This article includes the professional credits of Michael McCarthy. Listed are all the professional credits, for each category, in chronological order.
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Opera | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
Unknown | Rigoletto (Verdi) | Ensemble [1][2] | Cork Opera House, Ireland |
1997 | Inkle and Yarico (Arnold and Colman, recomposed by James McConnel 1997) |
Thomas Inkle [2][3] | Holder's season, Barbados 6–27 March 1997 |
1997 | Inkle and Yarico (Arnold and Colman, recomposed by James McConnel 1997) |
Thomas Inkle [2][4] | Crampton Theatre, Washington D.C. 1997 |
1997 | Inkle and Yarico (Arnold and Colman, recomposed by James McConnel 1997) |
Thomas Inkle [5] | Berlin 1997 |
1999 | Inkle and Yarico in Concert (Arnold and Colman, recomposed by James McConnel 1997) |
Thomas Inkle [2][5][6][7] | Edinburgh Festival 13 August 1999 Aired live to Covent Garden, London |
Musical theatre | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1983 | Mame (Jerry Herman) | Patrick Dennis [1][8] | Cork Opera House, Ireland |
1985 | No, No, Nanette (Caesar, Harbach and Youmans) | Tom Trainer [1][8] | Cork Opera House, Ireland |
1986 | Camelot (Lerner and Loewe) | Sir Lancelot [1][8] | Cork Opera House, Ireland |
Unknown | Love from Judy (Eric Maschwitz and Jean Webster) | Unknown [2] | |
Unknown | Cole Porter (biographical revue) | Soloist / Ensemble [1][2] | Okoboji Summer Theatre, Stephens College, USA |
1987 | Cabaret (Kander and Ebb) | Max[1][2] | Macklanburg Playhouse, Stephens College, USA |
Unknown | Brigadoon (Lerner and Loewe) | Tom [1][2] | Macklanburg Playhouse, Stephens College, USA |
Unknown | The Baker's Wife (Stephen Schwartz) | Dominique [1][2] | Macklanburg Playhouse, Stephens College, USA |
Unknown | A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim) | Count Carl Magnus[1][2] | Okoboji Summer Theatre, Stephens College, USA |
1990 | The Desert Song (Sigmund Romberg and Otto Harbach) | The Red Shadow[9] | Cork Opera House, Ireland 3 April 1990 – 11 April 1990 |
1990 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Combeferre / Factory Foreman[10] | Palace Theatre, London 1990 |
1991 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Combeferre / Factory Foreman[10] | Palace Theatre, London 1991 |
1992 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Combeferre / Factory Foreman[10] | Palace Theatre, London January 1992 – October 1992 |
1992 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[11] | Palace Theatre, Manchester November 1992 – December 1992 |
1993 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[11] | Palace Theatre, Manchester 1993 |
1994 | Out of the Blue (Shun-Ichi Tokura and Paul Sand) | Dr. Akizuki [2][12] | Shaftesbury Theatre, London Tokura Productions UK Ltd, 4–21 November 1994 |
1994 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[10] | Palace Theatre, London 1994 |
1995 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[10] | Palace Theatre, London 1995 |
1996 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[10] | Palace Theatre, London 1996 |
1997 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[13][14] | Theatre Royal, Plymouth 6 May 1997 – 14 June 1997 |
1997 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[15][16] | Birmingham Hippodrome 19 June 1997 – 4 October 1997 |
1997 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[17][18] | Theatre Royal, Sydney November 1997 – December 1997 |
1998 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[17][18] | Theatre Royal, Sydney January 1998 – June 1998 |
1998 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[17][18] | Theatre Royal, Sydney June 1998 – July 1998 |
1998 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[19] | Point Theatre, Dublin August 1998 – September 1998 |
1998 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[20] | Princess Theatre, Melbourne Cover for Roger Lemke September 1998 – October 1998 |
1998 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[19] | Point Theatre, Dublin November 1998 – December 1998 |
1999 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[19] | Point Theatre, Dublin January 1999 – May 1999 |
2000 | Phantom of the Opera (Ken Hill) | Phantom[2][21] | UK tour/London 2000 – 2001 |
2001 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[10] | Palace Theatre, London 5 March 2001 – December 2001 |
2002 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[10] | Palace Theatre, London January 2002 – 29 May 2002 |
2002 | From Here to Eternity the Musical workshop productions (Stuart Brayson and Tim Rice) |
Warden [22] | Series of workshops and studio demo May 2002 – June 2002 |
2002 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[23] | Sacramento Community Theatre, Sacramento, California 10 June 2002 – 14 June 2002 (third week of San Francisco tour) |
