Damsels Damned and Divas Delighted!
Damsels Damned and Divas Delighted!
08-07-2016, 13:05
National Concert Hall, John Field Room
Prices: €16 (Concession: €14)
Booking on (01) 417 0000 / https://www.nch.ie/Online/Irish-Songmakers-08Jul16
Sandra Oman, soprano
Niall Kinsella, piano
Join soprano Sandra Oman and pianist Niall Kinsella for a recital celebrating the infamous damsels and divas of Opera and Song, featuring the music of Handel, Puccini, Gounod, Schubert, Jonathan Dove and Gilbert & Sullivan.
Described as “outstanding” by Opera Now Magazine, Sandra Oman is a firm favourite with Irish audiences, and this concert celebrates the divas and damsels that have inhabited centuries of the best-loved music from the worlds of Opera and Art Song. In a programme spanning from Handel to Gilbert and Sullivan, and many others in between, Sandra touches on moments of passion, intense drama, amorous desire and hilarity, all of these combined with her inimitable charm and magnetic stage persona.
Repertoire to include: Endless Pleasure, Lascia Ch’io Pianga (Handel), The Jewel Song (Gounod), Gretchen am Spinnrade, (Schubert), Five Am’rous Sighs (Jonathan Dove), Don’t Be Cross (Zeller), The Sun Whose Rays (Gilbert & Sullivan).