Governors State University OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia Center for Performing Arts 3-9-2002 Three Irish Tenors Center for Performing Arts Follow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/cpa_memorabilia Recommended Citation Center for Performing Arts, "Three Irish Tenors" (2002). Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia. Book 175. http://opus.govst.edu/cpa_memorabilia/175 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Performing Arts at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. fOR PEftfORMIIKi flftTS Governors State University Presents The Three Irish Tenors Saturday, March 9,2002 8:00 p.m. 2001/2002 Season sponsored in part by a grant from the'. SOUTH LAN! 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PROGRAM ORDER Presents ACT I PUDDLE BOP The Irish Dancers The Three Irish Tenors THE THREE IRISH TENORS Ciaran Naglc, Anthony Norton, Thomas Cregan The Spanish Lady Carrickfergus Tom Cregan from Royal Opera Covent Garden The Contender Granada Ciaran Nagle from Riverdance The Show Anthony Norton from La Scala Milan DUELING FIDDLES The Musicians SINGER/HARPIST Jacqueline Whelan My Dublin Bay Also featuring Ireland Mother Ireland IRISH COMEDY Jimmy Kennedy Soprano and Harpist Storyteller and Comedian Jacqueline Whelan Jimmy Kennedy THE THREE IRISH TENORS Ciaran Nagle, Anthony Norton, Thomas Cregan Song For Ireland Macushla with Eileen Og She Moved Through The Fair Paddy Reilly/Gortnamona Dancers The Long Journey Home The Three Irish Tenors with Jacqueline Whelan Maggie Ritnour, Will Dunn, Erica Newman INTERMISSION Musicians ACT II Deborah Shebish, Elaina Cook SWING-A-MA-JIG The Irish Dancers Scenic Elements Designer IRISH COMEDY Jimmy Kennedy Chummy Chamberlain SINGER/HARPIST Jacqueline Whelan Where The Three Counties Meet Mary From Dungloe Company Manager Production Stage Manager The Song of Mayo Harvey Shain Brendan Galvin Anthem TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCERS The Irish Dancers and Musicians Musical Director THE THREE IRISH TENORS Ciaran Nagle, Anthony Norton, Thomas Cregan David Wray /'// Walk With God Fill O Runo Star Of The County Down Irish Dance Choreographer Sailing Niall O'Leary Danny Boy Time To Say Goodbye Director FINALE The Three Irish Tenors, Jacqueline Whelan and Company American Medley Bob Durkin Jacqueline Whelan (Soprano and Harpist) She is a research assistant to folklorist Dr. WHO'S WHO Jacqueline is one of Ireland's leading sopranos. Nancy McEntire, and has travelled with She has starred in both the Doyles Irish Nancy to the Orkney Islands, Scotland, to Ciaran Nagle (Tenor) was born in Dublin in 1970 (making him the baby of the group!). His first Cabaret, at the Burlington Hotel and the study ballads and traditional tunes. Deborah real interest in singing was when he was 10. It was thanks to Fr. Dowling in Willow Park School famous Jury's Irish Cabaret. While with Jury's is currently completing her Masters of Arts who first encouraged him and gave him his first leading role at the age of 12 in a production of she toured extensively in the USA, having in Teaching at Indiana University, The Gipsy Baron. From then on singing and music was always his fist love. It wasn't until he was appeared in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Bloomington. 20 that he decided to take it anyway seriously and only at that stage decided to get voice training. Hall, The Kennedy Center, the Boston He started in the College of Music Dublin in 1990 under the tuition of Edith Forrest FTCL and Symphony Hall and The Ambassador Elaina Cook (Fiddle Player) began violin studied with her for seven years and then with Dr. Veronica Dunne for another two years. During Auditorium in Pasadena. Jacqueline started her studies at age three in Gainesville Florida. that time he performed many roles including Tamino in The Magic Flute, Tom in The Rakes singing career at the age of fifteen, winning a She has been a member of symphonies in Progress, Rodolfo in La Boheme, Bepe, "Rita" for TV and many more. In 1995 Ciaran became scholarship to the Municipal College of Music. Florida and Indiana for seven years, and a member of the National Chamber Choir, which is Irelands only full time professional choir and In 1979 she won three major competitions in was winner of the Florida and southeastern stayed there until 1998. During that time he also had the experience of performing in Carnegie Ireland: The Soprano Gold Medal, The Thomas U.S. regional MTNA (Music Teacher's Na- Hall under the baton of Robert Shaw in productions of Haydn's Creation and Seasons. Ciaran Moore Cup and The Margaret Burke-Sheridan tional Association) Selmer strings compe- also performed with