List of operas performed at the Wexford Festival

The Theatre Royal during the Wexford Opera Festival

Below is a complete list of the operas performed by Wexford Festival Opera since its inception in 1951 (73 years ago) (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.

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.

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

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Year[1] Opera Composer Language[2] Premiere
of opera		 Conductor Director Designer[3] Singers
1951 The Rose of Castille Balfe English 1857 Dermot O'Hara Powell Lloyd Murray Dickie
1952 L'elisir d'amore Donizetti Italian 1832 Dermot O'Hara Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Nicola Monti
1953 Don Pasquale Donizetti Italian 1843 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Afro Poli,
Nicola Monti
1954 La sonnambula Bellini Italian 1831 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Marilyn Cotlow,
Nicola Monti
1955 Der Wildschütz Lortzing German 1842 Hans Gierster Anthony Besch Peter Rice Heather Harper, Thomas Hemsley
1955 Manon Lescaut Puccini Italian 1893 Bryan Balkwill Anthony Besch Peter Rice
1956 La cenerentola Rossini Italian 1817 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Barbara Howitt, April Cantelo, Patricia Kern,
Nicola Monti
1956 Martha Flotow German 1847 Bryan Balkwill Peter Potter Joseph Carl Josef Traxel, Constance Shacklock
1957 La figlia del reggimento Donizetti French[4] 1840 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Graziella Sciutti, Geraint Evans, Patricia Kern
1957 L'Italiana in Algeri Rossini Italian 1813 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Joseph Carl Barbara Howitt, Paolo Montarsolo, April Cantelo, Patricia Kern
1958 Anna Bolena Donizetti Italian 1830 Charles Mackerras Peter Potter Michael Eve Fiorenza Cossotto, Patricia Kern
1958 I due Foscari Verdi Italian 1844 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Mariella Angioletti
1959 La gazza ladra Rossini Italian 1817 John Pritchard Peter Potter Osbert Lancaster Janet Baker, Mariella Adani, Elizabeth Bainbridge,
Nicola Monti
1959 Aroldo Verdi Italian 1857 Charles Mackerras Frans Boerlage Micheál Mac Liammhóir Aldo Protti, Elizabeth Bainbridge
1960 No Festival – theatre closed for reconstruction
1961 Ernani Verdi Italian 1844 Bryan Balkwill Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Maria Angioletti, Ragnar Ulfung, Lino Puglisi
1961 Mireille Gounod French 1864 Michael Moores Anthony Besch Osbert Lancaster Andréa Guiot, Alain Vanzo, Jean Borthayre, Laura Sarti
1962 L'amico Fritz Mascagni Italian 1891 Antonio Tonini Michael Hadjimischev Reginald Woolley Bernadette Greevy, Nicola Monti
1962 I puritani Bellini Italian 1835 Gunnar Staern Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Mirella Freni
1963 Don Pasquale Donizetti Italian 1843 Antonio de Almeida Michael Hadjimischev Anna Hadjimischev Margherita Rinaldi
1963 La Gioconda Ponchielli Italian 1876 Gunnar Staern Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Enriqueta Tarres, Anna Reynolds, Giuseppe Gismondo
