An Opera for Carlow

This is the sixth in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next May the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Ireland's newest and most impressive new theatres - the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at Visual. The opera will feature the stories and voices of Carlow town and county. This month we have been spending time with Brian Irvine, the composer of the music for the opera, to find out how the music composition is shaping up and to discover just what the opera will be about.