News & Updates

In the heart of East Cork, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival presented an exquisite Mother's Day Classical Celebration at the award-winning 5 Star Castlemartyr Resort, the Preferred Hotel Partner of BVOF. This event was held on Sunday, 10th March 2024, and offered...

"From the Beatles to U2, sleep on an operatic scale with Irish hotels steeped in music history" – The Irish Times   From May 27th to June 3rd, it’s all about opera, as the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival comes to near-neighbours Lismore. You’ll get B&B,...

Thanks to our wonderful audiences, friends and supporters, partners and sponsors, and spectacular artists. Our year has been filled with musical treats, opera, concerts, and recitals. We now look forward to welcoming you back to Ireland's Summer Opera Festival from 27...

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival hosted a special BVOF Classics at Christmas event at Castlemartyr Resort Cork, in collaboration with the festival's Preferred Hotel Partner, on Sunday 10th December.  Guests enjoyed a seasonal 3-course lunch or afternoon tea in...

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival hosted a special 'Spirit of Music' event at Waterford Distillery, in collaboration with the festival's Hospitality Partner, Waterford Whisky, on Thursday 30th November. Sopranos Bláthnaid Nicholson and Aisling McCarthy were accompanied...

A very special BVOF thanks to Dr Stanley Quek, Pamela Sprekley and The Ireland Funds team in Singapore, Irish Embassy Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts and St. Joseph's Institution for hosting BVOF artists for BVOF in Singapore, November 2023. As well as...

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival in association with Stonehage Fleming, Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn and the Embassy of Ireland, Switzerland hosted a celebration of the vibrant artistic, music and cultural links between Ireland and Switzerland - at the Widder...

More than 4,500 people attended Blackwater Valley Opera Festival for our most successful year yet. Our 2023 sold-out festival filled the summer air with the beautiful tones of world-class performers. Ireland's summer opera festival featured 21...

CALLOUT TO SCHOOLS! Following a successful programme in 2023, Music Generation Waterford will bring singing and opera to classrooms around the county again this year with Discover Opera and Discover Singing - innovative education initiatives in partnership with...

Waterford Whisky ~ Waterford Distillery ~ producer of the most naturally flavoursome single malt whiskies, is delighted to announce its involvement as drinks partners for one of Ireland’s leading arts festivals, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival in 2023.   The...

The 2023 festival at Lismore, Youghal, Dungarvan and Fermoy features an inspiring creative team, 103 international and Irish performers, 21 events, 12 venues, 4,500 visitors, 2,500 students, and 98 volunteers   Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (BVOF), Ireland's...

We are so proud to celebrate the results of this year’s 25th Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, for which Blackwater Valley Opera Festival were nominated across a staggering three categories. Taking place in Dublin on Sunday 26th March, we celebrated a fantastic win...

Our wonderful Local Heroes gathered last Saturday 25th March in Ballyin House & Gardens, Lismore for the annual Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Local Heroes Tea Party. There could not have been a better setting for our Afternoon Tea event than this beautiful...

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival was delighted to win Best Opera in the Waterford News & Star Green Room Awards last week, for our 2022 production of Orfeo ed Euridice. This prize adds to the production’s growing collection of awards and nominations which includes...

For the first time ever in its history, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has been nominated in the 25th Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards across a staggering three categories (full details below).  We are thrilled to celebrate the achievements and receive...

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is thrilled to have been shortlisted for a Tourism Award, in the prestigious Waterford Business Awards 2022 in association with Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber of Commerce, Waterford Chamber and WLR FM for Tourism...

H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and guests enjoyed a Joyce in Music recital on December 16 at the Princess Grace Irish Library in the principality of Monaco - with a superb performance by Irish artists, honouring James Joyce’s literary legacy and love of music. This...

    Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and the Royal Irish Academy of Music have announced pianist Ella Nagy and soprano Abigail LaDuke as the 2022 recipients of the transformativenew music prize to support the studies of two RIAM master’s students...

World Opera Day 2022 celebrates the birthday of George Bizet and Johann Strauss II. This year's theme is "Unboxing Opera" which refers to the millions of videos to be watched on the World Wide Web, where users unbox products in front of their camera. They are filming...