The programme for the 72nd Wexford Opera Festival centres around the theme of Women and War, with each chosen work highlighting a different aspect of the struggles women face; in conflict, fighting prejudice and in making their voices heard.
The three mainstage operas are:
- A modern premiere of Zoraida di Granata by G. Donizetti 1822 in co production with the Donizetti Festival in Bergamo
- French rarity L’Aube rouge by Camille Erlanger 1911
- La Ciociara 2015, in a new orchestration for WFO by original composer Marco Tutino
- The return of the Wexford Factory – including performances of L’italiana in Algeri
- Pocket Operas/ Opera Beag: La fille du régiment by Gaetano Donizetti 1840and Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini 1918