Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 3pm
Irvine Barclay Theatre - 4242 Campus Drive
Accompanist: Aidan O’Carroll
The performance will be introduced by Irish actor Sheelagh Cullen
Tickets: $45 General; $40 Seniors & Children
949.854.4646 | www.thebarclay.org | www.ticketmaster.com
For Group Rates please contact the Box Office
To arrange an interview contact: Margaret O’Carroll info@kerryrecords.com | 818.784.3805
For this special Valentine’s Day program, Miss O’Sullivan will be singing selections from La Traviata, Romeo & Juliette, Puccini’s Tosca, Lehar’s Merry Widow, Novello, Balfe, Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber, as well as some of the great songs of Ireland.
A multi-award winning soprano, Cara O'Sullivan awards include:
~ RTE Musician of the Future
~ First Place: International Stanislav Moniuszko Vocal Competition
~ Classical Artist Award at Ireland's National Entertainment Awards
Cara’s operatic engagements have taken her all over the world. Highlights of her career include: Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Elletra in Idomeneo for Glyndebourne on Tour; Donna Anna, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte, Violetta in La Traviata for Welsh National Opera, Fiordiligi and Konstanza in Die Entfuhrung for Garsington Opera, The Queen of Night in The Magic Flute for Opera Nantes, Opera de Vlaamse, Opera Ireland, Opera de Paris, English National Opera and Cincinnati Festival Opera.
Recent concert performances include: Handel’s Messiah at Palau Musica, Barcelona; Verdi’s Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall; a concert performance of Die 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 is 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. In 2007 Aidan O Carroll was invited to perform at a St. Patrick's Day lunch hosted by the Irish Senators for President George Bush on Capitol Hill. Those present included An Taoiseach Bertie Aherne, Members of Congress including Senator Ted Kennedy, Hilary Clinton and almost all United States “Irish Senators” as well as politicians from Northern Ireland.
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.