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WATCH: A Belfast ground had a live operatic performance for pre-match entertainment at the weekend

Pre-match entertainment in football grounds around the country can be pretty boring. The same son...



WATCH: A Belfast ground had a...
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WATCH: A Belfast ground had a live operatic performance for pre-match entertainment at the weekend

Pre-match entertainment in football grounds around the country can be pretty boring.

The same songs get played week after week, from EuroPop classics to songs that might have a certain meaning to specific clubs. Maybe more football grounds should play some operatic music before games?

Last weekend, Cliftonville played Irish League rivals Glenavon in Belfast. The Solitude crowd were treated to an impromptu rendition of Nessum Dorma from tenor David Lynn. The performance was organised by BBC Radio Ulster to promote the Belfast International Arts Festival.  

The iconic song, which was given a new lease of life at Italia '90, failed to get a match winning performance from either side as the game finished 1-1.

Surely some League of Ireland clubs next season should try the venture as the crowd seemed to enjoy the performance. Who wouldn't want to see O Sole Mio performed before a game in Dalymount Park?

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#WowTheFest - Turandot at Cliftonville

Eat your heart out Pavarotti and Maradona. We brought NI Opera to Cliftonville Football Club yesterday in advance of the Ulster Bank Belfast International Arts Festival show 'Turandot' by Puccini at The Grand Opera House, Belfast. As CFC and Glenavon FC warmed up, opera tenor David Lynn stormed the terraces. Here's what happened..#WowTheFest

Posted by BBC Radio Ulster on Sunday, November 1, 2015

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