Irish National Opera - 20 Shots of Opera

20 composers. 20 short operas. All composed and performed under the shadow of Covid-19.

The subjects range from Beethoven’s letters about his laundry, food and servant problems to a marine biologist meditating “on the enigmatic figure of Libris Solar, an alchemical blend of human, non-human and neoprene”.

The biggest single-event commissioning project in Irish musical history features works by Gerald Barry, Éna Brennan, Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley, Robert Coleman, David Coonan, Alex Dowling, Peter Fahey, Michael Gallen, Andrew Hamilton, Jenn Kirby, Conor Linehan, Conor Mitchell, Gráinne Mulvey, Emma O’Halloran, Hannah Peel, Karen Power, Evangelia Rigaki, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly and Jennifer Walshe. All shot in Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under conductors Elaine Kelly and Fergus Sheil with a team of directors and designers under series director Hugh O’Conor.

Live Stream 

Join us as we launch 20 Shots of Opera, the biggest single-event commissioning project in Irish operatic history, via Facebook and You Tube live at 5pm on 17 December.

In this live streamed panel discussion, we’ll be joined by some of the 20 Shots of Opera artists and creative team including series director, Hugh O’Conor, singers Gavan Ring and Naomi Louisa O’Connell and composers Emma O’Halloran and David Coonan. Join us for an in depth discussion about the process behind creating these 20 short operas for film as well as the opportunity to preview a selection of the operas with commentary from the artists involved.

If you have questions about the process of creating 20 Shots of Opera, you can share these live with our panel via the chat function on Facebook or You Tube.

We look forward to sharing a little bit of the magic behind the making of 20 Shots of Opera.

The stream will last approximately 50 minutes.

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA.