Waterford Festival of Light Opera!

TheQuietFella

http://waterfordtheatrearchive.com/2017/07/03/the-waterford-international-festival-of-light-opera-wiflo/

I'm not or ever was a big fan of light opera but I did go to a few occasional shows over the years but I'm curious to the reasons of its demise and has any effort been made to resurrect this festival. I do remember the great buzz about the city for the week of the festival!

Johnboy1951

I too have some fond memories of festival nights.

I also remember The Tops of the Town and its junior compatriot Tops of the Clubs (youth clubs) in the late 60s

At that time live music of all sorts was plentiful around town also.

Essentially the music scene for all tastes was buzzing.

friendlyfun

Suppose it had to keep up with Wexford opera festival

curmudgeonly

Filthy lucre is the answer.

The cost of putting on a show of a winning caliber is north of €60,000 these days, and to travel with a show like this a Society would need at least €30k subsidy.
So like the Tops money became the issue, and to keep it alive you would need to be pumping up to €500k minimum to keep it going and that would be on a shoe string.