VIDEO: Belfast Operatic’s musical Titanic tribute

Name: Belfast Operatic perform Titanic tribute
Uploaded: 2020-04-22T09:58:12.000Z
Duration: 67 s
Description: Belfast Operatic perform Nearer My God To Thee in a tribute to Titanic, after they had to cancel their production of Titanic the Musical this year

This year Belfast Operatic, with a cast from all over Northern Ireland, planned to stage Titanic The Musical at the home of the great ship itself.

By Julie-Ann Spence

Published 22nd Apr 2020, 12:40 BST

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Months of hard work had been put into rehearsals for the show, which was to be staged in a purpose built theatre in the Belfast shipyard.

However, like so many events across the country, the company were forced to cancel the show due to the coronavirus.

The company had also been due to perform at a special event in Titanic Belfast to mark the 108th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic, which also, unfortunately had to be cancelled.

However, the company still wanted to mark the occasion in their own special way and decided to record a socially distanced performance of Nearer My God to Thee, the song which the band played as the ship sank.

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