Thursday 9 August 2001 at 8.00 pm
Thursday 5 August 2004, at 8.00 pm

Regina Hanley, soprano

Regina Hanley has performed with the major opera companies in Ireland and the UK including Covent Garden, English National Opera, Glyndebourne, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera Ireland, Opera Northern Ireland and Wexford. She made her debut with ENO as Jenny's Girl in Weill's Mahagonny. A Janacek specialist, her roles include Jenufa, Katya Kabanova(which she has performed to great success with Opera Theatre Company both in Ireland and the Continent) and Emilia Marty, The Makropulous Case (Scottish Opera). Other roles for Scottish Opera include Ellen Ordord (Peter Grimes) and Lisa (Pique Dame). Other roles include Nedda, I Pagliacci (Opera Theatre Company), Michaela, Carmen Astrakahn Opera House, in Russia), Dama, Macbeth, Flora, La Traviata (Opera Ireland) and Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Perth Opera). A versatile performer, Regina is equally at home with the world of concert, recital and popular entertainment. Concerts given include Petite Messe (Rossini/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Finland and Sweden), Stabat Mater (Rossini/NCH, Dublin) Music Makers and Sea Picture (Elgar/Chester Cathedral), Solemn Vespers (Mozart/Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin) Four Last Songs (Strauss/Mansion House, Dublin) A Child of our Time (with Michael Tippett) and Mass in G (Schubert/St Martin's in the Field, London). She is also part of a new group called PrimaDiva, singing beautifully arranged well-known classical music, much loved Irish songs and popular show numbers, all in a dynamic show. PrimaDiva has just recorded a CD with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra.