Theatre legend to join city orchestra

TEENAGE members of the country’s oldest youth orchestra are tuning up for the performance of their lives with one of the world’s greatest stars of musical theatre.

The legendary Broadway and West End star Colm Wilkinson, whose dynamic vocal talents have defined the lead roles of hit musicals such as Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera, has agreed to perform two concerts with the 125-strong Cork Youth Orchestra (CYO) in Cork’s City Hall next month.

It is understood it is the first time the multi-award winning Irish-born singer has agreed to perform with an Irish youth orchestra.