Kildare singer returns home to perform special concert

Celebrate the new year with top Irish tenor and Naas man Patrick Hyland for a magical concert of opera classics, musical hits, favorite melodies and much more.

Patrick was with The Irish Tenors for their Christmas tour across the United States for November and December and is looking forward to returning to the Moat Theatre, Naas for a special New Year's Day Concert. 

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He will be accompanied by Dublin-born mezzo-soprano Gemma Ní Bhriain, who studied with Dr Veronica Dunne at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, before spending two seasons as a member of the Atelier Lyrique Opera Studio at the Opéra national de Paris, and a further two seasons at the International Opera Studio at the Opernhaus Zurich.

She is now busy both at home and across Europe, with recent appearances as Marcellina Le nozze di Figaro for the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn in Switzerland and her Royal Opera House debut as Megacle in Vivaldi’s L’Olimpiade at the Linbury Theatre in London. 

Also participating will be violinist Rachel Du, who has lived in Ireland for over 25years.

After studying at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music and DIT Conservatory of Music, she graduated with an MA in Classical String Performance from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. In demand as a freelance violinist, Rachel performs regularly with Ireland's finest musicians and groups such as the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra. 

Dr Máire Carroll

Also taking part will be Dr Máire Carroll is a pianist, composer, collaborator and teacher who has performed throughout Europe, Asia, the United States and Canada including performances at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, National Opera House in Tallinn, Liszt Academy in Budapest, Princess Grace Library, Monaco.

As the first pianist in Ireland to be awarded the RDS Music Bursary, Máire maintains a diverse wide-ranging programme of solo and collaborative work including a complete performance of Philip Glass’s Twenty Piano Études across two sold out evenings at the NCH. Her recording Máire Carroll:The Complete Piano Études of Philip Glass was released on Delphian Records in August 2024.

Tickets cost €33 plus €1.50 booking fee and are available at www.moattheatre.com and www.patrickhandtenor.com