Tipperary woman announced as new Creative Producer at esteemed Irish theatre

Cork Opera House this week announced long-standing collaborator, Aisling Fitzgerald, as its new Creative Producer in Residence - Opera for 2025.

Ms Fitzgerald has worked with Cork Opera House on projects for two decades and was hailed as a welcome addition to the venue’s team, with a specific focus on in-house productions.

A Tipperary native, Ms Fitzgerald worked exclusively in Opera Stage Management for over sixteen years with award-winning Opera Festivals and houses, to include The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London.

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In recent times, alongside her work with Cork Opera House, Ms Fitzgerald also produced the Towers and Tales Children’s Book Festival at Lismore Castle and was appointed Producing Facilitator and Mentor for the MA in Arts Management and Creative Producing at University College Cork in 2019.

Speaking following her appointment at Cork Opera House, Ms Fitzgerald observed:

"I believe we are at a crucial period in the evolution of Irish arts and its operatic landscape where we have seen the trajectory of both Irish opera and opera in Ireland, at home and its presence on the international stage move to a more developed state than ever before.

"And, it is now that I find myself in a momentous period in the Irish cultural landscape where an opportunity to work and develop in opera, in Ireland, is a reality and therefore solidifies my creative and professional aims.

"Co-creation now exists as a benchmark for the sustenance and development of opera, especially in Ireland as a non-inherent tradition, and it is my greatest honour to have the opportunity to contribute my skill set to the realisation of this at Cork Opera House."