EVENT: Gala Benefit Concert in aid of The Tipperary Excel later this month

There is a Gala Benefit Concert in aid of The Tipperary Excel on Thursday, May 18 at 8pm.

Special guests include internationally acclaimed soprano, Franzita Whelan, who represented Ireland in the ‘BBC Cardiff Singer off the World’. Also appearing is renowned Limerick contralto Sarah E. Murphy.

The concert will include leading members of T.M.S. recent production of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ and other local singers.

Booking is open on at the Excel on 062-80520

Franzita Whelan’s talent has been recognised through many International and National singing Awards and Scholarships, including the National Mozart competition, the Lady Maud Warrender Prize and the Clonter Opera Prize.

She made her US debut as Euridice in Gluck’s Orphee et Euridice for Opera Colorado. She also has sung Leonore in Fidelio for Opera Theatre Company in Dublin.

For Opera Ireland, Franzita has appeared as the title role of Janacek’s Katya Kabanova, Mrs, Foran in Turnage’s Silver Tassie, Micaela in Bizet’s Carmen, the Third Norm, Woglinde, and Gerhilde in Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen, and the title role in Janacek’s Jenufa. Leading opera roles for Sarah Ellen Murphy have numbered ‘Yoeman of the Guard’, ‘The World of Gilbert and Sullivan’ and ‘The Medium’ by Cian-Carlo Menotti. Her talent lends itself to the songs and arias on ‘Cantabile’ which means ‘sung in a smooth style’.

Leading members of Tipperary Musical Society will add a great local flavour to this excellent night of entertainment. Tickets now available at the Excel.