Ireland's Summer Opera Festival returns 27 May – 3 June 2024 with four performances of G.F. Handel's GIULIO CESARE in the grounds of Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford. This headline opera will feature the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the BVOF Chorus, conducted by Nicholas McGegan and directed by Tom Creed. Experience an exhilarating week of opera, classical music recitals and concerts, schools and free events, pop up events, dining and more at incredible homes and historic venues throughout the Blackwater Valley. Free BVOF Open Air Lunchtime Recitals will take place in Lismore and Dungarvan, Waterford; Youghal, and Castlemartyr in Cork for the very first time.