1963 The Siege of Rochelle Balfe English 1835 (piano duo accompaniment) Douglas Craig Reginald Wooley Patricia McCarry, Franco Ventriglia, Anna Reynolds[5]
1964 Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti Italian 1835 Antonio de Almeida Michel Crochot Reginald Woolley Giacomo Aragall
1964 Il conte Ory Rossini French[4] 1828 Gunnar Staern Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Alberta Valentini, Pietro Bottazzo
1964 Much Ado About Nothing Stanford English 1901 Courtney Kenny Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Soo Bee Lee
1965 Don Quichotte Massenet French 1910 Albert Rosen Carl Ebert Reginald Woolley Miroslav Čangalović, Ivana Mixová
1965 La traviata Verdi Italian 1853 Gunnar Staern Peter Ebert Reginald Woolley Philip Langridge
1965 La finta giardiniera Mozart Italian 1775 Gunnar Staern Peter Ebert Judith Ebert Mattiwilda Dobbs, Birgit Nordin, Ugo Benelli
1966 Fra Diavolo Auber French 1830 Myer Fredman Dennis Maunder Reginald Woolley Alberta Valentini, Anna Reynolds, Ugo Benelli, Nigel Douglas
1966 Lucrezia Borgia Donizetti Italian 1833 Albert Rosen Frith Banbury Reginald Woolley Virginia Gordoni
1967 Otello Rossini Italian 1816 Albert Rosen Anthony Besch John Stoddart
1967 Roméo et Juliette Gounod French 1867 David Lloyd-Jones John Cox Patrick Murray Richard Van Allan, Anne Pashley, Pamela Bowden, Henri Gui
1968 La clemenza di Tito Mozart Italian 1791 Theodore Gushlbauer John Copley Michael Waller
1968 La jolie fille de Perth Bizet French 1867 David Lloyd-Jones Pauline Grant Robin Archer Roger Soyer, Henri Gui, John Wakefield, Isabel Garcisanz
1968 L'equivoco stravagante Rossini Italian 1811 Aldo Ceccato John Cox John Stoddart Richard Van Allan
1969 L'infedeltà delusa Haydn Italian 1773 David Lloyd-Jones John Copley John Fraser Eugenia Ratti,
Jill Gomez, Ugo Benelli, Alexander Young
1969 Luisa Miller Verdi Italian 1849 Myer Fredman John Cox Bernard Culshaw Bernadette Greevy
1970 Albert Herring Britten English 1947 David Atherton Michael Geliot Jane Bond Alan Opie, Enid Hartle
1970 Lakmé Delibes French 1833 David Lloyd-Jones Michael Hadjimischev John Fraser Christiane Eda-Pierre, Jacques Mars
1970 L'inganno felice[6] Rossini Italian 1812 David Atherton Patrick Libby John Fraser Jill Gomez, Ugo Benelli
1970 Il giovedi grasso[6] Donizetti Italian 1829 David Atherton Patrick Libby John Fraser Jill Gomez
1971 Les pêcheurs de perles Bizet French 1863 Guy Barbier Michael Geliot Roger Butlin/
Jane Bond		 Christiane Eda-Pierre
1971 La rondine Puccini Italian 1917 Myer Fredman Anthony Besch John Stoddart June Card, Alexander Oliver, Thomas Lawlor
1971 Il re pastore Mozart Italian 1775 Kenneth Montgomery John Cox Elizabeth Dalton Norma Burrowes, Anne Pashley
1972 Oberon Weber English 1826 Kenneth Montgomery Anthony Besch Adam Pollock John Fryatt
1972 Il pirata Bellini Italian 1827 Leone Magiera Michael Geliot Jane Venables Christiane Eda-Pierre
1972 Káťa Kabanová Janáček Czech 1921 Albert Rosen David Pountney Sue Blane/
Maria Björnson		 Ivo Žídek
1973 Ivan Susanin Glinka Russian 1836 Guy Barbier Michael Hadjimischev Sue Blane Matti Salminen, Dennis O'Neill
