Irish National Opera opens its 2026/27 large-scale season with Bizet's Carmen at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, directed by Paul Curran with mezzo-soprano Niamh O'Sullivan in the title role.
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Performances Mon 2, Wed 4, Fri 6, Sat 7 Nov 2026, 7.30pm (per INO calendar).
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Irish National Opera's touring production of Rameau's French baroque opera Les Boréades plays The Helix — the Dublin date of a tour also visiting Wexford, Tralee, Cork, Limerick, Sligo, Letterkenny and London. A co-production with Royal Ballet and Opera, with the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Luail (Ireland's National Dance Company); Lila Dufy makes her INO debut as Alphise.
Irish National Opera presents Puccini's Turandot at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, directed by David McVicar with Sinéad Campbell Wallace in the title role, Celine Byrne as Liù and tenor Young Woo Kim. Features the rarely performed first version of Alfano's ending.
Irish National Opera's new co-production (with Opera North and Opera Queensland) of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, with Jennifer Davis and Sean Michael Plumb, conducted by Fergus Sheil and directed by Patrick Nolan. Sung in Russian with English surtitles.
