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Reviews:
Irish Times : “captivating singing, sparky music and superb comic timing”
Bachtrack : “Sharon Carty was equally impressive as Dorabella. Here too, the acting was thoroughly convincing. Notably more flighty and flirty from the get go, her capitulation and her encouragement of her sister’s was impeccably done. Her control and pearly tone shone out many the time as evinced by her top B flat in her aria “È amore un ladroncello”.
Irish Examiner : “Cosi fan Tutte puts women at the heart of Mozart's classic”
Golden Plec : “as her sister Dorabella, Sharon Carty sings fabulously, clearly embracing this role with enjoyable verve, impassioned in Smanie implacabile [‘Implacable longings’]. She is warmly expressive in the duet Il core vi dono [‘I give you this heart’] with Russell, one of the most extraordinary moments of the opera, with words and music creating magic before our eyes.”
No more workhorse : “The six principal roles on the night were all superbly played by Irish singers.”
Opera Chaser : “Sharon Carty’s dynamically charged vocal expressivity as Dorabella”
Irish Independent : “Singing throughout is a joy”
OperaJournal : “Anna Devin and Sharon Carty were everything you could hope for as Fiordiligi and Dorabella, their delivery bright and sparkling, filled with emotional sentiments”
Cosi fan tutte trailer
VIDEO
“It was Love at first sit” Irish Times Feature
Podcast
I was delighted to partner with Irish National Opera and DLR Libraries
to produce this podcast, explaining all the operatic voice types.
Podcast 1 deals with the lower voices (Bass, Baritone and tenor)
Listen to Podcast 1 here
Podcast 2 deals with the higher voices (Countertenor, Contralto, Mezzo-soprano and Soprano)
Listen to Podcast 2 here
October 2020
Sharon Carty announced as Maynooth campus associate artist for 2020/2021
Full details here
Female composer Fridays
VIDEO
For the next few Fridays at 5pm, Una Hunt and I will be releasing tracks from our 2021 Drogheda Arts Festival recital of women composers.
Next up is Hope Temple’s “Adieu l’amour ”
August 1st 8.00pm (ONLINE)
bach and Brahms Organ music with accompanying Chorales
Sept 12th 3.30pm LIVE!!!!
Music in Monkstown Recital Dublin September 12th
Mozart, Schubert & Spohr
with
Finghin Collins (Piano) & John Finucane (Clarinet)
Ticket Details Here
November 14th 2021 West Wicklow Festival
Sharon Carty, Mezzo-soprano & Gary Beecher, Piano
Russborough House
Featuring music by:
Stanford, Schumann, Clarke, Herbert, Bridge, et/al
Artists include :
Finghin Collins piano | ConTempo Quartet | John Finucane clarinet | Ríona Ó Duinnín flute | John Leonard bassoon | Hannah Miller horn | Dominic Dudley double bass | Christopher Bowen tenor | Collegium | RIAM Student Quartet | Jeremy Dibble musicologist
JCT Arts in Junior Cycle/Irish National Opera “Opera Club for secondary teachers
Running from November 2021-March 2022
Interactive discussions and fun workshops for secondary teachers of any subject, who wish to learn more about opera and how it can be incorporated into various school subject lesson plans.
Irish National Opera announces 2022-2023 Season
May-June 2023 Dorabella/Cosi Fan Tutte
Wexford/Dublin/Limerick/Cork/Galway
Details here
Listen to the world premiere performance of Anne Marie O’Farrel’s
“Who’d ever think it would come to this?” Civil war Cantata here
Performed on Sept 30th 2022 in UCD O’Reilly Hall
Playlist
Get to know the repertoire for the upcoming “Walled City Festival” Recital with Fiachra Garvey.
VIDEO