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Paul O'Mahony (Cork)

  • Apr 25, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
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  • 13 EPISODES


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(part 2) CARMEN FROM PRAGUE - April 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2018 59:53


Over 5 minutes applause - many standing

CARMEN FROM PRAGUE - April 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2018 95:39


Carmen : Jana Kurucovà https://www.narodni-divadlo.cz/en/artist/jana-kurucova Don José : Luciano Mastro https://www.narodni-divadlo.cz/en/artist/luciano-mastro

MACBETH by VERDI - live performance

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2018 50:09


In April 2018, Macbeth was conducted by Antonio Pappano, with a cast including Anna Netrebko, Željko Lučić & Ildebrando D’Arcangelo. The performance was in Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, UK. This recording was made in Omniplex Cinema, Mahon Point, Cork on an iPhone 6 using the Voice Record 7 App (There is more to come.)

Tosca - Maria Callas - opera

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 48:30


Tosca Act 2 - the rapist sings • Things start getting worse for lovers - Tosca & Cavaradossi - Torture of Tosca's lover by Scarpia's men • Betrayal - and sexual predator • He's ready to rape Tosca • Her finest area - opera - the monster prowls • Climax: She tabs him to death • After killing the monster She tidies up - End of Act 2 • Maria Callas as Tosca & Harvey Weinstein - Opera by Puccini • Act 2 starts with Scarpia sung by Tito Gobbi

"Irma" on WaveRad.io

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2017 14:55


Two of the cast of "Irma - an opera by Tom Phillips" - Benjamin O'Mahony & Francis Brett chat with Paul O'Mahony. In a pub after the performance... This recording was first published on Wave Radio

Celebrating Kiri Te Kanawa

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2017 7:06


She has sung in public for the last time. She'll teach. Bring on some of the next generation of sopranos. I saw her perform in Covent Garden London - I think it was Mozart. May she live a long life

Happy birthday Meyerbeer

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 4:59


5 September birthday of Giacomo Meyerbeer http://bit.ly/2wFRL2g

Verdi's Nabucco Hebrew Slaves

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 13:56


You hear a call from Zvi Weiss praising Opera Centre - Verdi's Chorus of Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco - Paul O'Mahony reads from Robert Parker in the 2016 Royal Opera House Programme Book.

Latest opera news from Twitter

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2017 8:39


Paul - our clumsy news reader makes his first news broadcast. He'll improve - provided he practises. Welsh National Opera- SF Opera - English Touring Opera - Glyndebourne- Wexford - Wagner Conductors

Debussy French composer

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2017 33:44


Happy Birthday Claud Debussy - thanks for "Pelléas et Mélisande" • Story of Pelléas et Mélisande - in 3 minutes • End of opera by Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande • Listen to The Great Everything introduce Debussy • Pelléas Act 2 (the start) by Debussy - conducted by Pierre Boulez • Debussy also composed 3 unfinished operas : Rodriguez et Chimène - N Malfino • The Edgar Allan Poe Operas by Debussy • More 'Fall of the House of Usher' - unfinished opera by Debussy

Maria Callas sings "Turandot"

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2017 4:10


More Maria Callas singing "Turandot"

Why "OPERA CENTRE" ?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2017 7:47


Introducing your "Opera Centre" • Opera Centre launch on Anchor • More Maria Callas singing "Turandot"

Most popular aria ever sung ?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2017 1:01


Most popular aria of all : from "Turandot" : 'Nessun Dorma'

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