The Inspired and Admired

Were have the pleasure of welcoming Martin Dwan to deliver our next talk on Saturday 7th December in Buswells Hotel at the usual time of 11am. Martin is the producer/director of the critically acclaimed documentary The Peoples’ Tenor on John McCormack. Tea and coffee will be available and all are welcome.

Martin’s talk will look at some of the artists that inspired John McCormack and others that that he worked with and admired. Artists such as Enrico Caruso, Fritz Kreisler, Mattia Battistini, Amelia Galli-Curci and Claudia Muzio will feature. The talk will open with a rarely seen clip from his 2006 Gala Tribute Concert to John McCormack at the National Concert Hall. It promises to be a lovely tour of the greats from the Golden Era of voices and musicians.

Published by John McCormack Society

Founded in 1960, the John McCormack Society was set up to celebrate the life and legacy of the great Irish tenor. A global superstar in his day, McCormack first found success on the opera stage and later became a legendary concert recitalist. It is reckoned that McCormack recordings have sold in excess of 200 million

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