{{use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{use Hiberno-English|date=January 2022}} [[File:Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.JPG|thumb| Dublin's Gaiety Theatre, one of the theatres used by Irish National Opera.]] '''Irish National Opera''' is one of Ireland's largest arts organisations<ref>{{Cite web |last=webmaster |first=Arts Council |date=2023-11-05 |title=Who we funded |url=https://www.artscouncil.ie/funding-decisions/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=www.artscouncil.ie}}</ref> and presents opera in Dublin, on tour across Ireland and internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Role {{!}} Irish National Opera |url=https://www.irishnationalopera.ie/about/our-role |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=www.irishnationalopera.ie |language=en}}</ref> '''Irish National Opera''' was created from a merger of the '''Opera Theatre Company''' ('''OTC''') and '''Wide Open Opera''' in 2017 and launched in January 2018.<ref name=dervan/>
Irish National Opera was officially launched on 9 January 2018 with an inaugural concert, ''The Big Bang!'' at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Opera’s Big Bang! a real statement of intent |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/national-opera-s-big-bang-a-real-statement-of-intent-1.3357342 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> A national tour of Thomas Adès's chamber opera ''Powder Her Face'' followed in March 2018.<ref name="dervan">Dervan, Michael (3 July 2017). [https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/classical/arts-council-announces-new-opera-company-1.3138013 "Arts Council announces new opera company"].''The Irish Times''. Retrieved 9 March 2018.</ref><ref>Parr, Freya (9 January 2018). [http://www.classical-music.com/news/irish-national-opera-launches-tonight "Irish National Opera launches tonight"].''BBC Music Magazine''. Retrieved 9 March 2018.</ref><ref>Irish Times 9 Jan 2018 [https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/irish-national-opera-launches-with-a-big-bang-1.3350322 Irish National Opera launches with a Big Bang!] A day of celebration and an opera marathon mark birth of a new approach to opera</ref>
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==External links== *{{official|https://www.irishnationalopera.ie/|Irish National Opera official website}} *{{official|http://www.opera.ie/|Opera Theatre Company}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100325192832/http://www.operaireland.ie/ Official website] as archived on 10 May 2010 *[https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfOperaIreland19412010 Video: History Of Opera Ireland 1941–2010] (archived) *[https://archive.org/details/1963DGOSSpringBrochure Brochure for the 1963 Spring Festival of Italian Opera] presented by the Dublin Grand Opera Society
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