1973 The Gambler Prokofiev Russian[7] 1929 Albert Rosen David Pountney Maria Björnson Joseph Rouleau, Dennis O'Neill, Richard Stilgoe
1973 L'ajo nell'imbarazzo Donizetti Italian 1824 Kenneth Montgomery Patrick Libby Adam Pollock Richard Stilgoe
1974 Medea in Corinto Mayr Italian 1813 Roderick Bryden Adrian Slack David Fielding Margreta Elkins
1974 Thaïs Massenet French 1894 Jacques Delacôte Jeremy Sutcliffe John Fraser Ann Murray,
Jill Gomez
1974 Der Barbier von Bagdad Cornelius German 1858 Albert Rosen Wolf Siegfried Wagner Dacre Punt/
Alex Reid
1975 Eritrea Cavalli Italian[7] 1652 Jane Glover Ian Strasfogel Franco Colavecchia Paul Esswood, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
1975 Le roi d'Ys Lalo French 1888 Jean Perrison Jean-Claude Auvray Bernard Arnould Gillian Knight
1975 La pietra del paragone Rossini Italian 1812 Roderick Bryden Adrian Slack John Bury Eric Garrett
1976 Giovanna d'Arco Verdi Italian 1845 James Judd Jeremy Sutcliffe David Fielding
1976 The Merry Wives of Windsor Nicolai German[7] 1849 Leonard Hancock Patrick Libby Adam Pollock Michael Langdon, Alan Opie
1976 The Turn of the Screw Britten English 1954 Albert Rosen Adrian Slack David Fielding Jane Manning
1977 Hérodiade Massenet French 1882 Henri Gallois Julian Hope Roger Butlin Malcolm Donnelly, Bernadette Greevy, Bonaventura Bottone
1977 Orfeo ed Euridice Gluck Italian 1762 Jane Glover Wolf Siegfried Wagner Dacre Punt/
Alex Reid		 Jennifer Smith
1977 Il maestro di cappella[8] Cimarosa Italian 1793? James Judd Sesto Bruscantini Tim Reed Sesto Bruscantini
1977 La serva e l'ussero[8] L Ricci Italian 1836 James Judd Sesto Bruscantini Tim Reed Sesto Bruscantini, Bonaventura Bottone
1977 La serva padrona[8] Pergolesi Italian 1733 James Judd Sesto Bruscantini Tim Reed Sesto Bruscantini
1978 Tiefland d'Albert German 1903 Henri Gallois Julian Hope Roger Butlin Malcolm Donnelly, Mani Mekler, Bonaventura Bottone
1978 Il mondo della luna Haydn Italian 1777 James Judd Adrian Slack Axel Bartz Helen Dixon, Elaine Linstedt, Emily Hastings, Dennis O'Neill, Alan Watt, Ugo Benelli, Gianni Socci
1978 The Two Widows Smetana Czech[7] 1874 Albert Rosen David Pountney Sue Blane Felicity Palmer, Elizabeth Gale, Robert White, Joseph Rouleau, Bonaventura Bottone, Dinah Harris
1979 L'amore dei tre re Montemezzi Italian 1913 Pinchas Steinberg Stewart Trotter Douglas Heap Bonaventura Bottone
1979 La vestale Spontini Italian 1807 Matthias Bamert Julian Hope Roger Butlin/
Sue Blane
1979 Crispino e la comare F & L Ricci Italian 1850 James Judd Sesto Bruscantini Tim Reed Lucia Aliberti,
Sesto Bruscantini, Bonaventura Bottone
1980 Edgar Puccini Italian 1889 Robin Stapleton Roger Chapman Douglas Heap/
Jane Law
1980 Orlando Handel Italian 1733 James Judd Wilfred Judd Kandis Cook/
Alison Meacher		 Lesley Garrett, Bernadette Greevy
1980 Of Mice and Men Floyd English 1970 John DeMain Stewart Trotter John Cervenka
1981 I gioielli della Madonna Wolf-Ferrari Italian 1911 Colman Pearce Graham Vick Russell Craig
1981 Zaide Mozart German 1780[9] Nicholas Cleobury Timothy Tyrrel Dermot Hayes Neil Mackie,
Lesley Garrett, Ulrik Cold
1981 Un giorno di regno Verdi Italian 1840 James Judd Sesto Bruscantini Tim Reed Angela Feeney, Lucia Aliberti,
