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We’re not posting here anymore, but you can still keep up with Opera Collective Ireland 🎶 We’re active on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and YouTube where we’re sharing updates, artist calls and project news ✨ Full details are always on our website 👉 operacollectiveireland.ie
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🎭 Mansfield Park Jane Austen reimagined for the stage, with music by Jonathan Dove. 🎶 Directed by Patrick Mason | Conducted by David Parry. With Sean Boylan & Heather Sammon 📍 Pavilion Theatre 📅 25 - 27 Sep 2026 🎟️ 🔗 Link in bio #OCI #OCI2026 #MansfieldPark #IrishOpera
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OPEN CALL: Opera Bridge – From Early Career to European Stage 🎶 OCI and Musik Akademie Rheinsberg are inviting emerging singers to apply for Opera Bridge 🎭 Deadline: 6 January 2026 📩 Apply now: musikakademie-rheinsberg.de/… #OperaBridge #OCI #MusikAkademieRheinsberg #ErasmusPlus
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✨ Errollyn Wallen’s Cautionary Tales with Opera Collective Ireland – reviewed by Journal of Music - Outdoing Each Other in Nastiness. Unseen images now live 📸 Highlights YouTube 🎬 Sign up for the newsletter. Be first to hear what’s next 🎶#CautionaryTales #OCI 📸 Kip Carroll
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Errollyn Wallen's Cautionary Tales 🎬 with Opera Collective Ireland 🎬youtu.be/tDUOuUAeZoE Venues: Mermaid Bray, Civic Tallaght, Solstice Navan, An Táin Dundalk. Funded by Arts Council - RTÉ Supporting the Arts. 🎥 Gabriel Müller.#CautionaryTales #OCI
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⭐ Reviews are in! Cautionary Tales is “first rate” ✨ 🎶 “Each of the performers is outstanding” 🎭 “Excellent direction, design & choreography” thereviewshub.com/cautionary… Finale Sun 21 Sept, 3pm, An Táin, Dundalk 🎟️ #linkinbio Supported by Arts Council Ireland & RTÉ STA
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🏆 Composer Errollyn Wallen arrived in Ireland ✈️ for Cautionary Tales at Civic Theatre Tallaght. Pictured: Colette McGahon, (OCI Director) 💫 Cautionary Tales cast, Stephen Barlow (conductor) James Bingham (Arts Council) OCI Board members. 📸Patrick Browne #CautionaryTales
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✨🌙 Culture Night! 🌙✨ Cautionary Tales at Solstice Arts Centre is now SOLD OUT 🎭📚👏 Limited tickets left Sun 21st Sept An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk 🎶 🎟️👉 antain.ie/event/cautionary-t… Funded by the Arts Council. RTÉ Supporting the Arts #CultureNight #OneNightForAll #OícheDárSa
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Thanks to our young reviewers – Cautionary Tales is a hit! 🤯🍬🎶 🎭 Thank you to Mermaid Arts Centre Bray, Civic Theatre Tallaght, Solstice Arts Centre Navan and An Táin Arts Centre Dundalk. Funded by the Arts Council. RTÉ Supporting the Arts. 🎟️ operacollectiveireland.com/p… #OCI
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🎭 Mischief, colour 🎨 & storytelling 🎶 in Errollyn Wallen’s Cautionary Tales with Dylan Rooney, Eiméar Harper, Leanne Fitzgerald & William Pearson. See it live👇 17 Sept Tallaght | 19 Sept Navan | 21 Sept Dundalk 🎟️ operacollectiveireland.com/p… 📸 Kip Carroll #CautionaryTales #OCI
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✨ Fresh from opening night in Wicklow…🎭 Fun, full of imagination & mischief, with music for everyone! With Cautionary Tales director, Sarah Baxter 🎶 Limited tickets: 17 Sept Tallaght (7pm) & 21 Sept Dundalk (3pm) 🎟️ Book 👉 operacollectiveireland.com/p… #CautionaryTales #OCI
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🎹🎼 How do you conduct and play the piano at the same time? For Errollyn Wallen’s Cautionary Tales, conductor Stephen Barlow does both! 👧 For ages 7 📍 Bray, Tallaght, Navan & Dundalk | 13–21 Sept 🎟️ Book now: operacollectiveireland.com/p… #CautionaryTales #OperaCollectiveIreland
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✨ Errollyn Wallen – the composer behind Cautionary Tales ✨ 👧 Ages 7 📍 Bray, Tallaght, Navan & Dundalk | 13–21 Sept 🎟️ Book now: operacollectiveireland.com/p… #CautionaryTalesOpera #OCI #IrishOpera
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We haven’t forgotten our Grown Up audiences - this one’s for you. Errollyn Wallen’s Cautionary Tales is a clever piece with its jazz-inspired tunes and funny, fast-moving text 🎶 just the thing for an evening out. 🎟️ Book now: operacollectiveireland.com/p… #CautionaryTales
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🎭 Who’s the naughtiest of them all? From fibbing Matilda to string-munching Henry #CautionaryTales 🤯🍬🧵 👧 Perfect for ages 7 📍 Touring Bray, Tallaght, Navan & Dundalk | 13–21 Sept 🎟️ Book now: operacollectiveireland.com/p… 🎥 Gabriel Mueller Funded by the Arts Council. RTÉ STA
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✨ Today’s Irish Times features an interview with Cautionary Tales composer, Errollyn Wallen 🎶 Huge thanks to Michael Dervan for this insightful piece. Read the full interview 👉 irishtimes.com/culture/stage… #IrishTimes #ErrollynWallen #CautionaryTales #OCI #OperaCollectiveIreland
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🎬 The countdown is on! Watch the trailer for Errollyn Wallen’s #CautionaryTales – presented by Opera Collective Ireland. ✨ Touring 13–21 September 🎶 For ages 7 🎟️ Tickets & info: operacollectiveireland.com/p… 🎥Gabriel Mueller. Funded by the Arts Council. #OperaCollectiveIreland
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Rehearsals in full swing 🎶 for Cautionary Tales – Errollyn Wallen’s witty opera of music & mischief! Touring Bray, Tallaght, Navan & Dundalk | 13–21 Sept. FREE Culture Night performance in Navan 🌟 📸 Sasha Bratkova #OCI #IrelandArts #CautionaryTales
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✨ Design presentation day at Cautionary Tales rehearsals! 🎭 Costume magic from Jenny Whyte 👗 Performances ideas flowing with Dylan Rooney, Sarah Baxter, Maeve Smyth, Eimear Harper & Sarah Lucey. 🙌 Creativity everywhere! #OCICautionaryTales #OCI #ErrollynWallen #Ireland
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🎭 Meet the creatives bringing Cautionary Tales to life: Sarah Baxter, Stephen Barlow, Zia Bergin-Holly, Jenny Whyte – with The Lir. From fibbing Matilda to string-eating Henry – opera mischief for ages 7 . 📍 Dundalk, Navan, Tallaght & Bray | 13–21 Sept operacollectiveireland.com/p…
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