Celine Byrne and Guests to appear at An Táin Arts Centre next month

Celine Byrne

Celine Byrne

On Saturday 1st November at 8pm, Irish soprano Celine Byrne will make her Dundalk debut with a performance in An Táin Arts Centre.

As part of the autumn programme in the newly opened An Táin Arts Centre, Celine will be joined by pianist Dearbhla Brosnan and cellist Ailbhe McDonagh to perform Rusalka’s glorious ‘Song to the Moon’, Puccini’s ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’, ‘Villia’ from The Merry Widow, ‘The Last Rose of Summer’, ‘My Lagan Love’, ‘Danny Boy’ and ‘The Lark in the Clear Air’ to name but a few.

Irish soprano, Celine Byrne, made her operatic début as Mimi, in Scottish Opera’s 2010 production of La Bohéme and since then has performed extensively throughout Europe as well as in the US, China, Russia and Mexico. In March 2012 Celine made her Covent Garden début standing-in for Camilla Nylund as Rusalka under the baton of Yannick Nézét-Séguin. Celine also covered the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at Covent Garden. She is recently home from her return visit to the Royal Opera House where she performed Wagner’s Parsifal to great acclaim, and will return there to sing the role of Micaëla in 2015.

An Táin Arts Centre is the new independent arts space for Dundalk, based in the former Táin theatre at the Town Hall in Crowe Street.

Tickets are for Celine Byrne and Guests are €20 and can be booked by phone on 042 9332332 or www.antain.ie (Box Office is open Tues – Sat 10:00 – 16:00 and 30 minutes before evening events).

Setanta Choir prepare to celebrate the music this Sunday

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A Celebrate The Music event with the Setanta Choir and guests will take place this Sunday night at 7.30pm in St Patrick’s Church in Roden Place.

Marking 36 years of choral singing the night will feature performances from Vivaldi’s Gloria as well as works from Handel, Bruckner, Fauré, Jenkins, Piazzolla and Gjeilo.

Conductor on the night will be Brian MacKay. Soprano is Aisling Kenny, Alto is Ailbhe Howard while Jennifer Murphy will be playing violin.

Tickets, priced €18, are available now from Panama Café in the Market Square, with further details also available at www.setantachoir.com