what’s on HIGHLIGHTSWINTER 2010 A look at some of the must-see cultural events happening over the coming months
DECORATIVE ARTS Richard Tuttle: Triumphs Richard Tuttle’s first museum show in Ireland, a site-specific exhibition and collaboration with the artist, runs at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane until 10 April 2011.
www.hughlane.ie
Heroes and Kings of the Shahnama Marking the 1,000th anniversary of the completion of the epic Iranian poem, the Chester Beatty Library is presenting a major exhibition of 150 paintings from its own Shahnama collection. Runs until 3 April 2011.
www.cbl.ie
works by Weber, Jan Sandström and Sibelius, on 14 January 2011.
www.nch.ie
Met Opera Live Screening The Friends of The National Concert Hall is hosting an exclusive live screening of theMetropolitan Opera’s production of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West at Dundrum Cinema on 8 January 2011.
www.nch.ie
The Messiah The Irish Chamber Orchestra joins forces with the National Chamber Choir for their annual performance of Handel’s Messiah at University ConcertHall Limerick on 16December and the RDS Concert Hall on 18 December 2010, with soloists Regina Nathan, Alexandra Petersamer, Paul McNamara and Frode Olsen and led by conductor Tõnu Kaljuste.
www.irishchamberorchestra.com
Canaletto’s ‘The Entrance to the Grand Canal, looking East,with SantaMaria della Salute’, 1744. The Royal Collection©2010,Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Venice: Canaletto and his Rivals This exhibition of Venetian views at the National Gallery in London fea- tures work by Canaletto and all the major practitioners of the genre. Running until 16 January 2011, it brings together 60 major loans from public and private collections across Europe and North America.
www.nationalgallery.org.uk
MUSIC Wild Swans As part of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2010–2011 Season, Christian Lindberg takes to the rostrum, bringing a largely Scandinavian programme, including
John O’Conor and Finghin Collins Former teacher and student, John O’Conor and Finghin Collins take to the National Concert Hall stage together for the first time on 10 February 2011 to performsome of the most popular music written for two pianos, including works by Mozart, Lutoslawski, Milhaud and Brahms.
www.nch.ie
THEATRE Jane Eyre Andrea Corr plays Charlotte Brontë’s eponymous heroine, while Stephen Brennan isMr Rochester in this Gate Theatre production, directed by Alan Stanford, which runs until 15 January 2011.
www.gate-theatre.ie
BALLET Russian State Ballet After marking the opening of the Grand Canal Theatre in March 2010 with performances of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, the Russian State Ballet
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returns to the venue for a reprise of that production, as well as Giselle, from 16 to 19 March 2011.
www.grandcanaltheatre.ie
CHRISTMAS EVENTS The Races Racing, food and entertainment for all the family are promised at both the Leopardstown Christmas Festival and the Guinness Christmas Festival at Limerick Racecourse, which both take place from 26 to 29 December 2010.
www.leopardstown.com and
www.limerickraces.ie
Christmas Markets The European tradition has well and truly hit Ireland and festive-themed markets will be popping up all over the country during December. For details of where and when, visit
www.christmasmarkets.com
Andrea Corr as Jane Eyre
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