Ciaran Nagle

Ciaran was born in Dublin in 1970. His first real interest in singing was when he was 10. It was thanks to Fr. Dowling in Willow Park School who first encouraged him and gave him his first leading role at the age of 12 in a production of The Gipsy Baron.

From then on singing and music was always his first love. It wasn't until he was 20 that he decided to take it seriously and only at that stage decided to get voice training.  He started in the College of Music Dublin in 1990 under the tuition of Edith Forrest FTCL and studied with her for seven years and then with Dr. Veronica Dunne for another two years.  During that time he performed many roles including Tamino in The Magic Flute, Tom in The Rakes Progress, Rodolfo in La Boheme, “Rita” for TV and many more. 

In 1995 Ciaran became a member of the National Chamber Choir, which is Irelands only full time professional choir and stayed there until 1998.  During that time he also had the experience of performing in Carnegie Hall under the baton of Robert Shaw in productions of Haydn’s "Creation" and "Seasons." Ciaran also performed with Opera Ireland in productions of La Cenerentola, Faust, The Magic Flute, La Boheme, L’elisir D’amor, Eugene Onegin, Macbeth, Falstaff and The Tales of Hoffman.

Ciaran has always enjoyed music theatre and operetta and in that field has performed the roles of Gaylord Ravenal in Showboat, Ralph in HMS Pinafore, Cascada in The Merry Widow and Tony in West Side Story.

In 1998 he was given the opportunity to perform with Riverdance The Show. Ciaran toured with the show for two years travelling all over Europe and Japan – “The time of my life” – until The Three Irish Tenors.

“The Three Irish Tenors has been pretty much my life in recent years “ says Ciaran."This project that was to be a bit of fun for three friends. To our delight, it has grown into a major international success - long may it last!”
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Anthony Norton

Anthony studied piano, cello and conducting at Trinity College of Music, London before turning to voice. He sang for a number of years in the choruses of Scottish Opera and Teatro Alla Scala, Milano.

At the Festivale d'Arte di Montepulciano Anthony played Lo Sposo in the Italian premier of Leyla e Medjnun by Detlev Glanert, Orfeo in La Favola di Orfeo by Casella and was the tenor soloist in Mahler's Das Lied Von Der Erde with Officina Musicale Italiana.  At the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto he played the role of Poe in the world premier of Lygeia by Augusta Reid-Thomas. Tony performed the Italian premier of Steve Reich's The Desert Music with the L'Orchestra della RAI di Milano.

With Pomerigio Musicale he played The Preacher in Bernstein's Mass. For Musica Nel Chiostro di Battignano Anthony created the role of Mens in the world premier of L'Ombra by Federico Amendola, also at Battignano he performed Aurindo in Cesti's Il Pomo D'Oro.  He was the tenor soloist in Stravinsky's Les Noces at Teatro Alla Scala under the baton of Roberto Gabbiani, where he also sang the Third Elf in Weber's Oberon. For UCL Opera at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London, Anthony sang the role of Wilhelm Meister in Mingon by Thomas.

At home in Ireland Anthony has performed with all the major companies and ensembles including Britten's "Serenade For Tenor, Horn and Strings" with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alexander Annissimov, with whom he has also performed the tenor solo in Orff's Carmina Burana.  He has performed Cascada in The Merry Widow for Opera Ireland, Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor for Lyric Opera and Gaston in La Traviata for Co-Opera.

For Dublin City's Opera In The Open he has performed Orfé in Gluck's Orfé et Euridice, Pylade in Gluck's Iphgénie en Tauride and Tamino in Mozart's Magic Flute. With Opera Theatre Company he performed Basilio in their production of Figaro's Wedding. Anthony performs regularly in oratorio and has given numerous recitals at home and abroad. 

Anthony is really enjoying being part of The Three Irish Tenors with whom he performs and broadcasts extensively throughout Ireland, the United States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom. 
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Brian Dunphy

Brian Dunphy was born in Dublin City and spent his early years traveling around Ireland watching his father Séan, perform in cabarets and show-bands. It was from his famous father that he inherited his love of singing. Aged eighteen, Brian embarked on his own solo career with performances on RTE and the BBC. He has performed in numerous shows, including "Here’s To The Melody", "Aspects Of Love", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "The Merry Widow."

Brian starred in "Riverdance-The Show", traveling extensively throughout America, Canada, China, Quatar, Australia and Europe. He spent two years as their principal singer at The Gershwin Theatre on Broadway in New York. While there, he had the honour of performing the American National Anthem at Madison Square Garden and appearing on "The Today Show Christmas Special."

