Concert: Michael Londra, opera

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Date/Time:Friday, 29 Apr 2016 at 7:00 pm
Location:Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Building
Cost:$25-$35
URL:music.iastate.edu
Contact:Sue Henze
Phone:515-294-3831
Channel:College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Categories:Arts, performances
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Irish tenor Michael Londra is known internationally for singing traditional Irish music. The evening will include Londra's renowned rendition of "Danny Boy" and also musicians playing fiddles, uillean pipes and bodhran drums to accompany him.

An Evening with Michael Londra and his Irish Instrumentalists

As the lead singer in "Riverdance" on Broadway, Londra also starred in the US. National Tour of "Riverdance" in New York's Radio City's Music Hall. Londra is now singing with his own Celtic Fire international tour. Born in the western Ireland town of Wexford, renowned for its annual opera festival, Londra trained in choirs and classical singing but found his true calling in sharing the Irish culture through traditional Irish music.

Tickets are open-seating and will be mailed. The event is sponsored by the Ames Chapter of the Des Moines Opera Guild and all proceeds support the 2016 DMMO Summer Festival. For more information call 515-292-2025.