For one night only — pop opera pin-ups Il Divo score in Musgrave Park

The sounds of a live orchestra and operatic trills are not often accompanied by wolf whistles, but that is the type of excitement Il Divo create.

Bringing midsummer magic to Musgrave Park in the heart of Cork city on a balmy summer’s evening, Il Divo — a quartet of tenors and baritones who effortlessly blend pop, opera and musical classics — had the audience eating out of their hands.

As the City of Cork Symphony Orchestra ran through a quick medley of some of the songs we were about to hear performed, we knew this night was going to be something special.