Sunday 10th August 2025
Location: Market Cross
14 August 2025
7.30pm
St Canice’s Cathedral
A: €35 / €33. B: €30 / €28
2 hrs approx. (with interval)
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Wheelchair accessible
“
the playing of the ten-strong Irish Baroque Orchestra was an absolute joy
”
Opera Today on IBO’s production of Vivaldi’s Bajazet
Led by their Olivier Award-winning Artistic Director, Peter Whelan, the Irish Baroque Orchestra comes return to the Festival to perform one of Handel’s finest vocal works, Alexander’s Feast.
Dramatic, evocative and heroic, Alexander’s Feast is a musical ode: a masterful blend of storytelling and vivid musical imagery that recounts an episode from the life of Alexander the Great. During a grand feast in the city of Persepolis Alexander and his lover, Thais, are entertained by the bard Timotheus, whose stirring melodies inspire a range of emotions in Alexander, from joy and love to sorrow and murderous rage.
Extensively revised for its Dublin premiere in 1742, Alexander’s Feast met with great acclaim, reinforcing Handel’s connection to Ireland, and today it’s widely considered one of the crowning achievements of his career.
Soloists
Aisling Kenny soprano
Hugh Cutting countertenor
Stuart Jackson tenor
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Thu 14 Aug, 7.30p.m. A: €35 / €33. B: €30 / €28 BOOK NOW
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