The collaboration with the Wexford Festival Opera continues for the year 2023.
The Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to present the second prestigious concert to be held at the Hugh Lane Gallery on 16 May at 6.30 pm and which will see the participation of artists from the famous Irish Opera Festival: Hannah O’Brien (soprano) and Dr. Dearbla Collins (pianist).
The event includes a rich program of Italian-language opera music and pieces by the greatest composers:
PROGRAMME:
1. Qual vita è questa mai.. Che fiero momento – Orfeo ed Euridice, Glück
2. Porgi amor – Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart
3. E Susanna non vien… Dove sono – Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart
4. Nocturne in Bb – John Field (Piano solo)
5. Ma rendi pur contento – Bellini
6. Mi chiamano Mimi – La Bohème, Puccini
7. Donde Lieta – La Bohème, Puccini
8. Tightrope Walker Presents a Rose – Seóirse Bodley (Piano solo)
9. The Telephone Aria – The Telephone, Menotti
10. Poisoning Pigeons – Tom Lehrer
Free participation with compulsory booking.
Hannah O’Brien – Soprano
Hannah O’Brien is a soprano from Drogheda, Co. Louth. She is currently studying with Elizabeth Ritchie, having completed her master’s and BA in The Royal Irish Academy of Music under Sylvia O’Regan. She played the role of il Destino and Linfea in Cavalli’s la Calisto, Caper in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen and Nance Farrell in Stephen McNeff’s Banished. Hannah performed in ‘Celebration of the Voice’ hosted by Drogheda Classical Music as well as the premier of Michael Holohan’s song cycle The Hills are Crying. She will be performing the role of Polly in a film adaptation of Kevin O’Connell’s DreamCatchr, which is to be released in 2023. She was awarded the Gaiety Bursary in 2018 and has received numerous prizes in competitions including The Veronica Dunne – Operatic Ensemble at the ESB Feis Ceoil, Best Aria prize in the Irene Sanford Competition, Lieder Prize and Young cup at ESB Feis Ceoil.
DEARBHLA COLLINS (pianist)
Vocal coach at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, Dearbhla Collins is also Head of Artistic Administration at the National Opera Studio in London. Since 2005, she has been the Executive Artistic Director of the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition in Dublin where she has worked alongside renowned guest jury members. Dearbhla was a member of the Board of the National Concert Hall, Dublin from 2010 – 2015.
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