Join RTÉ lyric fm’s Paul Herriott and Artistic Director of New Music Dublin, John Harris, as they co-present tonight’s production from the 2026 edition of New Music Dublin which features Gerald Barry’s take on Oscar Wilde’s Salome in its Irish premiere with National Symphony Orchestra Ireland. Barry describes Salome as ‘an opera of voyeurism, the moon, french, God, punishment of sin, misunderstanding, sex, the metronome, suicide, hysteria, hunger, blood, typing, speaking correctly, sterility, The Blue Danube, the wind, fever, art, Wilde, dreaming, beheading, Frankenstein, kissing.’
Gerald Barry: Salome (concert performance) [Irish premiere]
Alison Scherzer, Salome
Amy Ní Fhearraigh, The Queen
Timur, The King
Vincent Casagrande, The Prisoner
Stefan Sevenich, The Young Syrian
David Howes, Soldier
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Jérôme Kuhn, conductor
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 17th April, 7pm-9pm
