The Limerick Opera Festival

2024 Events to date 
&
Upcoming Events

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  Garden Picnic Aria Evening                       September 14th 7pm
     The People's Museum                          Pery Square 

Eve Stafford ~ Soprano
Catherine O'Carroll ~ Mezzo Soprano
Irina Dernova ~ Pianist 
   &
David Howes ~ Bass Baritone

End of summer aria evening in the beautiful People's Museum in Limerick's historic Pery Square. 

Opera in the Blue Room upstairs with a beautiful selection of your favorite pieces. 

A glass of prosecco on arrival & a wonderful selection of buffet picnic food during the interval served in the Coach House at the end of the beautiful walled garden.

Tickets available at :    https://eventmaster.ie/event/06vpczqsA1

See You Saturday

We have another exciting addition to our Picnic Aria Evening 
The Mayor will be announcing the launch of The Catherine Hayes Young Artist Programme 2025
& 
The Catherine Hayes International Singing Competition 2026

What LOF 2024 has been all about so far!

Join us for more unforgettable experiences
Our Opera Trail continues every year during our festival week & we will be visiting schools, community centers and much more.
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Memories

We enjoyed a fabulous list of events in our festival this year. We hope you all enjoyed some really great events with Limerick Opera Festival 
We are really hoping to make many more new friends along the way as we continue to entertain with a wide variety of events.
So keep an eye here & come along & join us to celebrate opera in our beautiful riverside city.
There is something there for everyone!

       Lecture on the  life  of  Catherine Hayes
             was held on Thursday May 16th  2024
                                       in
                        Laurel Hill School
                      South Circular Road



        Kathryn talking about Catherine

Ms Kathryn Hayes, Lecturer and Course Director of the BA in Journalism and New Media programme, University of Limerick since 2016 delivered this talk to the girls from the highly acclaimed Laurel Hill Choir. The girls and their choral director Lorna Ni Bhroin really enjoyed this presentation. Kathyrn Hayes used a multi media approach to engage the girls in a riveting and informative talk about the Hibernian Madonna.


The Opera Trail Historical Walk

Local historian Sharon Slater took us on an amazingly interesting and informative walk around Limerick city showing us places of interest with an operatic theme. This walk & talk was also linked to our upcoming publication on the history of Limerick Opera which is due for publication soon. We are currently working on the finishing touches of the book. It is an enthralling potted history celebrating the past, present & future Limerick musical talent of this genre. 
A publication not to be missed from Sharon Slater & LOF!

This was a free event & we hope to have more of the same in the future

Be sure to order your copy of
River Notes ~ Opera in Limerick
This walk highlights many of the interesting facts in the book.

Catherine Hayes Tribute Concert 
St Mary’s Cathedral
An incredible night of music & song

I hope you were with us to hear the amazing Ami Hewitt perform a selection of the arias performed by the Swan of Erin during her illustrious career, accompanied by pianist Irina Dernova.
We were also so blessed on the night as Irina Dernova completely captivated the audience with some wonderful piano soloist pieces.

River Notes~Opera in Limerick

Our wonderfully interesting book is now available to order at the following link ~ https://eventmaster.ie/event/6B85UEpT5G

This is a culmination of much research on behalf of Sharon Slater. 
                                             Order your copy now!!

The Catherine Hayes Young Soloist Project 2025

This new event is being introduced to our ever-expanding Limerick Opera Festival events page.
Applications will be sought from young aspiring singers aged between 16 and 22 years from around
the country to apply for a number of days coaching with an international staff of singing teachers,
repetiteurs, language coaches and directors.
We will include solo/duet/trio and ensemble work culminating in a performance on the final day.
We will accommodate ten or twelve singers taking part and the Gala Concert at the end of the
coaching experience will be held in St Mary’s Cathedral.
Limerick Opera Festival are very excited about launching this new platform to further support and
enhance the flourishing musical talent in Limerick city and county.

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