Recently Brian proudly performed as his father in a tribute to the Irish Show-Band stars of yesteryear, "Dance Hall Qs And Hucklebuck Shoes". A gifted guitarist and composer, Brian will be releasing his first solo album in the new year, entitled "God Be With Those Days." 
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Jacqueline Whelan

Jacqueline is one of Ireland’s leading sopranos.  She has starred in both the Doyles Irish Cabaret, at the Burlington Hotel and the famous Jury’s Irish Cabaret.  While with Jury’s she toured extensively in the USA, having appeared in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, the Boston Symphony Hall and The Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena.

Jacqueline started her singing career at the age of fifteen, winning a scholarship to the Municipal College of Music.  In 1979 she won three major competitions in Ireland: The Soprano Gold Medal, The Thomas Moore Cup and The Margaret Burke-Sheridan for best female voice at The Dublin Feis Ceoil.

In 1980 she received a Teaching Diploma form the Royal Academy of Music.  From 1982 to 1985 Jacqueline studied at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, where she completed a Postgraduate Course in Advanced Singing.  While in London she took part in such festivals as The Cambridge Arts Festival, and The City of London Festival.  After returning to Ireland she gave a number of recitals, one of which was at the Kilkenny Arts Festival and another at The National Concert Hall in Dublin.

She has appeared on television both at home and abroad.  She has played many leading roles in such musicals as The Whitehorse Inn, A Little Night Music, Oklahoma, The Gondoliers, Showboat, and Fiddler On The Roof.
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Danna Davis 

Danna trained at the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco and studied acting with Michael Howard in NYC. She has studied voice at New York University (NYU) and with Kathryn Smith at the Leinster School of Music.  Her Dublin credits include Creatures: A Dangerous Musical and Beyond Therapy in Andrew's Lane Theatre,  Aspects of Love and JFK: A Musical Drama at the Olympia, The Taffeta's (on tour) at the Gaiety and concert appearances at the National Concert Hall and Andrew's Lane Theatre.  She has toured nationally in the USA with musicals and with performing Japanese Bunraku Puppetry. For Music Theatre Ireland she has appeared in the National Concert Hall in the Noel Coward Centenary Concert, Kander and Ebb’s And the World Goes Round, The Great American Songwriters Series, and The Glorious MGM Musicals. She has also been a featured soloist in Kevin Hough's Theatre Nights Programme on RTE.  Her Theatre Nights Concerts include Rodgers and Hammerstein and The Good Ol' Days of Music Hall. 

She is a member of Roger Gregg's Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, most recently playing Captain Sane of the Star ship Amadan in the specially commissioned "Invasion from Planet Vampire" and "Big Big Big Space" broadcasts for RTE radio 1.  She has also been featured on Roger Gregg's "Tread Softly Bill Lizard" Series, which won the Gold Mark Time  Award for Best Audio Fiction Production of 2000. She also is involved in creating character voices for cartoon animation. Her credits include the series Norman Normal ( seen on TG4), Flipper, Dragon's Rock, Benjamin Bloom and Tosh.  She has also done many voice overs and commercials, including for QVC in America.

Danna is also a teaching artist, currently teaching singing for the the Dun Laoghaire Music Centre and Centre Stage School in Lucan.  She has been a teaching artist in NYC schools and the tri state area with the Lincoln Centre Teaching Artist Residency program and for the Artistic Learning Method founded by Naaz Hosseini. 
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Ellen McElroy

 Ellen has been on stage since the age of nine. She received her training at the Bull Alley School of Performance and continued her theatre studies under Audrey Behan.  She also trained under Dr Veronica Dunne at The Royal Irish Academy of Music and under Dave Wray at the Leinster School of Music.

Her most recent performances include Fay Apple - Anyone Can Whistle, Mary Magdalene - Jesus Christ Superstar, Maria - West Side Story, Mabel - Pirates of Penzance, and as Ellie in Showboat. Her favorite roles to date have been as Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show (Olympia Theatre), Louisa in The Sound of Music (Olympia Theatre), Giulietta in Aspects of Love (Olympia Theatre), Pitti-Sing in The Hot Mikado (Olympia Theatre), Marta in Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Theatre Royal Waterford), Linda Porter in Red Hot and Cole (National Concert Hall), Madelene Astarte in The New Lesbian Vampires of Sodom (Andrews Lane) and most recently as Bobbi in the new musical Toyboys staged at An Draiocht.

Ellen made her London debut in Michael Scott’s devised version of The Cuchulainn Cycle at Riverside Studios. She also completed a successful world tour on board the QE2 performing with the Concordia Theatre Company. Ellen is a regular performer at The National Concert Hall with Kevin Hough’s Theatre Nights and also with David Wray and company. She can also be seen on Dublin’s night scene performing with various bands and also nationwide with various companies in concerts and cabaret.  Television work includes The Late Late Show, Live at Three, Echo Island, Jo-Maxi, and a series on Open House with Kevin Hough. She is also a regular singer on the popular R.T.E. radio programme Theatre Nights. Film work includes Miriam Gallagher’s short Irish film Gypsies.

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