Aragall
1964Il conte Ory RossiniFrench[4]1828 Gunnar Staern Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Alberta Valentini, Pietro Bottazzo
1964Much Ado About Nothing StanfordEnglish1901 Courtney Kenny Peter Ebert Reginald WoolleySoo Bee Lee
1965Don Quichotte MassenetFrench1910 Albert Rosen Carl Ebert Reginald Woolley Miroslav Čangalović, Ivana Mixová
1965La traviata VerdiItalian1853 Gunnar Staern Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Philip Langridge
1965La finta giardiniera MozartItalian1775 Gunnar Staern Peter Ebert Judith Ebert Mattiwilda Dobbs, Birgit Nordin, Ugo Benelli
1966Fra Diavolo AuberFrench1830 Myer Fredman Dennis Maunder Reginald WoolleyAlberta Valentini, Anna Reynolds, Ugo Benelli, Nigel Douglas
1966Lucrezia Borgia DonizettiItalian1833 Albert Rosen Frith Banbury Reginald WoolleyVirginia Gordoni
1967Otello RossiniItalian1816 Albert Rosen Anthony Besch John Stoddart
1967Roméo et Juliette GounodFrench1867 David Lloyd-Jones John Cox Patrick Murray Richard Van Allan, Anne Pashley, Pamela Bowden, Henri Gui
1968La clemenza di Tito MozartItalian1791 Theodore Gushlbauer John Copley Michael Waller
1968La jolie fille de Perth BizetFrench1867 David Lloyd-Jones Pauline Grant Robin Archer Roger Soyer, Henri Gui, John Wakefield, Isabel Garcisanz
1968L'equivoco stravagante RossiniItalian1811 Aldo Ceccato John Cox John Stoddart Richard Van Allan
1969L'infedeltà delusa HaydnItalian1773 David Lloyd-Jones John Copley John Fraser Eugenia Ratti,
Jill Gomez, Ugo Benelli, Alexander Young
1969Luisa Miller VerdiItalian1849 Myer Fredman John Cox Bernard Culshaw Bernadette Greevy
1970Albert Herring BrittenEnglish1947 David Atherton Michael Geliot Jane Bond Alan Opie, Enid Hartle
1970Lakmé DelibesFrench1833 David Lloyd-Jones Michael Hadjimischev John Fraser Christiane Eda-Pierre, Jacques Mars
1970L'inganno felice[6] RossiniItalian1812 David Atherton Patrick Libby John Fraser Jill Gomez, Ugo Benelli
1970Il giovedi grasso[6] DonizettiItalian1829 David Atherton Patrick Libby John Fraser Jill Gomez
1971Les pêcheurs de perles BizetFrench1863 Guy Barbier Michael Geliot Roger Butlin/
Jane Bond
Christiane Eda-Pierre
1971La rondine PucciniItalian1917 Myer Fredman Anthony Besch John Stoddart June Card, Alexander Oliver, Thomas Lawlor
1971Il re pastore MozartItalian1775 Kenneth Montgomery John Cox Elizabeth Dalton Norma Burrowes, Anne Pashley
1972Oberon WeberEnglish1826 Kenneth Montgomery Anthony Besch Adam PollockJohn Fryatt
1972Il pirata BelliniItalian1827 Leone Magiera Michael Geliot Jane Venables Christiane Eda-Pierre
1972Káťa Kabanová JanáčekCzech1921 Albert Rosen David Pountney Sue Blane/
Maria Björnson
Ivo Žídek
1973Ivan Susanin GlinkaRussian1836 Guy Barbier Michael Hadjimischev Sue Blane Matti Salminen, Dennis O'Neill
1973The Gambler ProkofievRussian[7]1929 Albert Rosen David Pountney Maria Björnson Joseph Rouleau, Dennis O'Neill, Richard Stilgoe
1973L'ajo nell'imbarazzo DonizettiItalian1824 Kenneth Montgomery Patrick Libby Adam Pollock Richard Stilgoe
