We had a wonderful turnout at the Mansion House, Dublin for our annual Bursary Awards Concert. Held in the Oak Room, we were delighted to hear the recipients, Aimee Kearney, Ruby Boland and Boyu Liu perform a selection of songs from their popular and classical repertoire. A filmed performance by each of the singers willContinue reading “John McCormack Bursary Awards Concert at the Mansion House”
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Keveny’s John McCormack
We had a wonderful turnout for Keith Kurtzer’s talk, with people traveling from Cork and Tipperary to be with us at Buswell’s Hotel. Keith delivered a tour de force presentation which contained a lot of unseen and unpublished material. For those who were unable to attend Keith very kindly provided us with a copy ofContinue reading “Keveny’s John McCormack”
Keveny’s John McCormack
(Anecdotes of a Concert Monarch) The John McCormack Society is delighted to welcome Keith Kurtzer of New York who will deliver a talk on the Irish tenor using the unique collection of material assembled by fellow American, Jack Keveny. Max de Schauensee called John McCormack the Caruso of the concert stage and in his refulgentContinue reading “Keveny’s John McCormack”
The John McCormack Songbook
The tenor Ross Scanlon and pianist David O’Shea will perform a selection of John McCormack’s most popular songs in the John Field Room at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, in August. It promises to be a lovely afternoon of music.
From bel-canto to verismo
Join us on the 15th of April at 11am in Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. David Clarke will take us on a journey from 1890 to 1918 when opera moved away from the bel-canto style of singing and acting to verismo. Realism in opera was sought with composers creating operas that connected to theContinue reading “From bel-canto to verismo”
The People’s Tenor
Join us for what should be an entertaining and enjoyable talk on the making of ‘The People’s Tenor’, and what inspired it, and hear a selection of favourite recordings chosen by the director.
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