Sesto Bruscantini
1982 Sakùntala Alfano Italian 1921 Albert Rosen Nicholas Hytner David Fielding
1982 L'isola disabitata Haydn Italian 1779 Newell Jenkins Guus Mostart John Otto Bernadette Greevy
1982 Grisélidis Massenet French 1891 Robin Stapleton Steven Pimlott Ariane Gastambide Sergei Leiferkus
1983 Hans Heiling Marschner German 1833 Albert Rosen Steven Pimlott David Fielding Sergei Leiferkus
1983 La vedova scaltra Wolf-Ferrari Italian[7] 1931 Yan Pascal Tortelier Charles Hamilton Tim Reed Jill Gomez
1983 Linda di Chamounix Donizetti Italian 1842 Gabriele Bellini Julian Hope Annena Stubbs Lucia Aliberti
1984 Le jongleur de Notre-Dame Massenet French 1902 Yan Pascal Tortelier Stefan Janski Johan Engels Patrick Power, Sergei Leiferkus
1984 Le astuzie femminili Cimarosa Italian 1794 György Fischer Andy Hinds John McMurray Susanna Rigacci, Raúl Giménez
1984 The Kiss Smetana Czech[7] 1876 Albert Rosen Toby Robertson Bernard Culshaw John Ayldon
1985 Ariodante Handel Italian 1735 Alan Curtis Guus Mostart John Otto Raúl Giménez, Bernadette Greevy
1985 Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Weill German[7] 1930 Simon Joly Declan Donnellan John Ormerod
1985 La Wally Catalani Italian 1892 Albert Rosen Stefan Janski Marie-Jeanne Lecca
1986 Königskinder Humperdinck German 1897 Albert Rosen Michael McCaffrey Di Seymour William Lewis, Sergei Leiferkus
1986 Tancredi Rossini Italian 1813 Arnold Östman Michael Beauchamp William Passmore Bruce Ford
1986 Mignon Thomas French 1866 Yan Pascal Tortelier Richard Jones Richard Hudson Beverly Hoch
1987 Cendrillon Massenet French 1899 Stéphane Cardon Seamus McGrenera Tim Reed
1987 La cena delle beffe Giordano Italian 1924 Albert Rosen Patrick Mason Joe Vaněk Alessandra Marc, Fabio Armiliato, Miriam Gauci, Mikhail Krutikov
1987 La straniera Bellini Italian 1829 Jan Latham Koenig Robert Carsen Russell Craig Mikhail Svetlov (Krutikov)
1988 The Devil and Kate Dvořák Czech[7] 1899 Albert Rosen Francesca Zambello Neil Peter Jampolis
1988 Don Giovanni Tenorio[6] Gazzaniga Italian 1787 Simon Joly Patrick Mason Joe Vaněk Norman Bailey
1988 Turandot[6] Busoni Italian 1917 Simon Joly Patrick Mason Joe Vaněk Norman Bailey
1988 Elisa e Claudio Mercadante Italian 1821 Marco Guidarini David Fielding David Fielding/
Bettina Munzer
1989 Der Templer und die Jüdin Marschner German 1829 Albert Rosen Francesca Zambello Bettina Munzer William Stone, Greer Grimsley
1989 Mitridate, re di Ponto Mozart Italian 1770 Marco Guidarini Lucy Bailey Peter J Davison Patricia Rozario
1989 The Duenna Prokofiev Russian[7] 1946 František Vajnar Patrick Mason Joe Vaněk Spiro Malas, Thomas Lawlor
1990 Zazà Leoncavallo Italian 1900 Bruno Rigacci Jamie Hayes Ruari Murchison Wojciech Drabowicz
1990 The Rising of the Moon Maw English 1970 Simon Joly Ceri Sherlock Richard Aylwin Elizabeth Bainbridge, Thomas Lawlor
1990 La dame blanche Boieldieu French 1825 Emmanuel Joel Jean-Claude Auvray Kenny MacLellan Gillian Knight
1991 L'assedio di Calais Donizetti Italian 1836 Evelino Pidò Francesca Zambello Alison Chitty Frank Kelley