1974Medea in Corinto MayrItalian1813 Roderick Bryden Adrian Slack David Fielding Margreta Elkins
1974Thaïs MassenetFrench1894 Jacques Delacôte Jeremy Sutcliffe John Fraser Ann Murray,
Jill Gomez
1974Der Barbier von Bagdad CorneliusGerman1858 Albert Rosen Wolf Siegfried Wagner Dacre Punt/
Alex Reid
1975Eritrea CavalliItalian[7]1652 Jane Glover Ian Strasfogel Franco Colavecchia Paul Esswood, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
1975Le roi d'Ys LaloFrench1888 Jean Perrison Jean-Claude Auvray Bernard Arnould Gillian Knight
1975La pietra del paragone RossiniItalian1812 Roderick Bryden Adrian Slack John Bury Eric Garrett
1976Giovanna d'Arco VerdiItalian1845 James Judd Jeremy Sutcliffe David Fielding
1976The Merry Wives of Windsor NicolaiGerman[7]1849 Leonard Hancock Patrick Libby Adam Pollock Michael Langdon, Alan Opie
1976The Turn of the Screw BrittenEnglish1954 Albert Rosen Adrian Slack David Fielding Jane Manning
1977Hérodiade MassenetFrench1882 Henri Gallois Julian Hope Roger Butlin Malcolm Donnelly, Bernadette Greevy, Bonaventura Bottone
1977Orfeo ed Euridice GluckItalian1762 Jane Glover Wolf Siegfried Wagner Dacre Punt/
Alex Reid
Jennifer Smith
1977Il maestro di cappella[8] CimarosaItalian1793? James Judd Sesto Bruscantini Tim Reed Sesto Bruscantini
1977La serva e l'ussero[8] L RicciItalian1836 James Judd Sesto Bruscantini Tim Reed Sesto Bruscantini, Bonaventura Bottone
1977La serva padrona[8] PergolesiItalian1733 James Judd Sesto Bruscantini Tim Reed Sesto Bruscantini
1978Tiefland d'AlbertGerman1903 Henri Gallois Julian Hope Roger Butlin Malcolm Donnelly, Mani Mekler, Bonaventura Bottone
1978Il mondo della luna HaydnItalian1777 James Judd Adrian Slack Axel Bartz Helen Dixon, Elaine Linstedt, Emily Hastings, Dennis O'Neill, Alan Watt, Ugo Benelli, Gianni Socci
1978The Two Widows SmetanaCzech[7]1874 Albert Rosen David Pountney Sue Blane Felicity Palmer, Elizabeth Gale, Robert White, Joseph Rouleau, Bonaventura Bottone, Dinah Harris
1979L'amore dei tre re MontemezziItalian1913 Pinchas Steinberg Stewart Trotter Douglas Heap Bonaventura Bottone
1979La vestale SpontiniItalian1807 Matthias Bamert Julian Hope Roger Butlin/
Sue Blane
1979Crispino e la comare F & L RicciItalian1850 James Judd Sesto Bruscantini Tim Reed Lucia Aliberti,
Sesto Bruscantini, Bonaventura Bottone
1980Edgar PucciniItalian1889 Robin Stapleton Roger Chapman Douglas Heap/
Jane Law
1980Orlando HandelItalian1733 James Judd Wilfred Judd Kandis Cook/
Alison Meacher
Lesley Garrett, Bernadette Greevy
1980Of Mice and Men FloydEnglish1970 John DeMain Stewart Trotter John Cervenka
1981I gioielli della Madonna Wolf-FerrariItalian1911 Colman Pearce Graham Vick Russell Craig
1981Zaide MozartGerman1780[9] Nicholas Cleobury Timothy Tyrrel Dermot Hayes Neil Mackie,
Lesley Garrett, Ulrik Cold
1981Un giorno di regno VerdiItalian1840 James Judd Sesto Bruscantini Tim Reed Angela Feeney, Lucia Aliberti,
Sesto Bruscantini
