The Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival is proud to present the Anna Livia Festival Orchestra which will be led by the distinguished violinist, Alan Smale. The orchestra is made up of freelance professional orchestral players, many of whom have played with us since the inception of our Festival  in 2000. This year we welcome back Maestro Franz-Paul Decker who will be conducting Samson et Dalila and we have pleasure in introducing Dubliner Derek Gleeson who will conduct Rigoletto.