1991 Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung Goetz German 1874 Oliver von Dohnányi John Lloyd-Davies John Lloyd-Davies Stefan Margita, Frank Kelley
1991 La rencontre imprévue Gluck French[7] 1764 Richard Hickox Jamie Hayes Ruari Merchison Paul Austin Kelly
1992 Il piccolo Marat Mascagni Italian 1921 Albert Rosen Stephen Medcalf Charles Edwards
1992 Gli equivoci Storace Italian[10] 1786 Mark Shanahan Giles Havergal Russell Craig Korliss Uecker
1992 Der Vampyr Marschner German 1827 Guido Johannes Rumstadt Jean-Claude Auvray Kenny MacLellan
1993 Cherevichki Tchaikovsky Russian 1885 Alexander Anissimov Francesca Zambello Bruno Schwengl Vladimir Matorin
1993 Il barbiere di Siviglia Paisiello Italian 1782 Carla Delfrate Lucy Bailey Simon Vincenzi
1993 Zampa Hérold French 1831 Yves Abel Tim Hopkins Charles Edwards Mary Mills
1994 The Demon Rubinstein Russian 1875 Alexander Anissimov Yefim Maizel Paul Steinberg
1994 La bohème Leoncavallo Italian 1897 Albert Rosen Reto Nickler Russell Craig
1994 Das Liebesverbot Wagner German 1836 Yves Abel Dieter Kaegi Bruno Schwengel Gidon Saks
1995 Iris Mascagni Italian 1898 Bruno Aprea Lorenzo Mariani Maurizio Balò
1995 Saffo Pacini Italian 1840 Maurizio Benini Beni Montressor Beni Montressor
1995 Mayskaya noch' Rimsky-Korsakov Russian 1880 Vladimir Jurowski Stephen Medcalf Francis O'Connor Vladimir Matorin
1996 Parisina Donizetti Italian 1833 Maurizio Benini Stefano Vizioli Ulderico Manani Alexandrina Pendatchanska
1996 L'étoile du nord Meyerbeer French 1854 Vladimir Jurowski Denis Krief Denis Krief Juan Diego Flórez, Elizabeth Futral
1996 Šárka Fibich Czech 1897 David Agler Inga Levant Charles Edwards /
Brigitte Reiffenstuel
1997 Rusalka Dargomyzhsky Russian 1856 Paul Mägi Dimitri Bertmann Igor Nezny/
Tatyana Tulubieva		 Alessandro Safina
1997 La fiamma Respighi Italian 1934 Enrique Mazzola Franco Ripa di Meana Edoardo Sanchi
1997 Elena da Feltre Mercadante Italian 1839 Maurizio Benini Sonja Frisell Marouan Dib
1998 Fosca Gomes Italian 1873 Alexander Anissimov Giovanni Agostinucci Giovanni Agostinucci Fernando del Valle
1998 Šarlatán Haas Czech 1938 Israel Yinon John Abulafia Fotini Dimou
1998 I cavalieri di Ekebù Zandonai Italian 1925 Daniele Callegari Gabriele Vacis Francesco Calcagnini/
Hilary Lewis		 Joseph Calleja
1999 Die Königin von Saba Goldmark German 1875 Claude Schnitzler Patrick Mailler Massimo Gasparon
1999 Straszny Dwór Moniuszko Polish 1865 David Jones Michal Znaniecki Francesco Calcagnini
1999 Siberia Giordano Italian 1903 Daniele Callegari Fabio Sparvoli Giorgio Ricchelli/
Alessandra Torelli
2000 Orleanskaya deva Tchaikovsky Russian 1881 Daniele Callegari Massimo Gasparon Massimo Gasparon Ermonela Jaho
2000 Si j'étais roi Adam French 1852 David Agler Renaud Doucet André Barbe /
Huguette Barbe-Blanchard		 Joseph Calleja
2000 Conchita Zandonai Italian 1911 Marcello Rota Corrado d'Elia Fabrizio Palla /
Steve Almerighi
2001 Alessandro Stradella Flotow German 1844 Daniele Callegari Thomas de Mallet Burgess Julian McGowan
2001 Jakobín Dvořák Czech 1889 Alexandre Voloschuk Michael McCaffery Paul Edwards Markus Werba