1982Sakùntala AlfanoItalian1921 Albert Rosen Nicholas Hytner David Fielding
1982L'isola disabitata HaydnItalian1779 Newell Jenkins Guus Mostart John Otto Bernadette Greevy
1982Grisélidis MassenetFrench1891 Robin Stapleton Steven Pimlott Ariane Gastambide Sergei Leiferkus
1983Hans Heiling MarschnerGerman1833 Albert Rosen Steven Pimlott David Fielding Sergei Leiferkus
1983La vedova scaltra Wolf-FerrariItalian[7]1931 Yan Pascal Tortelier Charles Hamilton Tim Reed Jill Gomez
1983Linda di Chamounix DonizettiItalian1842 Gabriele Bellini Julian Hope Annena Stubbs Lucia Aliberti
1984Le jongleur de Notre-Dame MassenetFrench1902 Yan Pascal Tortelier Stefan Janski Johan Engels Patrick Power, Sergei Leiferkus
1984Le astuzie femminili CimarosaItalian1794 György Fischer Andy Hinds John McMurray Susanna Rigacci, Raúl Giménez
1984The Kiss SmetanaCzech[7]1876 Albert Rosen Toby Robertson Bernard Culshaw John Ayldon
1985Ariodante HandelItalian1735 Alan Curtis Guus Mostart John Otto Raúl Giménez, Bernadette Greevy
1985Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny WeillGerman[7]1930 Simon Joly Declan Donnellan John Ormerod
1985La Wally CatalaniItalian1892 Albert Rosen Stefan Janski Marie-Jeanne Lecca
1986Königskinder HumperdinckGerman1897 Albert Rosen Michael McCaffrey Di Seymour William Lewis, Sergei Leiferkus
1986Tancredi RossiniItalian1813 Arnold Östman Michael Beauchamp William Passmore Bruce Ford
1986Mignon ThomasFrench1866 Yan Pascal Tortelier Richard Jones Richard Hudson Beverly Hoch
1987Cendrillon MassenetFrench1899 Stéphane Cardon Seamus McGrenera Tim Reed
1987La cena delle beffe GiordanoItalian1924 Albert Rosen Patrick Mason Joe Vaněk Alessandra Marc, Fabio Armiliato, Miriam Gauci, Mikhail Krutikov
1987La straniera BelliniItalian1829 Jan Latham Koenig Robert Carsen Russell Craig Mikhail Svetlov (Krutikov)
1988The Devil and Kate DvořákCzech[7]1899 Albert Rosen Francesca Zambello Neil Peter Jampolis
1988Don Giovanni Tenorio[6] GazzanigaItalian1787 Simon Joly Patrick Mason Joe Vaněk Norman Bailey
1988Turandot[6] BusoniItalian1917 Simon Joly Patrick Mason Joe Vaněk Norman Bailey
1988Elisa e Claudio MercadanteItalian1821 Marco Guidarini David Fielding David Fielding/
Bettina Munzer
1989Der Templer und die Jüdin MarschnerGerman1829 Albert Rosen Francesca Zambello Bettina Munzer William Stone, Greer Grimsley
1989Mitridate, re di Ponto MozartItalian1770 Marco Guidarini Lucy Bailey Peter J Davison Patricia Rozario
1989The Duenna ProkofievRussian[7]1946 František Vajnar Patrick Mason Joe Vaněk Spiro Malas, Thomas Lawlor
1990Zazà LeoncavalloItalian1900 Bruno Rigacci Jamie Hayes Ruari Murchison Wojciech Drabowicz
1990The Rising of the Moon MawEnglish1970 Simon Joly Ceri Sherlock Richard Aylwin Elizabeth Bainbridge, Thomas Lawlor
1990La dame blanche BoieldieuFrench1825 Emmanuel Joel Jean-Claude Auvray Kenny MacLellan Gillian Knight
1991L'assedio di Calais DonizettiItalian1836 Evelino Pidò Francesca Zambello Alison Chitty Frank Kelley
