Angela Feeney
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Angela Feeney is a Northern Irish opera singer born in West Belfast. She made her professional singing debut with the Irish National Opera as Cherubino in "The Marriage of Figaro" in 1977 and continued her studies at the Richard Strauss Conservatoire in Munich from which she received a first class honours degree.
She was the first Irish singer to be signed as a soloist by the Munich State Opera and has made guest appearances with the Bamberger Symphoniker and the Hamburg and Frankfurt State Opera companies.
Her performances include: Elvira in English Opera's ‘Don Giovanni’ and Un Giorna di Regno’ as Guiliettaat at the WexfordFestival recorded live for BBC Radio 3). She opened Cork City Opera's first season as Leonora in ‘Il Trovatore’ and returned the following year in ‘La Boheme’ as Mimi. She has performed ‘Madame Butterfly’ for Opera Northern Ireland, and at the Berlin State Opera. Other performances have been as Marie in the ‘Bartered Bride’, Michaela in ‘Carmen’ and Nedda in English Opera's ‘I Pagliacci.
Angela Feeney is founder of the Belfast Classical Music Bursary Scheme and has used her talent to promote various charities and tourism for the benfit of the local and wider Northern Ireland community.
In 2002 she was recognised by the Belfast Arts Awards through the Belfast City Council and given a special award by the judges in recognition of her outstanding services.
In 2005 she was honored by Queen's University at Belfast at which, Queen’s Senator Brian Hanna stated: “Angela is an international opera singer who has made an outstanding contribution to the arts both on the international stage and here in her native city where her name is synonymous with the West Belfast Classical Music Bursary Awards which began in 1994 at St Louise's College, Falls Road and now continues as the Belfast Classical Music Bursaries.