2001 Sapho Massenet French 1897 Jean-Luc Tingaud Fabio Sparvoli Giorgio Ricchelli /
Alessandra Torella		 Ermonela Jaho
2002 Mirandolina Martinů Italian 1959 Riccardo Frizza Paul Curran Kevin Knight
2002 Il giuramento Mercadante Italian 1837 Paolo Arrivabeni Joseph Rochlitz Lucia Goj /
Silvia Aymonino
2002 Manon Lescaut Auber French 1856 Jean-Luc Tingaud Jean-Phillippe Clarac /
Olivier Deloeuil		 Greco Ermonela Jaho
2003 Švanda dudák Weinberger Czech 1927 Julian Reynolds Damiano Michieletto Robin Rawstorne
2003 Die drei Pintos Weber German 1888[11] Paolo Arrivabeni Michal Znaniecki Kevin Knight
2003 María del Carmen Granados Spanish 1898 Max Bragado-Darman Sergio Vela Cristiana Aureggi/
Violeta Rojas
2004 Prinzessin Brambilla Braunfels German 1931[12] Danieli Belardinelli Rosetta Cucchi Maria Rosaria Tartaglia
2004 La vestale Mercadante Italian 1840 Paolo Arrivabeni Thomas de Mallet Burgess Jamie Vartan
2004 Eva Foerster Czech 1899 Jaroslav Kyzlink Paul Curran Paul Edwards
2005 Pénélope Fauré French 1913 Jean-Luc Tingaud Renaud Doucet André Barbe Paul Carey Jones
2005 Susannah Floyd English 1955 Christopher Larkin John Fulljames Conor Murphy Simon O'Neill
2005 Maria di Rohan Donizetti Italian 1843 Roberto Polastri Charles Edwards Charles Edwards /
Brigitte Rieffenstuel		 Eglise Gutiérrez, James Westman
2006 Don Gregorio[13] Donizetti Italian 1826 Michele Mariotti Roberto Recchia Ferdia Murphy
2006 Transformations Susa English 1973 David Agler Michael Barker-Caven Joe Vaněk
2007 Arlecchino[14] Busoni German 1917 David Agler Lucio Dalla Italo Grassi
2007 Rusalka Dvořák Czech 1901 Dmitri Jurowski Lee Blakeley Joe Vaněk Kateřina Jalovcová
Bryan Hymel
2007 Der Silbersee Weill German[15] 1933 Timothy Redmond Keith Warner Jason Southgate Nigel Richards, Simon Gleeson, Anita Dobson,
Paul Carey Jones
2008 Tutti in maschera Pedrotti Italian 1856 Leonardo Vordoni Rosetta Cucchi Federico Bianchi/
Claudia Pernigotti
2008 Snegurochka Rimsky-Korsakov Russian 1882 Dmitri Jurowski John Fulljames Dick Bird Natela Nicoli, Kateřina Jalovcová
2008 The Mines of Sulphur Bennett English 1965 Stewart Robertson Michael Barker-Caven Joe Vaněk Krisztina Szabó
2009 Maria Padilla Donizetti Italian 1841 David Agler Marco Gandini Mauro Tinti
2009 The Ghosts of Versailles Corigliano English 1991 Michael Christie James Robinson Allen Moyer /
James Schuette		 Krisztina Szabó
2009 Une éducation manquée[6] Chabrier French 1879 Christopher Franklin Roberto Recchia Lorenzo Cutùli /
Claudia Pernigotti
2009 La cambiale di matrimonio[6] Rossini Italian 1810 Christopher Franklin Roberto Recchia Lorenzo Cutùli /
Claudia Pernigotti
2010 Virginia Mercadante Italian 1866 Carlos Izcaray Kevin Newbury Allen Moyer Angela Meade, Bruno Ribiero, Hugh Russell, Ivan Magri, John Matthew Myers, Marcella Walsh, Gianluca Buratto
2010 The Golden Ticket Ash English 2010 Timothy Redmond James Robinson Bruno Schwengl /
Martin Pakledinaz		 Frank Kelley, Kiera Duffy, Wayne Tigges, Bradley Smoak, Abigail Nims, Owen Gilhooly, Noah Stewart
2010 Hubička Smetana Czech 1876 Jaroslav Kyzlink Michael Gieleta James Macnamara /
Fabio Toblini
2011 Maria Statkowski Polish 1906 Tomasz Tokarczyk Michael Gieleta James Macnamara /