1991Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung GoetzGerman1874 Oliver von Dohnányi John Lloyd-Davies John Lloyd-Davies Stefan Margita, Frank Kelley
1991La rencontre imprévue GluckFrench[7]1764 Richard Hickox Jamie Hayes Ruari Merchison Paul Austin Kelly
1992Il piccolo Marat MascagniItalian1921 Albert Rosen Stephen Medcalf Charles Edwards
1992Gli equivoci StoraceItalian[10]1786 Mark Shanahan Giles Havergal Russell CraigKorliss Uecker
1992Der Vampyr MarschnerGerman1827 Guido Johannes Rumstadt Jean-Claude Auvray Kenny MacLellan
1993Cherevichki TchaikovskyRussian1885 Alexander Anissimov Francesca Zambello Bruno Schwengl Vladimir Matorin
1993Il barbiere di Siviglia PaisielloItalian1782 Carla Delfrate Lucy Bailey Simon Vincenzi
1993Zampa HéroldFrench1831 Yves Abel Tim Hopkins Charles Edwards Mary Mills
1994The Demon RubinsteinRussian1875 Alexander Anissimov Yefim Maizel Paul Steinberg
1994La bohème LeoncavalloItalian1897 Albert Rosen Reto Nickler Russell Craig
1994Das Liebesverbot WagnerGerman1836 Yves Abel Dieter Kaegi Bruno Schwengel Gidon Saks
1995Iris MascagniItalian1898 Bruno Aprea Lorenzo Mariani Maurizio Balò
1995Saffo PaciniItalian1840 Maurizio Benini Beni Montressor Beni Montressor
1995Mayskaya noch' Rimsky-KorsakovRussian1880 Vladimir Jurowski Stephen Medcalf Francis O'Connor Vladimir Matorin
1996ParisinaDonizettiItalian1833 Maurizio Benini Stefano Vizioli Ulderico Manani Alexandrina Pendatchanska
1996L'étoile du nord MeyerbeerFrench1854 Vladimir Jurowski Denis Krief Denis Krief Juan Diego Flórez, Elizabeth Futral
1996Šárka FibichCzech1897 David Agler Inga Levant Charles Edwards /
Brigitte Reiffenstuel
1997Rusalka DargomyzhskyRussian1856 Paul Mägi Dimitri Bertmann Igor Nezny/
Tatyana Tulubieva
Alessandro Safina
1997La fiamma RespighiItalian1934 Enrique Mazzola Franco Ripa di Meana Edoardo Sanchi
1997Elena da Feltre MercadanteItalian1839 Maurizio Benini Sonja Frisell Marouan Dib
1998Fosca GomesItalian1873 Alexander Anissimov Giovanni Agostinucci Giovanni Agostinucci Fernando del Valle
1998Šarlatán HaasCzech1938 Israel Yinon John Abulafia Fotini Dimou
1998I cavalieri di Ekebù ZandonaiItalian1925 Daniele Callegari Gabriele Vacis Francesco Calcagnini/
Hilary Lewis
Joseph Calleja
1999Die Königin von Saba GoldmarkGerman1875 Claude Schnitzler Patrick Mailler Massimo Gasparon
1999Straszny Dwór MoniuszkoPolish1865 David Jones Michal Znaniecki Francesco Calcagnini
1999Siberia GiordanoItalian1903 Daniele Callegari Fabio Sparvoli Giorgio Ricchelli/
Alessandra Torelli
2000Orleanskaya deva TchaikovskyRussian1881 Daniele Callegari Massimo Gasparon Massimo Gasparon Ermonela Jaho
2000Si j'étais roi AdamFrench1852 David Agler Renaud Doucet André Barbe /
Huguette Barbe-Blanchard
Joseph Calleja
2000Conchita ZandonaiItalian1911 Marcello Rota Corrado d'Elia Fabrizio Palla /
Steve Almerighi
2001Alessandro Stradella FlotowGerman1844 Daniele Callegari Thomas de Mallet Burgess Julian McGowan
