Antonio Vivaldi – L’Olimpiade
Irish National Opera, April–June 2024 international tour

Old partners, new partners, and a happy ending

Four young people, one an Olympic champion. Tangled relationships. Forbidden love, twice over. An unsuccessful assassination. An execution avoided. And a royal father who has to accept his children as they are.

INO continues its award-winning exploration of Vivaldi’s operas with the work which started the 20th-century revival of the composer’s works for the stage. L’Olimpiade brims with opportunities for all seven characters, showing their personalities and feelings through arias that range from the explosive and almost instrumentally virtuosic, to the slow exploration of more tender thoughts.

Running time 2 hours 40 mins with interval.

Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

A co-production with the Royal Opera House and Nouvel Opéra Fribourg, in partnership with Irish Baroque Orchestra.

Dates and Venues
Saturday 20 April, 8pm – Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
Tuesday 23 April, 8pm – The Everyman, Cork
Thursday 25 April, 8pm – Theatre Royal, Waterford
Saturday 27 April, 8pm – Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick
Tuesday 30 April, 7:30pm – An Grianán, Letterkenny
Thursday 2 May, 8pm – Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
Saturday 4 May, 7:30pm – Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
Sunday 5 May, 7:30pm – Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
Tuesday 7 May, 7:30pm – Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
Thursday 9 May, 7:30pm – Aula Maxima, Maynooth | Concert Performance
Monday 13 May, 7:15pm – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London
Wednesday 15 May, 7:15pm – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London
Friday 17 May, 7:15pm – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London
Sunday 19 May, 2pm – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London
Monday 20 May, 7:15pm – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London
Wednesday 22 May, 7:15pm – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London
Friday 24 May, 7:15pm – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London
Saturday 25 May, 7:15pm – Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London
Wednesday 29 May, 7:30pm – Théâtre Equilibre, Fribourg, Switzerland
Friday 31 May, 7:30pm – Théâtre Equilibre, Fribourg, Switzerland
Saturday 1 June, 7:30pm – Théâtre Equilibre, Fribourg, Switzerland

See further details at the link below.