Opera Singing Waiters

Singing Waiters in Ireland are exclusively booked directly with Audionetworks. The Opera Singing Waiters were Event Award nominees in 2010 and we guarantee standing ovations and that “WOW” factor your looking for.

“The show-stopping Opera Singing Waiters brought the house down.”

Sky News, World Ladies’ Golfing Championships.

The key to the success of The Opera Waiters is the element of surprise.It goes like this…The performers are already amongst the guests posing as waiters pouring their wine and acting as hotel management during the food service. Mario the Italian waiter has been pouring wine at the tables, occasionally bursting into phrases from opera for the delighted guests. “In Italy, when we pour the wine, we sing!” he explains, in broken English. Simon, as the Banqueting Manager, tells him off when ever he does this.

Cast of characters:
Niall Morris: (formerly The Celtic Tenors) as Mario the Italian waiter
Donna Malone: (Ireland’s highly gifted young soprano) as Lia the waitress
Simon Morgan: (of The Keynotes) as The Banqueting Manager

Then, while Simon attempts to make a general announcement to the guests over the microphone, Mario suddenly grabs hold of it and starts to sing O SOLE MIO at the top of his voice. He finishes by standing on a chair waving his napkin in the air, to much applause!

Suddenly, not willing to allow himself to be upstaged by a waiter! The Banqueting Manager decides to join in and starts to sing too. Culminating in a crescendo with both singers holding the highest note for as long as they can, but in the end there can only be one winner. Which of course is Mario the singing waiter!

Upon hearing calls from the guests for an encore, Mario agree’s to sing the Opera classic Nella Fantasia. But, makes it known that at some point during the song he will need a female vocalist to join in with him. While singing, he approaches many of the guests, as well the as waiting staff to join in but to no avail. Until suddenly, a beautiful young waitress named Lia agrees to sing with Mario during the song and much to the surprise of all the guests “enters” the highly gifted young Soprano Donna Malone to rapturous applause from all of the guests that will bring the house down!

The Opera Singing Waiters recently performed to great acclaim at the Ritz Carlton, Powerscourt for the KMPG convention and for the Failte Ireland conference in Limerick. Catch them now and surprise your guests in a way that will have everyone talking for a very long time.

Repertoire

• O Sole Mio
• New York, New York
• Nella Fantasia
• O Mio Babbino Caro
• Time to Say Goodbye
• Libiamo – La Traviata
• Stand up and Fight
• Granada
• Quendo M’en Vo
• Nessun Dorma – Turandot
• La Donna e Mobile
• Some Enchanted Evening
• Ireland’s Call