Culture That Made Me: Cork opera singer Niamh O'Sullivan picks her touchstones

The Douglas mezzo includes Barbra Streisand, Cara O'Sullivan, and The Mikado among her selections

 Niamh O’Sullivan performs in La Tragédie de Carmen at Cork Opera House on Feb 14. Picture: Miki Barlok  

Niamh O’Sullivan, 29, grew up in Douglas, Cork. 

She studied under Veronica Dunne at Dublin’s Royal Irish Academy of Music. In 2016, as a mezzo soprano, she joined the Artist Studio at the Bavarian State Opera, spending seven years living in Munich.