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Herculanum at National Opera House 2016
Photo: Clive Barda
presented by The Performance Corporation and Breda Cashe Productions
Photo: Tom Swift
Maria de Rudenz at the National Opera House 2016
Adrian Clarke and Sinead Campbell Wallace, La bohéme, Giacomo Puccini, O'Reilly Theatre.
Photo: Ros Kavanagh
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Opera as an artform is immensely popular with Irish audiences, but the producing sector in Ireland is small.
The Arts Council offers a wide range of financial supports across artforms and arts practices, including opera.
Links to opera organisations funded by the Arts Council.
Information and advice videos for Opera applicants seeking funding is available here
Making Great Art Work: Opera Policy and Strategy 2016 (PDF, 0.67MB, 2 pages)
Call for proposals: Main-scale Opera Provision from 2018(PDF, 1.9MB, 11 pages)
Mainscale Opera Provision: Questions(PDF, 0.02MB, 3 pages)
Making Great Art Work - Arts Council Strategy (2016–2025)(PDF, 3.29MB, 48 pages)
Contact the members of our Opera department
087 4064922
087 4075760
(01) 618 0229
087 0523320
(01) 618 0200