IrishCentral opera - b5cc3275d518416eacb61d676e8d84d1

Phillip Glass opera Satyagraha is extraordinary (IrishCentral)

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:15:16 PST

On Saturday I enjoyed one of the highlights of my opera going life at the flawless production of the Phillip Glass opera Satyagraha, directed by Phelim McDermottBased on the life of Ghandi, with illuminating reference to the lifelong struggle of fellow titan Martin Luther King, the performance achieved moments of extraordinary beautyThis being a Phillip Glass work it was also ponderous, aching, celebratory, stirring and at times - yes - seriously dullGlass reminds you what is unique about the opera's capacity to transport, because it's at once sublime and physical, heard and seen, and no other medium marries the elusive magic of music to the spectacles of the physical world with the same capacity for rapture READ MORE

TellUsWhy.ie - Irish website tries to move presidential race beyond a soap opera (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:15:16 PDT

Here's a great idea that got noticed a little late in the day to maximize its potentialTellUsWhyie departs from a simple premise: that candidates for the presidency need to tell us why they're fit for the job rather than engage in a mud-slinging contest trying to unearth the latest scandalThe website seems to have got going around January (see an Irish Independent piece dated around that date, here) but hasn't received the attention it deserves READ MORE

Bill Clinton opera ‘Billy Blythe’ runs in New York (IrishCentral)

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:13:02 PDT

By: BUZZ BRADY

An opera celebrating the early life of former president Bill Clinton called “Billy Blythe” debuted this past weekend as part of the Metropolis Opera Project at the Medicine Show Theatre in New York.

Clip of Stephen Fry on Irish language soap opera leaked - SEE VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:09:17 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

A sneak preview of British actor Stephen Fry's cameo on the Irish language soap opera “Ros na Run” on station TG4 has been released to YouTube.

Irish soap opera draws record numbers for domestic abuse plot -SEE VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:02:08 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Irish soap opera “Fair City” has witnessed a huge surge in viewership figures recently, because of their controversial domestic abuse storyline.

Stephen Fry to appear on Gaelic soap opera Ros na Rún (IrishCentral)

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:55:12 PST

Few men stoke my Anglophilia quite so masterfully as Stephen Fry The English actor will follow the trail of William Wilde, father of Oscar, to Connemara when he appears in the popular Irish language soap opera Ros na Rún William, like his son thirty years later, became the subject of public ridicule amongst the social set following a trial in Dublin The dejected doctor left the city and sought solace in Moytura House which he built on Lough Corrib, whence he collected fragments of Irish aural literature for the rest of his life READ MORE

Stephen Fry to star in Irish soap opera 'Ros na Rún' (IrishCentral)

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:06:55 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

First American soap opera ever revolved around an Irish American family (IrishCentral)

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:30:06 PDT

The first American soap opera ever told the story of an Irish American family, the Moynihans The show “Painted Dream” was first aired on October 20, 1930 The radio station, WGN, asked actress Irna Phillips to create a 15 minute daily show about a family to air during the day The show’s plot centred about the relationship of widow Mother Moynihan and her unmarried daughter READ MORE

New Zealand Opera singer slams Susan Boyle (IrishCentral)

Thu, 20 May 2010 04:45:09 PDT

When asked to compare herself to Scottish reality star turned singer Dame Kiri Te was not too pleased to have to answer it Kiri Te is apparently starting up her own version of "Britain's Got Talent" - the show that discovered SuBo In an interview on a New Zealand radio station to compare herself to Boyle - who has sold eight million records and has topped the charts globally in just one year "Move on READ MORE

Lindsay Lohan pulls out of Austrian Opera 'date' with Aussie millionaire (IrishCentral)

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:46:04 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Lindsay Lohan has pulled out of her date with an Aussie millionaire to attend the Opera in Austria.

From Danny Boy To Opera (IrishCentral)

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:03:09 PDT

By:

For Brian Mulligan, whose parents hail from Leitrim, becoming a singer on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera is not a pipe dream, it's about to become reality. A rising star in a notoriously competitive field, Mulligan tells CAHIR O'DOHERTY that he is as at home singing "Danny Boy" as he is singing Puccini. READ MORE