Fabio Toblini		 Daria Masiero, Rafał Bartminski
2011 Gianni di Parigi Donizetti Italian 1839 Giacomo Sagripanti Federico Grazzini Tiziano Santi /
Valeria Donata Betella		 Edgardo Rocha, Zuzana Marková
2011 La cour de Célimène Thomas French 1855 Carlos Izcaray Stephen Barlow Paul Edwards Luigi Boccia, Claudia Boyle, John Molloy
2012 L'Arlesiana Cilea Italian 1897 David Angus Rosetta Cucchi Sarah Bacon /
Claudia Pernigotti		 Annunziata Vestri, Dimitry Golovnin
2012 Le roi malgré lui Chabrier French 1887 Jean-Luc Tingaud Thaddeus Strassberger Kevin Knight /
Mattie Ulrich		 Luigi Boccia, Liam Bonner, Mathias Vidal
2012 A Village Romeo and Juliet Delius English 1907 Rory Macdonald Stephen Medcalf Jamie Vartan John Bellemer, Jessica Muirhead
2013 Il cappello di paglia di Firenze Rota Italian 1955 Sergio Alapont Andrea Cigni Lorenze Cutùli Fillipo Adami
2013 La Navarraise[6] Massenet French 1894 David Agler Renaud Doucet André Barbe Nora Sourouzian, Philippe Do
2013 Thérèse[6] Massenet French 1907 David Agler Renaud Doucet André Barbe Nora Sourouzian, Philippe Do, Brian Mulligan
2013 Cristina, regina di Svezia Foroni Italian 1849 Andrew Greenwood Stephen Medcalf Jamie Vartan Helena Dix
2014 Salomé Mariotte French 1908 David Angus Rosetta Cucchi Tiziano Santi / Claudia Pernigotti Na'ma Goldman, Nora Sourouzian, Scot Wilde, Igor Golovatenko
2014 Don Bucefalo Cagnoni Italian 1847 Sergio Alapont Kevin Newbury Vita Tzykun / Jessica Jahn Filippo Fontana, Marie-Eve Munger, Jennifer Davis
2014 Silent Night Puts English, French, German 2011 Michael Christie Tomer Zvulun Erhard Rom / Vita Tzykun Quentin Hayes, Chad Johnson
2015 Koanga Delius English 1896 Stephen Barlow Michael Gieleta James Macnamara Norman Garrett, Nozuko Teto, Christopher Robertson, Rachel Croash
2015 Guglielmo Ratcliff Mascagni Italian 1895 Francesco Cilluffo Fabio Ceresa Tiziano Santi Angelo Villari, Mariangela Sicilia, Annunziata Vestri, David Stout, Quentin Hayes, Sarah Richmond
2015 Le pré aux clercs Hérold French 1832 Jean-Luc Tingaud Eric Ruf Laurant Delvert Marie-Eve Munger, Marie Lenormand, Magali Simard-Galdès, Dominique Côté
2016 Vanessa Barber English 1958 Timothy Myers Rodula Gaitanou Cordelia Chisholm Claire Rutter, Rosalind Plowright
2016 Maria de Rudenz Donizetti Italian 1838 Andrew Greenwood Fabio Ceresa Gary McCann Gilda Fiume
2016 Herculanum Félicien David French 1859 Jean-Luc Tingaud Stephen Medcalf Andrew Haji, Olga Busuioc, Daniela Pini[16]
2017 Medea Cherubini Italian 1797 Stephen Barlow Fiona Shaw — Lise Davidsen, Raffaella Lupinacci, Adam Lau, Ruth Iniesta[17]
2017 Margherita Jacopo Foroni Italian 1848 Timothy Myers Michael Sturm — Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Alessandra Volpe, Matteo d’Apolito, Andrew Stenson, Yuriy Yurchuk[17]
2017 Risurrezione Franco Alfano Italian 1904 Francesco Cilluffo Rosetta Cucchi Tiziano Santi Gerard Schneider, Anne Sophie Duprels[17]
2018 L'oracolo & Mala vita Leoni & Giordano Italian 1905 & 1892 Francesco Cilluffo — — Joo Won Kang, Elisabetta Farris, Sergio Escobar[18]
2018 Il bravo Mercadante Italian 1839 Jonathan Brandani — — Ekaterina Bakanova, Yasko Sato, Rubens Pelizzari and Alessandro Luciano[18]
