'Musical ambassador': Renowned Cork opera singer Joe Corbett dies

The baritone singer was no stranger to local stages including Cork Opera House, the Everyman theatre and Cork City Hall
'Musical ambassador': Renowned Cork opera singer Joe Corbett dies

Joe Corbett, performing with the Cork Concer Orchestra. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

The community are mourning a well-known operatic singer who has been described as "one of the greatest musical ambassadors Cork's northside has ever seen."

Joe Corbett- who hailed from Churchfield and studied at the Cork School of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London and the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin- passed away from an illness on Thursday. 

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