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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: Tackling Wagner in Ireland
Description: Recorded March 11th, 2025.
A lecture by Fergus Sheil (Founding Artistic Director of Irish National Opera) for the Music Composition Centre Talks.
Fergus is the founding artistic director of Irish National Opera. He has conducted a wide-ranging repertoire of over 50 different operas in performance, recordings and on film. Highlights include Straussā Salome, Der RosenkavalierĀ andĀ Elektra, RossiniāsĀ William TellĀ andĀ La Cenerentola, Brian Irvine and Netia JonesāsĀ Least Like The Other, VerdiāsĀ Aida, La traviataĀ andĀ RigolettoĀ as well as WagnerāsĀ Tristan und Isolde.
Before founding Irish National Opera in 2018, Fergus was Artistic Director of Wide Open Opera, which he found...