2001Jakobín DvořákCzech1889 Alexandre Voloschuk Michael McCaffery Paul Edwards Markus Werba
2001Sapho MassenetFrench1897 Jean-Luc Tingaud Fabio Sparvoli Giorgio Ricchelli /
Alessandra Torella
Ermonela Jaho
2002Mirandolina MartinůItalian1959 Riccardo Frizza Paul Curran Kevin Knight
2002Il giuramento MercadanteItalian1837 Paolo Arrivabeni Joseph Rochlitz Lucia Goj /
Silvia Aymonino
2002Manon Lescaut AuberFrench1856 Jean-Luc Tingaud Jean-Phillippe Clarac /
Olivier Deloeuil
Greco Ermonela Jaho
2003Švanda dudák WeinbergerCzech1927 Julian Reynolds Damiano Michieletto Robin Rawstorne
2003Die drei Pintos WeberGerman1888[11] Paolo Arrivabeni Michal Znaniecki Kevin Knight
2003María del Carmen GranadosSpanish1898 Max Bragado-Darman Sergio Vela Cristiana Aureggi/
Violeta Rojas
2004Prinzessin Brambilla BraunfelsGerman1931[12] Danieli Belardinelli Rosetta Cucchi Maria Rosaria Tartaglia
2004La vestale MercadanteItalian1840 Paolo Arrivabeni Thomas de Mallet Burgess Jamie Vartan
2004Eva FoersterCzech1899 Jaroslav Kyzlink Paul Curran Paul Edwards
2005Pénélope FauréFrench1913 Jean-Luc Tingaud Renaud Doucet André Barbe Paul Carey Jones
2005Susannah FloydEnglish1955 Christopher Larkin John Fulljames Conor Murphy Simon O'Neill
2005Maria di Rohan DonizettiItalian1843 Roberto Polastri Charles Edwards Charles Edwards /
Brigitte Rieffenstuel
Eglise Gutiérrez, James Westman
2006Don Gregorio[13] DonizettiItalian1826 Michele Mariotti Roberto Recchia Ferdia Murphy
2006Transformations SusaEnglish1973 David Agler Michael Barker-Caven Joe Vaněk
2007Arlecchino[14] BusoniGerman1917 David Agler Lucio Dalla Italo Grassi
2007Rusalka DvořákCzech1901 Dmitri Jurowski Lee Blakeley Joe Vaněk Kateřina Jalovcová
Bryan Hymel
2007Der Silbersee WeillGerman[15]1933 Timothy Redmond Keith Warner Jason Southgate Nigel Richards, Simon Gleeson, Anita Dobson,
Paul Carey Jones
2008Tutti in maschera PedrottiItalian1856 Leonardo Vordoni Rosetta Cucchi Federico Bianchi/
Claudia Pernigotti
2008Snegurochka Rimsky-KorsakovRussian1882 Dmitri Jurowski John Fulljames Dick Bird Natela Nicoli, Kateřina Jalovcová
2008The Mines of Sulphur BennettEnglish1965 Stewart Robertson Michael Barker-Caven Joe Vaněk Krisztina Szabó
2009Maria Padilla DonizettiItalian1841 David Agler Marco Gandini Mauro Tinti
2009The Ghosts of Versailles CoriglianoEnglish1991 Michael Christie James Robinson Allen Moyer /
James Schuette
Krisztina Szabó
2009Une éducation manquée[6] ChabrierFrench1879 Christopher Franklin Roberto Recchia Lorenzo Cutùli /
Claudia Pernigotti
2009La cambiale di matrimonio[6] RossiniItalian1810 Christopher Franklin Roberto Recchia Lorenzo Cutùli /
Claudia Pernigotti
2010Virginia MercadanteItalian1866 Carlos Izcaray Kevin Newbury Allen Moyer Angela Meade, Bruno Ribiero, Hugh Russell, Ivan Magri, John Matthew Myers, Marcella Walsh, Gianluca Buratto
2010The Golden Ticket AshEnglish2010 Timothy Redmond James Robinson Bruno Schwengl /
Martin Pakledinaz
Frank Kelley, Kiera Duffy, Wayne Tigges, Bradley Smoak, Abigail Nims, Owen Gilhooly, Noah Stewart
