The Two and a Half Tenors are outstanding in their field

It was Cork, first and foremost, that set Nyle Wolfe on his international singing career.

“When I was growing up, the old hands were so supportive, telling me how to go about achieving my dreams. When I come back, I can still see that same marvellous self-help ethic here. When there isn’t funding, they just get on and make it happen. That’s missing in a lot of cities, so I was very lucky from the beginning. At the Royal Academy in London the other students couldn’t believe that I had all those chances.”

Wolfe now has more than three decades under his belt as a professional opera singer, performing just about everywhere, from Beijing to New York, Marseille to Melbourne. By 2008 he had a crammed diary, released two albums, received countless awards, and counted among his highlights a $15,000-a- ticket solo concert for the Mission of San Juan Capistrano in California.