Andrew Synnott
Andrew Synnott is an Irish composer.[1] In 2017 he became the first living Irish composer to have an opera staged at Wexford Festival Opera with the premiere of Dubliners. Wexford commissioned two further operas from him; La cucina, premiered at the festival in 2019 and What Happened To Lucrece, premiere Wexford 2020. Synnott is also active as a conductor, including conducting from the piano his own reduction of The Tales of Hoffmann for Irish National Opera in 2018.[2] He has conducted many opera performances in Ireland and abroad and has conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTE Concert Orchestra and the National Chamber Choir of Ireland.
Works
- Dubliners (2017), libretto by Arthur Riordan based on Joyce's short stories "Counterparts" and "The Boarding House"[3]
- La Cucina is to be performed at the Wexford Opera Festival in 2019.
References
- "Maestro Monday - Andrew Synnott – Music Director and composer of 'Dubliners'". Wexford Festival Opera 2019. Retrieved Mar 19, 2019.
- Irish Times: Sep 17, 2018, 14:16 The Tales of Hoffmann: Andrew Synnott’s musical direction maintains the energy and shifting moods throughout Irish National Opera’s production "Andrew Synnott directs from the piano his own reduction (to just seven instruments) of Offenbach's big score, maintaining the energy and"
- "Opera Review: Dubliners, Wexford Festival Opera". www.irishexaminer.com. Oct 25, 2017. Retrieved Mar 19, 2019.
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