Don Giovanni

Book opera tickets for Don Giovanni at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2026.

Mozart’s Don Giovanni hurtles between comedy, danger, and seduction as a notorious libertine pursues pleasure until vengeance and justice close in. From a deadly duel to a ghostly reckoning, the drama ignites in the historic stable yards of Lismore Castle with sharp humour, beauty, and a touch of the supernatural.

Date & Time: Weds 27 May, Fri 29 May, Sat 30 May, Mon 1 June at 7.30pm

Venue: Lismore Castle, Lismore, Waterford

Artists: Jolyon Loy, Andrew Murphy, Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Gavan Ring, Carolyn Holt, Dominic Veilleux, Aimee Kearney, Valerian Ruminski. Irish Baroque Orchestra and BVOF Chorus.

Creatives: Conductor – Peter Whelan. Director – Tom Creed. Set & Lighting -Aedín Cosgrove. Costume Design – Catherine Fay.

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  Librettist: Lorenzo Da Ponte
Language: Italian Duration: 3hrs 15 mins (includes 40 minute interval)

TICKET PRICES: €50.00 – €220.00

A limited number of Restricted View Tickets are available for opera performances at Lismore Castle – click below to BOOK OPERA for more information.

Acis and Galatea

Book opera tickets for Acis and Galatea at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2026.

Handel’s Acis and Galatea recounts the tragic love between the sea-nymph Galatea and the shepherd Acis. Their happiness is destroyed by the jealousy of the Cyclops Polyphemus, who kills Acis by crushing him with a rock. In her grief, Galatea transforms him into a flowing river, so that their love endures beyond death – a myth of beauty, loss, and eternal devotion that inspired Handel’s enduring pastoral opera.  Projection and carefully designed lighting will create an evocative setting for this one-hour performance, featuring the Irish Baroque Orchestra in St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore.

Date & Time: Tues 26 May, Thurs 28 May at 9.30pm

Venue: St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore

Artists: Jade Phoenix, Dean Power, Yannis François, Patrick Hyland. Irish Baroque Orchestra and BVOF Chorus.

Creatives: Conductor – Oliver-John Ruthven.

Music: George Frideric Handel  Librettist: John Gay

Language: English  Duration: 60 minutes +/-

TICKET PRICES: €40.00 (€20 concession). Limited reduced price concession tickets are available for senior citizens, full-time students, unwaged and disabled visitors. Maximum 2 tickets per customer. T&Cs apply.

Irish Salon Opera Series:

The Deserted Village by John William Glover

Book opera tickets for The Deserted Village at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2026.

Inspired by Oliver Goldsmith’s poem, this Irish opera reflects on the decline of rural life and the passing of a once-vibrant community. Its music combines Romantic lyricism with Irish melodic colour, creating a portrait of nostalgia and quiet dignity. Presented in concert form, it offers a rare glimpse into Ireland’s early operatic voice – a rarely heard gem of the nineteenth-century repertoire.

With artists from the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Chorus 2026, at St. Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore.

Date & Time: Saturday 30 May at 3.00pm

Venue: St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore

TICKET PRICES: €30.00

When Forests Sing

Book opera tickets for When Forests Sing at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2026.

Following its Dublin premiere at the Samuel Beckett Theatre in Trinity College Dublin, When Forests Sing is a wordless, immersive music performance created by Cork composer and sound artist Karen Power. It is not opera as most people know it. Instead, the work combines voices, instruments, technology and recorded forest sounds to create a shared musical soundscape.

The performance brings together musicians living with disabilities and emerging professional artists. Members of the Open Youth Orchestra of Ireland (OYOI) perform alongside students from the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM), technological instrumentalists, a choir, and local young people.

Date & Time: Saturday 30 May at 5.00pm

Venue: Lismore Heritage Centre

TICKET PRICES: €15.00