Orla Boylan
Join us on Wednesday the 25th August from 1.10pm-1.50pm for our weekly Lunchtime Music Recital at the IIMS, with the fantastic Orla Boylan, Raphaela Mangan & Annalisa Monticelli.
Orla Boylan
Skerries soprano Orla Boylan has appeared internationally in leading opera houses including Teatro alla Scala Milan, Salzburg Festival, Sydney Opera House, Royal Danish Opera, Glyndebourne Festival and Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires. She has worked with some of the world’s foremost conductors and directors including the late Sir Jeffrey Tate, Sir Mark Elder, Elgar Howarth, Kent Nagano, Xian Zhang, the late Nicholas Lehnhoff, Robert Carson and Phillipa Lloyd and has achieved international acclaim as a performer of the music of Richard Strauss, Wagner, Puccini and Benjamin Britten.
Orla’s move into dramatic repertoire brought her notable acclaim with her debut as Turandot ... “...here as the ice princess she is operating at full throttle, sailing above the stave and glorifying in her power” (Opera North, Opera Northern Ireland, Magdeburg Opera). Her thrilling performances as Senta in The Flying Dutchman brought her international success both on stage and in concert (Royal Danish Opera, Oslo Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony) and her performances as Tosca (Opera Ireland, New Zealand Opera) have been broadcast worldwide and in cinemas throughout New Zealand. Her highly anticipated debut as Aida with Irish National Opera also brought her much critical acclaim “...well chosen for the title role...the sheer power of her voice, always distinctly heard across the orchestra and the full chorus.”
Annalisa Monticelli
Annalisa Monticelli
Annalisa Monticelli is a highly sought-after international musician, having taught, performed, and recorded across Europe, Asia, North and South America.
Annalisa studied piano, voice, conducting, music education, chamber music and jazz; she gave her first recital at the age of 10 and earned her first piano teaching & performance diploma at the age of 16 with maximum marks. She holds First Class Honours Master’s Degrees in Piano, Education and Music as well as post-graduate certifications in chamber music, accompanying and advanced piano. She started her professional coaching career working for the Montalto Opera Program in Montalto Ligure (Italy).
After spending 3 years in America, in 2014 she moved to Ireland to work as an accompanist and Italian coach for the RIAM. Since then, she has appeared in all major Irish venues and has released several CDs. In 2014 she also joined the faculty of the Bassi Brugnatelli Symposium for Singers and Conductors in Italy as accompanist and Italian coach and in 2017 she became Executive director and Chief accompanist.
In the last years, she toured the US and performed in Warsaw and Paris among other national and international venues. Recent engagements include a recording with INO and the RTE Concert Orchestra, a duo recital for the Hugh Lane Gallery concert series and language coaching for INO.
Raphaela Mangan
Raphaela Mangan
One of Ireland’s leading mezzo sopranos, Raphaela Mangan is a record-breaking 1st Class Honours graduate of the TUD Conservatory of Music and Drama. Her international operatic career features roles such as; ‘Bradamante’ in Alcina, ‘Ottavia’ in L’incoronazione di Poppea, ‘Marcelina’ in The Marriage of Figaro, ‘Genevieve’ in Pelleas et Melisande, ‘Idamante’ in Idomeneo, ‘Glasha’ & ‘Varvara’ in Katya Kabanova, ‘Buttercup’ in HMS Pinafore, ‘Euridice’ in L’anima del Filosofo, ‘Olga’ in Eugene Onegin and ‘Mrs Lovett’ in Sweeney Todd.
At home, some of Raphaela’s recent critically acclaimed roles include; ‘Hansel’ in Hansel & Gretel, ‘Carmen’ in Carmen, ‘Cherubino’ in The Marriage of Figaro, ‘Orfeo’ in Orfeo ed Euridice and ‘Penelope’ in The Return of Ulysses.
A much sought after concert performer, Raphaela regularly gives performances at the National Concert Hall, The Olympia Theatre, The Gaiety Theatre, Cork Opera House and The National Opera House.
No stranger in the field of oratorio, Raphaela is in high demand with the leading choral societies of Ireland and the UK where she frequently performs works such as Elgar’s Sea Pictures, Handel’s Messiah and the Verdi Requiem.