![]() ![]() In order to listen to the films, audiences will need to download the free AudioFetch app and connect their headphones. All the singers have been winners or finalists in the Glenarm Festival of Voice, which takes place each year at the end of August in the coastal village of Glenarm. Taking place on the same date is a special screening at RiverBox, a big screen on shipping containers on the Titanic Slipways – where the famous ship was built – showing a selection of films from NIO’s Northern Songs series.įrom 9am to 9pm audiences can watch films of singers performing songs by Irish composers in iconic locations around Northern Ireland. This will also take place on the SS Nomadic. On 12 June at 2pm, Pennsylvania-born soprano Rachael Heater – who is set to star in NIO’s new production of Verdi’s La traviata ( The Fallen Woman, 1853) – will be joined by pianist Lorraine Stanley – an accomplished Belfast-based musician with many years’ experience as a pianist, cellist and conductor – for an hour of arias and songs. The world’s last-remaining White Star Line ship, the Nomadic has been fully restored and is back at home in Hamilton Dock, where she was built more than a century ago. The concert will be held at the SS Nomadic. ![]() Lambert is also lead singer with Northern Irish-based folk band Carousel. It features vocalist Harry Lambert, who received his professional debut as the Steward in NIO’s recent production of Sondheim’s Into the Woods (1986). The next event takes place on 5 June, at 2pm. “Each week we’ll be delivering a different pop-up performance with artists from our Studio and Associate Artists programmes and from our past productions.”Īccompanied by a pianist, various soloists will be performing music by composers such as Verdi, Puccini, Bellini, Bizet and Massenet. “Stay for an hour or drop by for an aria or two!” NIO said in a statement. They are all free, with seating allocated on a first come, first served basis. It is a series of visitor attractions and projects along the city’s iconic waterfront.Įach of the NIO concerts takes place on a Sunday afternoon and lasts for an hour. The event is being hosted by Maritime Mile, an initiative developed by Maritime Belfast Trust, a charity responsible for preserving and celebrating Belfast’s maritime heritage. Northern Ireland Opera (NIO) is set to take part in Sundays on the Maritime Mile, a series of free concerts taking place in different locations on Belfast’s historic Maritime Mile, part of the city’s Titanic Quarter, the opera company has announced.
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