Irish National Opera is one of Ireland's largest arts organisations^[1] and presents opera in Dublin, on tour across Ireland and internationally.^[2]Irish National Opera was created from a merger of the Opera Theatre Company (OTC) and Wide Open Opera in 2017 and launched in January 2018.^[3]

Irish National Opera was officially launched on 9 January 2018 with an inaugural concert, The Big Bang! at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.^[4] A national tour of Thomas Adès's chamber opera Powder Her Face followed in March 2018.^[3][5][6]

• Irish National Opera official website
• Opera Theatre Company
• Official website as archived on 10 May 2010
• Video: History Of Opera Ireland 1941–2010 (archived)
• Brochure for the 1963 Spring Festival of Italian Opera presented by the Dublin Grand Opera Society