Things are getting busy at #LismoreCastle! Here's a sneak peak of rehearsals so far as both cast and crew are perfecting their performances and the set. 🤫We are so proud of all the work they've put into their first week in Lismore and we can't wait for showtime!👏 #BVOFCesare

Handel & Haydn- The English Songbook recital took place on Tuesday in St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal with Dean Power, tenor, Anna-Helena Maclachlan, mezzo soprano, and Frasier Hickland, pianist. 📸Matt Brooker #BVOF #BVOFRecitals #BVOF2024

The #BVOF Bursary Recital took place on Wednesday in Tourin House, featuring the 2024 recipients Anna-Helena Maclachlan, mezzo-soprano, and Frasier Hickland, pianist. Special thanks to Dean Power 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 for joining the programme at late notice. 📸Matt Brooker #BVOFRecitals #BVOF2024

Of chor-us, they were brilliant! BVOF Chorus Recital 2024 🎶✨ This annual highlight of our festival saw the talented members of the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Chorus return to Villierstown Church, accompanied by the 2024 BVOF Bursary Award winner, Frasier Hickland🙏

Irish Me-ladies🎶🇮🇪🎹🎼 The 'Irish Melodies' recital took place at Villierstown Church on Thursday, 30 May featuring soprano Laura Aherne and tenor Stephen Walker, accompanied by pianists Georgina Cassidy and Frasier Hickland. #BVOFRecitals

We miss this beautiful team! ✨🐈‍⬛🦛How time flies, it’s already over 3 weeks since #BVOFCesare opened in Lismore. We can’t thank our amazing cast, creatives and production team enough for such a special experience🙏🎶🫶 📸 John D Kelly / Matt Brooker / Fionn O hAlmhain

We are immensely grateful to conductor Nicholas McGegan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra for being with us for #BVOF2024. Nicholas’s expert direction combined with the IBO’s absolute mastery was such a privilege to experience. Sincere thanks to the entire Irish Baroque Orchestra team!

Catch us performing on Monday 29 July, 12.30 to 2pm - arias and duets with soprano Susan Shepherd, tenor Desmond Havlin and pianist Frasier Hickland Come and have a listen - it's free! Arts Council of Northern Ireland

This Saturday we'll be in Portstewart Flowerfield Arts Centre with a free lunchtime concert from 12-1pm. We'll be outside if the weather is fine and in the auditorium if not. All welcome! More details here: niopera.com/performances/s… Arts Council of Northern Ireland Visit Causeway Coast & Glens

We'll be performing a free pop-up concert tomorrow (#Tuesday) in the bandstand in Botanic Gardens in Belfast from 1-2pm. Come and join us for some gorgeous music with soprano Susan Shepherd, mezzo Jenny Bourke and pianist Frasier Hickland.

We're making our debut at The Court House, Bangor tomorrow night with a sold-out performance, 'Opera at the Court House'. For those who have tickets, doors open at 7pm and the performance will run 8-9pm, with Mary McCabe tenor Desmond Havlin and pianist Frasier Hickland . Arts Council of Northern Ireland

🎉 Thrilled to announce the 16 talented artists joining #WexfordFactory2024! Meet our future stars: 12 singers & 4 pianists. Exciting performances await at #WFO2024. 🎶✨ More details at wexfordopera.com. #youngsingers

Great start to rehearsals this week for Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onégin with NorthernIrelandOpera ! Feeling grateful to get to work on this beautiful opera with our wonderful conductor Dominic Limburg and a stellar cast of singers! 🎵 #opera #tchaikovsky #eugeneonegin #repetiteur

✨💫Opera (with Opera News) 💫✨Thanks to Ian Fox for his glowing review in the September 2024 edition. 📸 John D. Kelly #BVOF2024 #BVOFCesare #opera #GiulioCesare #Waterford #Ireland

Sitzprobe for 'Eugene Onégin' underway with the Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera and our cast under the baton of Dominic Limburg Dominic Limburg . Find out more and book 🎟 here: niopera.com/performances/e… Arts Council of Northern Ireland

We were delighted to be invited along to the rehearsal for NorthernIrelandOpera's latest production, Eugene Onégin, which runs at Grand Opera House, Belfast from 14th - 21st September 2024. This stunning production is directed by renowned director, Cameron Menzies, and features a wealth of local singers

🎹✨ Frasier Hickland, pianist and répétiteur, is a recipient of the BVOF Bursary 2024, which awards €5,000 towards his studies. He tells us how this award will impact his development. 🎥 Gansee Films Frasier Hickland

Great to see Belfast represented at the opening of WexfordFestivalOpera Festival. Richard Yarr MBE DL who is a serving member of Arts Council Ireland and Young NI Repetiteur Frasier Hickland who already makes such a contribution to artistic life. Bravo Gentlemen. 👏🌟👏

We can't let the week go by without mentioning the fantastic performance here in Green Acres last Saturday evening by three of the participants of the Wexford Factory this year. Maria Matthews, Soprano; Rory Lynch, Tenor and Frasier Hickland, Repetiteur. Nurturing young Irish

"This is a very deeply profound work." Take a look into choral rehearsals for our Good Friday concert with NorthernIrelandOpera, who join us to perform Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ at the Ulster Hall | Live Entertainment Belfast on 18 April. The programme also features Strauss' Metamorphosen. Christoph Altstaedt