Lunchtime treats in St. Iberius Church
THE popular Lunchtime Recitals offer opera buffs a chance to see some of the Festival’s principal singers perform individually in the intimate setting of historic St. Iberius Church on Wexford’s North Main Street.
In the beautiful and acoustically magnificent 18th century church, audiences can appreciate the musical versatility of solo singers performing a wide variety of music including operatic arias, lieder, oratorio, concert and popular songs.
One of the features of the recitals is that the programme is only announced a short time before the Festival begins, providing a degree of surprise and anticipation and the events always sell out quickly.
This year’s performers are as follows (all lunchtime recitals begin at 1.05 p.m.):
Saturday 20 October
Dorothea Spilger, mezzo-soprano (Germany)
Tina Chang, piano
Tuesday 23 October
Ekaterina Bakanova, soprano(Russia)
Simon Mechlinski, baritone (Poland)
Andrea Grant, piano
Wednesday 24 October
Richard Cox, tenor (USA) Jessica Hall, piano
Thursday 25 October
Sharon Carty, mezzo-soprano (Ireland)
Leslie Dala, piano
Friday 26 October
Gustavo Castillo, baritone (Venezuela)
Andrea Grant, piano
Saturday 27 October
Susannah Biller, soprano (USA) Leslie Dala, piano
Tuesday 30 October
Gemma Summerfield, soprano (UK)
Jessica Hall, piano
Wednesday 31 October
Brett Polegato, baritone (Canada)
Andrea Grant, piano
Thursday 1 November
Francesca Tiburzi, soprano (Italy)
Giorgio D’Alonzo, piano
Friday 2 November
Joo Won Kang, baritone (South Korea)
Tina Chang, piano.