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Caitríona O'Leary

Caitríona O'Leary

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Regularly described by critics as having ‘angelic’ and ‘ethereal’ vocal qualities, the early music singer Caitríona O’ Leary combines these attributes with an ability to express and convey to her listeners the full array of emotions contained in the words she sings. She has that rare quality: stage presence. Even before she opens her mouth to sing she has captivated her audience.LAM  General Management
 

Biography

Caitríona O’Leary is internationally recognised for her elegant performances of Early Music.  She has made eleven commercial recordings for BMG, EMI, Avie and Vox as a soloist and as a member of the celebrated early music ensembles, Sequentia, The Harp Consort and Joglaresa. Caitríona’s extensive work as a concert artist includes tours throughout North America, Europe, Mexico, and Israel, and at such venues as The Royal Albert Hall, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall and Cité de la Musique. She has appeared at numerous festivals including the Utrecht Early Music Festival, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Festival Cervantino Guanajuato, Festival Interceltique de Lorient and Concerts Spirituels Geneva.
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Reviews

It was in [Caitriona O'Leary's] performance of Carolan’s lamentation for his dear friend MacCabe that O’Leary revealed a mastery of Irish singing, achieving Andrew Lawrence King’s ambition for the ensemble of taking the audience ‘on a journey- not just to a place, but also to a time.’

Jennifer Gall, The Canberra Times (May 2010)


… sung with haunting grace by Caitríona O’Leary.

Steve Moffat, The North Shore Times (May 2010)

O’Leary sang two Gaelic love songs with a pure light soprano… Carolan’s Lamentation for Charles MacCabe proved a rich field of sensitivity and vocal flicks.

Clive O’Connell, The Age (May 2010)

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