LONDON - 12 December 2006 - 272 words
Irish
mezzo-soprano saves Messiah
Talented young Irish mezzo-soprano Doreen Curran has saved a London
secondary school's fundraising performance of Handel's Messiah
by stepping in at the last moment to replace Felicity Palmer.
While rehearsing The Daughter of the Regiment at the Royal Opera, Felicity was knocked to the ground during a very physical piece of acting, and hit her head on the floor. Badly shaken by the incident, she was forced to withdraw from the concert at St James' Church, Spanish Place.
Doreen, RTE's 1998 Young Singer of the Future and a graduate of the National Opera Studio, agreed to take over and join internationally renowned tenor John Mark Ainsley, soprano Sarah-Jane Davies who will be representing Wales in next year's Cardiff Singer of the World, and bass James utherford, who won the inaugural Wagner competition earlier this year in Seattle, on the platform.
A line-up of world-renowned soloists joins the Choir of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Holland Park, and the Belgravia Chamber Orchestra, to perform Handel's perennial Christmas favourite, Messiah, at St James's Church, Spanish Place, London W1.
The Concert is being given in aid of the School's New Music Centre Appeal. The School has very recently completed the building of its new Music Centre, which contains no fewer than 18 specialist music rooms, including Practice Rooms, a Recording Studio, a very handsome Rehearsal Room, a Song School and several classrooms.
The School continues to raise funds to
ensure that the wonderful new accommodation is equipped to the
very highest possible standards.
Tickets for the Concert (£28, £20, £12) can
be purchased by calling the School on 020 7603 8478.
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