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Joseph O'Mara
Joseph O'Mara (16 July 1864 – 5 August 1927) was an Irish opera singer of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. After studying opera in Milan, Italy, he made his London stage debut in 1891 in the tenor title role of the opera ''Ivanhoe'' by Arthur Sullivan and soon appeared in other operas. In 1894 he first appeared at Covent Garden Theatre. For three years, he was the principal tenor at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, also appearing in the pantomime there and elsewhere. In 1896, he created the tenor lead, Mike Murphy, in Charles Villiers Stanford's opera ''Shamus O'Brien'', also playing the role on tour and in America.
After a series of concert engagements in London, O'Mara travelled again to America to create the tenor lead in Reginald De Koven's ''The Highwayman''. He was a leading tenor with the Moody-Manners Opera Company in London from 1902 to 1908, also performing extensively in Ireland with the company. O'Mara was granted the Freedom of the City of Limerick in 1908, the only time that a singer achieved this honour. In 1908, in Patrick Bidwell's musical ''Peggy Machree'' on Broadway in New York City. In 1909, O'Mara returned to Britain and joined the Thomas Beecham Company, singing tenor leads over the next few years, while also continuing to perform in concerts. In 1912, he founded O'Mara's Travelling Opera Company, in which he was the principal tenor until his farewell performance as Lohengrin in 1926. In all, O'Mara sang 67 tenor roles. In 1926, he was the first tenor to broadcast in Ireland.
==Biography==
Born at Limerick, Ireland, O'Mara was the second youngest of thirteen children,〔Patrick O Hara, (Mick, Joe, John, and Maggie: Three Tenors and a Colleen or 'An Irish Quartet' )"〕 born to James O'Mara, the owner of a bacon factory. His mother died when O'Mara was a teenager.〔Gus Smith, "(Joseph O'Mara )", in ''Irish Stars of the Opera'', Madison Publishers, Ltd, 1994.〕 He was educated at a Jesuit school, the Crescent College.〔Anthony Riordan, "(Joseph O'Mara, Operatic Tenor )" ''The Old Limerick Journal'', Winter 1992, at 31–32〕 As a boy, he sang as a chorister in St John's Cathedral, Limerick. At eighteen he sailed for a year aboard an ocean liner travelling between Dundee and Calcutta before returning to his father's business, "totally cured" of the desire to live a life at sea.〔 He also sang in the choir of St. Michael's Church in Limerick. O'Mara's family was prominent in Limerick, producing a number of mayors of the city, including his nephew Stephen O'Mara (1886–1959), who was mayor from 1921–1923.〔Morgan McCloskey, "(O'Maras of Limerick and their overseas business )". ''The Old Limerick Journal'' Summer 2001, at 10–12.〕
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