Opera After Dark

It’s 10pm September 20th 2024, Culture Night. You take a seat in the hallowed grounds of Sligo’s grand Cathedral. For this evening, you’ve discovered a hidden treasure, you’ve entered the warmth of an Artists sanctuary. You take a moment to pause. From the silence a bow becomes restless and beauty fills the air for it was once said by St Augustine: “To sing, is to pray twice”.

Come then, witness the prayer.

Starring Sharon Carty and the Sligo Baroque Ensemble featuring Sligo Baroque Music Festival Director Nicola Cleary

Bio: Sharon Carty

Irish mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty has firmly established a reputation as a respected interpreter of both early and contemporary works, and she also has a busy schedule in mainstream opera and concert repertoire. She is an alumna of the RIAM, Dublin, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and the Oper Frankfurt Young Artist programme. She is an Irish National Opera artistic partner, and was a creative associate on the Arts Council’s pilot Creative Schools scheme. Her opera repertoire includes many of the important lyric and coloratura mezzo-soprano roles, and on the concert platform she has sung most of the major sacred concert works, including all the major works of Bach, as well as Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Mass in C minor, and numerous chamber-music works. She is also a dedicated song recitalist, most recently appearing in song recitals with pianists Finghin Collins, Jonathan Ware and Graham Johnson.

This event is proudly supported by Sligo BID, the Arts Council, and Sligo County Council.