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We were surprised to read Langdon Pike's hostile critique of the state of opera in Northern Ireland (Write Back, February 20) and sorry that he has not taken the time to investigate the scene more ...

One of Northern Ireland’s champions of opera has said he is “completely overwhelmed” after being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours. Roy Bailie, ...

Since arriving in Belfast to take charge of Northern Ireland Opera, Cameron Menzies has set out his stall to create ambitious, acclaimed productions in challenging circumstances. George Hall meets the ...

The Belfast premiere of Puccini’s Tosca was given by the Moody-Manners Opera Company, in English, at the Royal Hippodrome (neighbour to the Grand Opera House) in February 1910. It had given Tosca “for ...

Many people think of opera as a “posh” or “elitist” art-form, sung mainly in Italian, and taking place in rather forbidding buildings where the tickets cost a week’s wages. Much discussion in the ...