The perfect musical soundtrack to your journey home accompanied by news and traffic updates. At 6.05pm, Culture File, Luke Clancy’s daily guide to creativity in the world around us. Today Lorcan looks forward to the start of the 65th Wexford Opera Festival on this evening when he will launch the recording of the double album of Pietro Mascagni’s Guglielmo Ratcliff on the RTÉ lyric fm label. This is based on the unanimously acclaimed production at Wexford in 2015, described by The Guardian as ‘superbly stylish’ and performed by the ensemble with ‘absolute conviction’.
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 26th October, 4pm-7.02pm