2018 Dinner at Eight William Bolcom   English  2017  David Agler   Tomer Zvulun  Alexander Dodge   Mary Dunleavy, Susannah Biller, Brenda Harris[18]
2019 The Veiled Prophet Stanford
2019 Don Quichotte Massenet French 1904 Timothy Myers Rodula Gaitanou takis Aigul Akhmetshina, Goderdzi Janelidze, Olafur Sigurdarson
2019 Dorilla in Tempe Vivaldi Italian 1726 Andrea Marchiol Fabio Ceresa Massimo Checchetto
2019 La Cucina Andrew Synnott Italian 2019 Michele Spotti Rosetta Cucchi Tiziano Santi
2021 Ein Wintermärchen Goldmark German 1908 Marcus Bosch Dmitry Bertman Astrid Janson Sergei Radchenko; Sophie Gordeladeze; Deanna Breiwick
2021 Le songe d'une nuit d'été Thomas French 1850 Guillaume Tourniaire Walter Le Mals Tiziano Santi; Gabrielle Mayer Hasmik Torosyan; Valentina Mastrangelo
2021 Edmea Catalani Italian 1886 Francesco Cilluffo Julia Burbach Anne Sophie Durprels; Ivan Shcherbatykh, Raffaele Abete
2021 I Capuleti e i Montecchi Bellini Italian 1830 Giuseppe Montesano Conor Hanratty Anna Brady; Jade Phoenix
2022 La tempesta Halévy Italian 1850 Francesco Cilluffo Roberto Catalano Nikolay Zemlianskikh; Hila Baggio; Giorgi Manoshvili; Jade Phoenix
2022 Lalla-Roukh Félicien David French 1862 Steven White Orpha Phelan Gabrielle Philiponet;Pablo Bemsch
2022 Armida Antonín Dvořák Czech 1904 Norbert Baxa Hartmut Schorghofer Jozef Benci;Jennifer Davis
2022 Cinderella Alma Deutscher English 2015 Andrew Synnott Davide Gasparro Megan O'Neill; Michael Bell; Richard Shaffrey; Ami Hewitt; Corina Ignat
2022 The Master Alberto Caruso English 2022 Thomas Birch; James Wafer; Annabella-Vesela Ellis
2022 The Spectre Knight Alfred Cellier English 1878 Jennifer Lee; Thomas Bennett; Monwabisi Lindi; Matthew Nuttall
2023 Zoraida di Granata Donizetti Italian 1822 Diego Ceretta
2023 L'aube rouge Camille Erlanger French 1911 Guillaume Tourniaire
2023 La ciociara Marco Tutino Italian 2015 Francesco Cilluffo
2024 Le maschere Pietro Mascagni Italian 2015 Francesco Cilluffo Stefano Ricci Stefano Ricci

Sources

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  • 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, pp. 18–21.
  • The Programme Books for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022

Notes

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  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. ^ a b Performed in Italian translation
  5. ^ Porter, Andrew. The Wexford Festival. Opera, December 1963, Vol.14 No.12 pp. 828–831.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Performed as part of a double bill.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Performed in English translation
  8. ^ a b c 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, pp. 53–57. In addition, Riders to the Sea, Il campanello, and The Bear were staged with piano accompaniment.
  17. ^ a b c Wheatcroft, Geoffrey. Report from Wexford. Opera, January 2018, Vol 69 No.1, pp. 37–39.
  18. ^ a b c Wheatcroft, Geoffrey. "Report from Wexford". Opera, January 2019, vol. 70, no.1, pp. 51–54.
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