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Kerry Records presents Irish soprano Cara O'Sullivan at Irvine Barclay Theatre
08.26.2009 – Irish soprano Cara O'Sullivan, "The Irish Superstar of her
generation" (The Irish Times) joins us for a wonderful afternoon of well-known arias Twitter Pitc
and love songs in a romantic celebration of St. Valentine's Day! An artist with an Enjoy music fo
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impeccable operatic pedigree, Cara has risen to prominence as one of Ireland’s
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greatest sopranos. Her concert career and operatic engagements have taken her all
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The performance will be introduced by Irish actor Sheelagh Cullen
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For this special Valentine's Day program, Miss O'Sullivan will be singing selections
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from La Traviata, Romeo & Juliette, Puccini’s Tosca, Lehar’s Merry Widow, Novello,
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Balfe, Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber, as well as some of the great songs of Ireland.
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A multi-award winning soprano, Cara O'Sullivan awards include: the remains
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~ Classical Artist Award at Ireland's National Entertainment Awards Dublin.
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Cara’s operatic engagements have taken her all over the world. Highlights of her
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career include: Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Elletra in Idomeneo for
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Glyndebourne on Tour; Donna Anna, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte, Violetta in La
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Traviata for Welsh National Opera, Fiordiligi and Konstanza in Die Entfuhrung for Independant
Garsington Opera, The Queen of Night in The Magic Flute for Opera Nantes, Opera Buy Tickets
de Vlaamse, Opera Ireland, Opera de Paris, English National Opera and Cincinnati
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Recent concert performances include: Handel’s Messiah at Palau Musica,
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Barcelona; Verdi’s Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall; a concert performance of Die
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Walküre for The Royal Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, also at the Concertgebow in
Amsterdam, and Britten’s War Requiem with The National Symphony Orchestra of
Ireland, at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, concert tour of Australia and New Zealand,
concluding with a special St. Patrick’s Day gala performance at the Sydney Opera
House.
A Few Quotes:
Norma(Bellini), National Concert Hall, Dublin
“Her Casta Diva…spellbinding interpretation, so beautiful that it almost shocked.
Flawless….perfect as I ever hope to hear”
-- Declan Townsend
Mahler Symphony no. 2 (Resurrection), National Concert Hall
“Cara O’Sullivan (soprano)..contribution…sublime”
-- Dick O’ Riordan
“Soprano Cara O’ Sullivan glows radiantly”.
-- Pat O’Kelly (Irish Independent)
The Magic Flute (Queen of the Night), Cincinnati Festival Opera
"Cara O'Sullivan dominated with a voice of steel and sparkles from head to toe, [she]
practically pulls you from your seat!" -Cincinnati Enquirer
New Year Opera Gala at the National Concert Hall
“Cara O'Sullivan's performance of Leonora's Pace mio Dio from Verdi's
Forza...shattering”.
-- Henja Semmler (Irish Times)
Aidan O'Carroll (accompanist) is widely known in Ireland as a composer, arranger,
conductor and accompanist. He studied music at University College Cork
graduating with a Masters of Arts in Composition and is the founder and director of
the Kerry School of Music and Performing Arts, the largest performing arts school in
Ireland with an annual enrollment of 1500 students. Mr. O'Carroll has established
numerous youth and adult music ensembles in his native Co. Kerry, is a founding
member of the world famous National Folk Theatre of Ireland and has served on the
board of The Arts Council of Ireland and The Irish Choirs' Association.
Sheelagh Cullen (Actor). From Limerick, Ireland, Sheelagh came to Los Angeles
from Hong Kong, where she was co-founder of Actor’s Rep and was involved as
either actor or director in each of its 40 productions. Previously she had worked in TV
and theatre in both England and her native Ireland. She has recently been the
Narrator and Storyteller in a series of Irish concerts produced by Kerry Records. She
last appeared with LA Theatre Works in ‘Breaking the Code’ and ‘Mary Stuart’.
Sheelagh is on the Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Irish Film Festival.
Please note:
Ms. O'Sullivan will be performing the same program on February 7th at Thousand
Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
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