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Celine Byrne: ‘I believe that music holds memories’

The Irish soprano reveals the songs that mean the most to her and which relay back to someone in her life

Celine Byrne: ‘When I hear these songs played, I think of all the moments in my life that somehow connect to music.’ Picture: Frances Marshall

Irish lyric soprano Celine Byrne has sung with world-renowned tenors José Carreras, Placido Domingo, Roberto Alagna and Andrea Bocelli, as well as for dignitaries such as President Barack Obama, Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis.

On December 5 she will perform her annual Christmas Celebration concert at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin, with festive favourites and opera classics accompanied by a live orchestra. Next March she will appear with her fellow sopranos ...