Peter Corry
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Peter Corry (born Peter Andrew Corry, 1966, Belfast, Northern Ireland) performed as Dean Martin in The Rat Pack, stared in Night of 1,000 Stars at the Royal Albert Hall and performed in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Corry's presented his own TV series, The Peter Corry Show with BBC Northern Ireland and he has hosted a daily music show for BBC Radio Ulster.
Corry has been cast in the opera productions of Cosi fan tutte, as Guglielmo, The Marriage of Figaro as Figaro, and The Beggars Opera plus Captain Macheath.
Corry spent three years playing Inspector Javert, in the West End, and then the UK tour of the Schonberg and Boubil's, Les Miserables. Theatre producer, Cameron Macintosh gave permission for only the second time ever, when Corry produced Les Miserables at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena playing to over 15,000 people.
Corry's production company, 'The Musical Factory' brought One Enchanted Evening to the Odyssey venue. Joanna Ampil, Barbara Dickson and Brian Kennedy shared the stage with Corry and a choir of 850.
Corry has recorded seven albums. His latest, Sounds of the Soul was released in 2006. He has raised over £500,000 with charity performances. Corry sang "Bring Him Home" at George Best's funeral.
In 2006, Corry featured in Washington on St Patrick's Day and did a one night performance at the MGM, Grand Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