2010Hubička SmetanaCzech1876 Jaroslav Kyzlink Michael Gieleta James Macnamara /
Fabio Toblini
2011 Maria StatkowskiPolish1906 Tomasz Tokarczyk Michael Gieleta James Macnamara /
Fabio Toblini
Daria Masiero, Rafał Bartminski
2011 Gianni di Parigi DonizettiItalian1839 Giacomo Sagripanti Federico GrazziniTiziano Santi /
Valeria Donata Betella
Edgardo Rocha, Zuzana Marková
2011 La cour de Célimène ThomasFrench1855 Carlos Izcaray Stephen BarlowPaul EdwardsLuigi Boccia, Claudia Boyle, John Molloy
2012 L'Arlesiana CileaItalian1897 David Angus Rosetta CucchiSarah Bacon /
Claudia Pernigotti
Annunziata Vestri, Dimitry Golovnin
2012 Le roi malgré lui ChabrierFrench1887 Jean-Luc Tingaud Thaddeus StrassbergerKevin Knight /
Mattie Ulrich
Luigi Boccia, Liam Bonner, Mathias Vidal
2012 A Village Romeo and Juliet DeliusEnglish1907 Rory Macdonald Stephen MedcalfJamie Vartan John Bellemer, Jessica Muirhead
2013Il cappello di paglia di Firenze RotaItalian1955Sergio AlapontAndrea CigniLorenze CutùliFillipo Adami
2013La Navarraise[6] MassenetFrench1894David Agler Renaud Doucet André BarbeNora Sourouzian, Philippe Do
2013Thérèse[6] MassenetFrench1907David Agler Renaud Doucet André BarbeNora Sourouzian, Philippe Do, Brian Mulligan
2013Cristina, regina di Svezia ForoniItalian1849Andrew Greenwood Stephen MedcalfJamie VartanHelena Dix
2014Salomé MariotteFrench1908David Angus Rosetta CucchiTiziano Santi / Claudia PernigottiNa'ma Goldman, Nora Sourouzian, Scot Wilde, Igor Golovatenko
2014Don Bucefalo CagnoniItalian1847Sergio Alapont Kevin NewburyVita Tzykun / Jessica JahnFilippo Fontana, Marie-Eve Munger, Jennifer Davis
2014Silent Night PutsEnglish, French, German2011Michael Christie Tomer ZvulunErhard Rom / Vita TzykunQuentin Hayes, Chad Johnson
2015KoangaDeliusEnglish1896Stephen BarlowMichael GieletaJames MacnamaraNorman Garrett, Nozuko Teto, Christopher Robertson, Rachel Croash
2015Guglielmo RatcliffMascagniItalian1895Francesco CilluffoFabio CeresaTiziano SantiAngelo Villari, Mariangela Sicilia, Annunziata Vestri, David Stout, Quentin Hayes, Sarah Richmond
2015Le pré aux clercsHéroldFrench1832Jean-Luc TingaudEric RufLaurant DelvertMarie-Eve Munger, Marie Lenormand, Magali Simard-Galdès, Dominique Côté
2016VanessaBarberEnglish1958Timothy MyersRodula GaitanouCordelia ChisholmClaire Rutter, Rosalind Plowright
2016Maria de RudenzDonizettiItalian1838Andrew GreenwoodFabio CeresaGary McCannGilda Fiume
2016HerculanumFélicien DavidFrench1859Jean-Luc TingaudStephen MedcalfAndrew Haji, Olga Busuioc, Daniela Pini[16]
2017MedeaCherubiniItalian1797Stephen BarlowFiona Shaw-Lise Davidsen, Raffaella Lupinacci, Adam Lau, Ruth Iniesta[17]
2017MargheritaJacopo ForoniItalian1848Timothy MyersMichael Sturm-Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Alessandra Volpe, Matteo d’Apolito, Andrew Stenson, Yuriy Yurchuk[17]
2017RisurrezioneFranco AlfanoItalian1904Francesco CilluffoRosetta CucchiTiziano SantiGerard Schneider, Anne Sophie Duprels[17]
