Renowned soprano Veronica Dunne dies aged 93
Updated / Monday, 5 Apr 2021
20:27
News Correspondent
The death has been announced of the internationally renowned soprano and music teacher Dr Veronica Dunne. She was 93 years old.
A renowned singer in her own right, Dr Dunne also trained some of Ireland s best known classical singers, and established the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, which is dedicated to discovering the best classical singers of the future.
Born in Dublin, Veronica Dunne who was known to her friends as Ronnie, began her vocal studies at the age of 12. She studied in Rome in the 1940s and made her operatic debut in 1948 with the Dublin Grand Opera Society, and her Italian debut in 1952. She later joined the company of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
Ireland’s Grande Dame of singing, Veronica Dunne, has died
Dr Veronica Dunne, known to most as Ronnie, made her operatic debut at the age of 21 in Dublin and dedicated her entire life to the art.
Veronica Dunne pictured in 2006. Picture: Billy Higgins
Mon, 05 Apr, 2021 - 19:14
Michelle McGlynn
Tributes have been paid to renowned opera singer, Veronica Dunne, who has passed away at the age of 93.
The President led the tributes this evening saying the news will have deeply saddened all those who love the power and beauty of music .
Dr Veronica Dunne, known to most as Ronnie, made her operatic debut at the age of 21 in Dublin and dedicated her entire life to the art.
President Michael D. Higgins was among those who paid tribute to the legendary Irish opera singer and music teacher Dr Veronica Dunne who has died at the age of 93.
The Dubliner established the Veronica Dunne Singing Competition in 1995 which went on to become one of the most highly regarded competitions of its kind in the world during her career spanning seven decades as an internationally renowned soprano.
President Higgins said that news of her death today “will have deeply saddened all those who love the power and beauty of music.”
“Throughout her life, Dr. Veronica Dunne captivated millions with her singing. The legacy she leaves lies in the talents of those scores of others whose talents and performances she unlocked with her enthusiasm, energy and commitment as a teacher and friend,” he said in a statement this evening.
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Veronica Dunne continued to teach at the Leinster School of Music and the Royal Irish Academy of Music and in 2014, aged 87, she was still teaching 39 hours a week. File photograph: The Irish Times
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Renowned Irish opera singer Veronica Dunne has died aged 93. She was a constant and highly respected, figure in Irish opera for more than 60 years, first as a soprano and later, and until recently, as a teacher.
Three Tullamore music students celebrate after receiving diplomas
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Three Tullamore music students are celebrating after receiving diplomas.
Edel Bracken of Ballycumber, Co.Offaly, Justin Ryan of Mountmellick, Laois and Darren Fitzpatrick of Clara, Co.Offaly – all students at “The Academy of Music” in Tullamore; have taken recent times to their advantage and completed their London Music Diploma Examinations.
The Academy of Music is an Exam Centre for many examining bodies, mainly The Royal Irish Academy of Music for its graded exams, but is also an Exam Center for the London Victoria College of Music.
Last month The London Victoria College of Music examined Edel in her Piano Performance for her Associate Diploma; Justin in his Voice/Singing Licentiate Performance Diploma and Darren in his Voice/Singing Licentiate Performance Diploma exams with follow up interviews.