Spotlight: NORAH KING

CASTANNETTENOW

20 Rossmore Grove, Templeogue, Dublin 6W, Ireland

Phone: 00 353 851231310
E-mail: annette@castannettenow.com
WWW: www.castannettenow.com

Artist's Website: www.norahking.ie

Location:	Dublin, Belfast & London, Ireland
Height:	5'5" (165cm)
Weight:	9st. 3lb. (59kg)
Playing Age:	31 - 40 years
Appearance:	White
Nationality:	Irish, British

Eye Colour:	Blue
Hair Colour:	Black
Hair Length:	Long
Voice Quality:	Bright
Voice Character:	Friendly

Credits:

Norah has just filmed Keeling's Fruit first TVC "Love to Grow" currently running on TV in Ireland https://vimeo.com/170101366 §§ She recently performed at the RTE National Symphony Orchestra Summer Lunchtime Series in June 2016 singing arias from Bizet's Carmen, Saint Saens' Samson & Delilah and Handel. https://vimeo.com/172328025 §§ For more information about Norah and her videos in concert, please visit her website

Opera Concert Film Commercial

(spacer)

Opera

2015, Opera, Tisbe, La Cenerentola, Lismore Opera Festival, Gerald Stollwitzer

2014, Opera, Female Ensemble, The Invader, Theatre Royal Productions, Ben Barnes

2013, Opera, Two, ...and the Crowd (wept), Tete a Tete Opera, Pia Furtado

2013, Opera, Wood Sprite, Rusalka, Lyric Opera, Vivian Coates

2012, Opera, Susanna, The Magic Flute, Opera A La Carte, Nicholas Heath

2012, Opera, Pamina, The Magic Flute, Regent's Opera, Nicholas Heath

2011, Opera, Miss Jessel, The Turn of the Screw, Grimeborn Festival, Max Key

2008, Opera, Dido, Dido And Aeneas, Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) Opera, Derek Chapman

2008, Opera, Miss Jessel, The Turn of the Screw, Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme (YAP), Jeff Clarke

Concert

2017, Concert, Solo Concert, Songs by Gershwin, Kern & more, National Concert Hall. Dublin, Pianist - Aoife O'Sullivan

2016, Concert, Mezzo-Soprano (Soloist), Lunchtime Summer Concert at NCH, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, John O'Brien

2015, Concert, Mezzo-Soprano (Soloist), Berio Folk Songs, Ficino Ensemble, Nathan Sherman

2015, Concert, Mezzo-Soprano, Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Dublin Male Voice Choir / Nas Na Ri Singers, Aine Mulvey

2015, Concert, Soprano, Handel Messiah, RTÉ Concert Orchestra / Our Lady's Choral Society, Proinnsías Ó Duinn

2015, Concert, Soprano (Soloist), Mozart Great Mass, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Proinnsías Ó Duinn

2015, Concert, Mezzo-Soprano, Solo Recital, National Concert Hall, Dublin 2, Dearbhla Collins

2010, Concert, Soprano, Vaughan Williams Serenade To Music, The Concordia Foundation at Queen Elizabeth Hall, John Wilson

Film

2016, Feature Film, Shannon Maloney, The Gaelic Curse, Zanzibar Films, Jack Conroy

Commercial

2016, Commercial, Mum, Keelings Fruit - Love To Grow, Tiny Ark Films, Richard Childs

2015, Commercial, Young Mum, Fujifilm Instax, Scallywag Films, Danann Breathnach

Skills:

Accents & Dialects: ( = native)*	Cockney, English-Standard, French, Irish RP*, Lancashire, Midlands-East, Northern, RP
Languages: ( = Native/Fluent)*	English*, French
Music & Dance: ( = highly skilled)*	Ballroom Dancing, Classical Singing, Coloratura mezzo-soprano, Foxtrot, Jive, Latin American, Mezzo-Soprano, Opera, Rumba, Singing (general), Soprano, Tap, Waltz
Performance:	Musical Theatre, Outdoor Performances, Professional Singer, Repertory, Singer-Professional
Sports: ( = highly skilled)*	RollerSkating, Swimming
Vehicle Licences:	Car Driving Licence
Other Skills:	Teacher (qualified), Voice Coach (professional)

Training:

- Opera Works, English National Opera, 2009-2010

- Post-graduate Studies, Cardiff International Academy of Voice, 2007-2008

- DipRAM (Distinction), Royal Academy of Music, London, 2006-2007

- BA in Performance (1st Class Hons), Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin 2002-2006