What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Relaxing at home with my family.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
I’m at total loss to answer this one! Not sure what that says about me.
Which living person do you most admire?
My grandad, we share a (sometimes fanatical ) love of music and his positive attitude to life is really inspiring. He sees beauty in everything.
Which is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My sweet tooth.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Probably my concert dresses.
What is your favourite journey?
The journey home to Ireland when I’ve been away, without a doubt. In Ireland I enjoy the drive west on the N4.
On what occasion do you lie?
When I’m asked questions like this one….
Which living person do you most despise?
I couldn’t say I despise anyone, but Jim Carrey irritates me intensely.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My friends and family, and music!
When and where were you happiest?
Probably when I was very small with no responsibilities!
Which talent would you most like to have?
I would love to play the Viola da Gamba, it’s such a beautiful instrument.
What is your current state of mind?
Hopeful.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Getting to a stage whereby I’m making my living as an opera singer four years after leaving a teaching job.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what do you think it would be?
If it were something I had control over - a millionairess!
What is your most treasured possession?
Probably my health, without that you’ve nothing.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Running out of teabags.
What is your favourite occupation?
I think the work that doctors, nurses and teachers do is amazing.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Honesty, integrity, loyalty, courage.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Loyalty, wit, intelligence, compassion.
Who are your favourite writers?
Flann O’Brien, Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, Malcolm Gladwell, John Gribbin,
What is your motto?
Success is 99 per cent perspiration, one per cent inspiration.
Sharon Carty and the Austrian-German recorder consort VUENV will perform Orfea Britannica, a concert of English instrumentals and songs composed during the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church this Saturday at 8pm. Tickets are €20/15 at the door. See also www.stnicholas.ie Kernan Andrews
