Search Results for 'Mezzo-soprano'

WHEN GEORGE Frideric Handel was writing and casting his play Radamisto in 1720, he intended the title role to be performed by Francesco Bernardi, the singer better known as Senesino. However, when Senesino became unavailable, Handel gave that male role to Margherita Durastanti instead.

ROSSINI’S OPERA, La Donna Del Lago, will be broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this Saturday at 5pm.

THE IRISH mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty will sing in Galway Cathedral this evening at 8pm as part of the cathedral’s Summer Concerts series.

THE SOPRANOS Maeve Cairney and Fiona Corless perform their Hollywood Serenade concert, in Johnston’s Hall, Kinvara, this Saturday at 8pm.