Claudia & co. for Thomastown recital

the miraculous medal once owned and worn by the legendary singer. She was also chosen by acclaimed lm director Mike Leigh to star in his rst ever venture for the operatic stage as the leading heroine Mabel in Gilbert

& Sullivan’s e Pirates of Penzance in London’s Coliseum.

Career highlights have in- cluded the roles of Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and Komische Oper

Berlin, and Alice in Alice’s Adventures Underground at e Royal Opera House Covent Garden under omas Adès.

Claudia collaborated with playwright Enda Wash and composer Donnacha Denny on their rst opera e Last Hotel which received critical acclaim.

Niall O’Sullivan has performed all over Europe, Asia and the USA appearing in prominent concert halls to sell-out crowds with his ensemble of world class musicians. Both Niall’s self-titled debut album and Ballads EP reached No. 1 on the iTunes classical & jazz charts. His orchestral album Niall O’Sullivan and Friends was produced by Julian Lloyd Webber and Gavin Murphy and features opera star Danielle de Niese, four-time Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Larry Carlton, theatre royalty Kim Criswell and two of Ireland’s nest vocalists, Emmet Cahill and Lisa Lambe.

Niall and his wife, vocalist Shóna Henneberry, have toured the USA extensively with their sell out show My Funny Valentine.

Conor Linehan is a composer, pianist and teacher based in Dublin. He has composed theatre scores for the all of the major Irish companies as well as e Royal Shakespeare Company, e National eatre and many other British theatres.