B-Side the Leeside: Cara O'Sullivan and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra - Cara Diva

Cork's Greatest Records: The late soprano raised funds for Marymount Hospice with a 17-track CD. The album stands as a testament to her incredible talent  

Cara O'Sullivan at the Marina, Cork, around the launch of her Cara Diva album in aid of Marymount Hospice. Picture: Dan Linehan

In 2002, Cork soprano Cara O’Sullivan released Cara Diva, a 17-track CD of popular arias with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, recorded as a fundraiser for Marymount Hospice.

The original CD contained a typically cheery and warm sleeve note written by the singer, with the strangely prescient line that she had been motivated to record the album for Marymount Hospice by a cancer scare that made her realise that “You, or I, or our loved ones, may someday need the special care provided by Marymount.”