2018L'Oracolo & Mala vita Leoni & GiordanoItalian1905 & 1892 Francesco Cilluffo-- Joo Won Kang, Elisabetta Farris, Sergio Escobar[18]
2018Il bravoMercadanteItalian1839Jonathan Brandani--Ekaterina Bakanova, Yasko Sato, Rubens Pelizzari and Alessandro Luciano[18]
2018Dinner at EightWilliam Bolcom  English 2017 David Agler  Tomer Zvulun Alexander Dodge  Mary Dunleavy, Susannah Biller, Brenda Harris[18]
2019The Veiled ProphetStanford
2019Don QuichotteMassenetFrench 1904 Timothy Myers Rodula Gaitanou takis Aigul Akhmetshina, Goderdzi Janelidze, Olafur Sigurdarson
2019Dorilla in TempeVivaldiItalian1726Andrea MarchiolFabio CeresaMassimo Checchetto
2019La Cucina (opera)Andrew SynnottItalian2019Michele SpottiRosetta CucchiTiziano Santi
2020 Ein Wintermarchen Karl Goldmark German 1908 Marcus Bosch Dmitry Bertman Astrid Janson Sergei Radchenko; Sophie Gordeladeze; Deanna Breiwick
2020 Le Songe d’une United d’ete Joseph-Bernard Rosier and Adolph de Leuven French 1850 Guillaume Tourniaire Walter Le Mali Tiziano Santi; Gabrielle Mayer Hasmik Torosyan; Valentina Mastrangelo
2020 Edmea Antonio Ghislanzoni Italian 1886 Francesco Cilluffo Julia Burbach Anne Sophie Durprels; Ivan Shcherbatykh, Raffaele Abete

Sources

  • Creative teams and singers for seasons 1951–2007: Lewis, Kevin (2008). What the Doctor Ordered: an Encyclopedia of Wexford Festival Opera since 1951. Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84588-597-7.
  • 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, p18-21.
  • The Programme Book for 2019 and 2020

Notes

  1. Year that the opera was performed during the Wexford Festival
  2. Language used in the opera's original libretto
  3. Where two designers are credited, the first-named designed the set and the second designed the costumes
  4. Performed in Italian translation
  5. Porter, Andrew. The Wexford Festival. Opera, December 1963, Vol.14 No.12 p828-831.
  6. Performed as part of a double bill.
  7. Performed in English translation
  8. Performed as part of a triple bill
  9. Abandoned by Mozart; date is that of composition.
  10. Performed in an English translation by Arthur Jacobs
  11. Left incomplete by Weber in 1821; completed by Gustav Mahler, who expanded surviving sketches and added music from other works by Weber
  12. Revised version: first version premiered in 1909
  13. A revised version of L'ajo nell'imbarazzo
  14. Performed as part of a double bill with Pulcinella.
  15. Performed in an English translation by Rory Bremner
  16. Reports on the 2016 festival by Geoffrey Wheatcroft and John Allison in Opera January 2017, p 53-57. In addition, Riders to the Sea, Il campanello, and The Bear were staged with piano accompaniment.
  17. Wheatcroft, Geoffrey. Report from Wexford. Opera, January 2018, Vol 69 No.1, p37-39.
  18. Wheatcroft, Geoffrey. Report from Wexford. Opera, January 2019, Vol 70 No.1, p51-54.
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