La Bohème: Celine Byrne and Irish National Opera leave the audience buzzing
Puccini’s opera is full of antics – and Orpha Phelan gets them all right, from joyous mayhem to emotional darkness
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The Bolshoi-trained singer is about to make her Irish debut, starring as Puccini’s character at the Grand Opera House in Belfast
The Mayo woman who became Italy’s favourite operatic diva
The opera singer refused the title of Papal Countess from Pope Pius XI anxious not to forget her humble roots as ‘Peggy of Mayo’
Opera Theatre Company marks 30th year with La bohème tour
Puccini melodrama set in 19th century Paris being sung in Italian with English surtitles
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