Ireland’s Taoiseach spends a night at the opera
mainIreland’s young prime minister Leo Varadkar is showing Macron-like tendencies in his need to catch up on the culture.
He was guest of honour at the last night of the Wexford Festival.
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Wexford does off beat operas which other places don’t do like Balfe’s Bohemian Girl . mostly obscure ones, they fly the whole lost in, orchestra and all instead of using RTE orchestra.
Wexford has its own orchestra and chorus so don’t know where that comment came from. The PM’s name isVaradkar.