Wexford County Archive also acts as a repository for the Wexford Festival Opera archive. This collection documents the development of the opera festival from its inception in 1951 up to the present. Original materials include artists’ biographies, programmes, photographs, scores, libretti, posters, administration files. Opera recordings are stored on a range of media from reels and cassettes to videos and DVDs.

For anyone wishing to access this collection, prior permission must be sought from Wexford Festival Opera on info@wexfordopera.com. Access restrictions to some records may apply.