Opera Ireland in productions of La Cenerentola, Faust, The Magic Flute, La for best female voice at The Dublin Feis Cecil. tition. Currently, Elaina is finishing her Boheme, L'elisir D'amor, Eugene Onegin, Macbeth, Falstaffand The Tales of Hoffman. Ciaran In 1980 she received a Teaching Diploma from Bachelor's in violin performance at Indi- has always enjoyed music theatre and operetta and in that field has performed the roles of the Royal Academy of Music. From 1982 to ana University under the instruction of Paul Gaylord Ravenal in Showboat, Ralph in HMS Pinafore, Cascada in The Merry Widow and Tony 1985 Jacqueline studied at The Guildhall School Biss. Her former teachers include Dr. Janna in Westside Story. of Music and Drama, London, where she com- Lower, Dorothy Mauney, Mark Rush and pleted a Postgraduate Course in Advanced Sing- Sonnhild Kitts. Elaina has been playing In 1998 he was given the opportunity to perform with Riverdance The Show. Ciaran toured with ing. While in London she took part in such Irish fiddle for three years now and loves the show for two years travelling all over Europe and Japan - "The time of my life" - until The festivals as The Cambridge Arts Festival, and every moment of it! Three Irish Tenors. "The Three Irish Tenors has been pretty much my life for the past year and The City of London Festival. After returning half " says Ciaran of a project that was to be a bit of fun for three friends booked only to perform to Ireland she gave a number of recitals, one of Maggie Ritnour (Dance Captain/Dancer) three small concerts in Ireland. From here it has lead to a nationwide tour of Ireland, two East which was at the Kilkenny Arts Festival and is from Syracuse New York. She has been coast tours of America and now a UK tour and two more West Coast tours of America and so on. another at The National Concert Hall in dancing competitively since she was 8 years "I can't believe my luck, a dream come true". Dublin. She has appeared on television both at old and has competed in the World Irish home and abroad. She has played many lead- Dance Championships in Ireland three Anthony Norton (Tenor) studied piano, cello and conducting at Trinity College of Music ing roles in such musicals as The Whitehorse times. Previously she has performed with London before turning to voice. He sang for a number of years in the choruses of Scottish Opera Inn, A Little Night Music, Oklahoma, The Gon- the dance troupe Common Ground and is and Teatro Alia Scala Milano. He made his debut as a soloist at La Scala in the opera Oberon. doliers, Showboat, and Fiddler On The Roof. also a member of the dance company Celtic Since then Anthony's operatic and concert performances have taken him to opera houses and Storm based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Maggie festivals throughout Europe and as far afield as Japan and the USA. At home in Ireland Anthony Jimmy Kennedy (Comedian and Storyteller) graduated as an art major in 2001 from the has worked with Opera Ireland, Opera Theatre Company, Wexford Festival Opera, The Anna Dublin born Jimmy Kennedy, Singer, Come- School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. She Livia International Opera Festival, The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Lyric Opera, dian, and Seannachie has been entertaining has performed with the Niall O'Leary Irish Co-Opera, The Opera Machine and has broadcast regularly for RTE Radio and Television. from the early age of fourteen, after winning a Dance Troupe in corporate shows and Anthony has earned a reputation as a fine interpreter of contemporary music and has performed talent competition at Dublin's Queens The- festivals as well as the tour of Japan in 2001. in many world premieres both at home and abroad. In recital and on the concert platform he has atre. Since then he has played in concerts, She was also one of the stars of Christmas received critical acclaim for his performances of works by Benjamin Britten and Michael variety shows, musicals, and pantomimes in from Dublin with the Three Irish Tenors Tippett. As one of the Three Irish Tenors Anthony has toured extensively throughout Ireland many parts of the world including the USA and last December. the United Kingdom and the USA. Canada. Jimmy has performed on cruise ships to Bermuda, The Caribbean and Alaska and in Will Dunn (Dancer) was born in Syracuse, Tom Cregan (Tenor) studied singing at The College of Music Dublin and The London College the company of such names as The Irish Rov- New York and started taking Irish Dance of Music. He has worked extensively as a soloist in Ireland, performing in opera, oratorio, and ers, Dame Vera Lynn, Paddy Noonan and Noel lessons at the age of nine.