Castletown in Celbridge hosting Irish classical singer in concert

The Castletown country house near Celbridge is welcoming a famous Irish classical singer for a concert next weekend.

Soprano Sandra Oman will perform with guest baritone, Simon Morgan in The Long Gallery on Saturday, July 23.

Sandra will perform her hugely successful début album, LIBERTY, launched in the National Concert Hall last year.

Born and raised in the heart of the Liberties in Dublin, Sandra was recipient of the Margaret Burke Sheridan Memorial Award for her contribution to opera in Ireland in 2004.

She graduated from DIT Conservatory of Music, Dublin with the Ely O'Carroll Gold Medal, the conservatory's highest award.

Having completed further studies in London, she has performed extensively in opera and concert in some of the most prestigious venues in Ireland, UK, USA (Carnegie Hall and St. Patrick's Cathedral) , Italy, Faroe Islands, Latvia and Poland, singing the principal roles in all the major operas, including the Marriage of Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Rigoletto and La Boheme.

In the field of classical crossover, Sandra has performed as guest artist with the Celtic Tenors, at all the major Irish venues and she was the soprano soloist in the hugely successful South African ballet company's 'Queen at the Ballet' which ran for two weeks at the 02 (now the 3Arena) and over the last five years she has toured Ireland with the highly successful Mario Lanza tribute 'The Loveliest Night of the Year', hailed by Lanza's daughter, Elissa, as "the greatest tribute to my father that I have seen".

As well as performing with both the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTE Concert Orchestra, Sandra has sung as soprano soloist with virtually all of Ireland's major choral societies.

Tickets are €27.50 plus booking fee and are available from www.eventbrite.ie.

A spokesperson for Castletown said: "This is an opportunity to enjoy an evening of music with one of Ireland's leading sopranos at Ireland's first, largest and what many describe as, the most splendid of the Irish country houses, Castletown."

Why not make an evening of it and reserve a table for pre-concert supper at The Courtyard Café, Castletown.

Three-course set menu €20pp. Advanced booking essential e-mail [email protected] or tel +353 1 627 9498.

Castletown is just 20km from Dublin City Centre, 10 mintues from the M50 with parking Exit 6, M4, Celbridge West.