2002 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[24][25] | Shanghai Grand Theatre, China 22 June 2002 – 7 July 2002 |
2002 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[26] | Seoul, South Korea 12 July 2002 – 4 August 2002 |
2002 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[10] | Palace Theatre, London 2 December 2002 – End December 2002 |
2003 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[10] | Palace Theatre, London January 2003 – 26 April 2003 |
2003 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert (replacing Terrence Mann) [18] | Imperial Theatre, New York City 6 May 2003 – 18 May 2003 |
2003 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[10] | Palace Theatre, London 28 May 2003 – December 2003 |
2004 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[27] | Queen's Theatre, London January 2004 – 26 June 2004 |
2004 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[10] | Queen's Theatre, London 28 June 2004 – December 2004 |
2005 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) | Javert[10] | Queen's Theatre, London January 2005 – 25 June 2005 |
2006 | Chess (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice) | Ivan Molokov[2][28] | Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway 9 November 2006 – 12 November 2006 |
2008 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Stephen Sondheim) |
Sweeney Todd[2][29] | The Göteborg Opera, Gothenburg, Sweden 15 May 2008 – 8 June 2008 |
Theatre | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
Unknown | Ah, Wilderness! (Eugene O'Neill) | Barman [1][2] | No Mystery Productions |
1984 | Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) | Laurie[30] | Everyman, Cork, Ireland, 12–17 November 1984 |
Unknown | Not Now, Darling (John Chapman and Ray Cooney) | Harry McMichael [2] | |
Unknown | Pajama Tops (Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert) | Leonard [2] | |
Unknown | The London Cuckolds (Edward Ravenscroft) | Mr. Loveday [1][2] | Macklanburg Playhouse, Stephens College, USA |
1987 | A View from the Bridge (Arthur Miller) | Marco [1][2] | Okoboji Summer Theatre, Stephens College, USA |
1987 | A View from the Bridge (Arthur Miller) | Marco [1][2] | Edinburgh, August 1987 |
1988 | Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare) | Antonio / Duke[1][2] | Macklanburg Playhouse, Stephens College, USA |
1988 | The Hostage (Brendan Behan) | The Officer[1][2] | Stephens College, USA |
Concerts and special events | ||||
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Year | Title | Role | Theatre and date |
Notes |
1995 | Les Misérables – 10th Anniversary Concert (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) |
Factory Foreman[2] | Royal Albert Hall, London 8 October 1995 | Available on CD and DVD |
1996 | Who Could Ask for Anything More? Centenary celebration of Ira Gershwin's birth |
Singer (I've Got a Crush on You - duet with Grania Renihan / led whole company in finale Heaven on Earth)[31][32] | Royal Albert Hall, London 24 November 1996 | Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Two Released on DVD |
1997 | Les Misérables in concert at Chelmsford Festival (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) |
Javert[33] | Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex 24 August 1997 |
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1999 | Inkle and Yarico in Concert (Arnold and Colman, recomposed by James McConnel 1997) |
Thomas Inkle [2][5][6][7] | Edinburgh Festival 13 August 1999 | Aired live to Covent Garden, London |
2001 | A Night of 100 Stars A tribute show to the composer Marvin Hamlisch |
Singer [34] | London Palladium 22 April 2001 | In aid of the Green Room Benevolent Fund |
2001 | Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival | Singer [35] | Faenol Estate, Gwynedd, North Wales 26 August 2001 | Replacing Bryn Terfel |
2002 | Les Misérables in concert (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) |
Javert[36][37] | Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden November 2002 | |
2003 | Cabaret in the House |
Singer [38] | Lauderdale House, North London 12 October 2003 | Launch of Lauderdale House Cabaret Season |
2004 | Opera In The Park concert in Leeds With the Orchestra of Opera North, Lesley Garrett and Ruthie Henshall |
Singer [39][40] | In the grounds of Temple Newsam, West Yorkshire 19 July 2004 | Broadcast on BBC Two Christmas Day 2004 as Lesley Garrett – Music from the Movies Released under the same title on DVD |
2004 | Michael Ball's The Musicals on a Summer's Eve | Singer [41] | Harewood House, near Leeds, West Yorkshire 8 August 2004 | |
2004 | Michael Ball's The Musicals on a Summer's Eve | Singer [42] | Forest Café, Lauriston Place, central Edinburgh 15 August 2004 | |
2004 | Michael Ball's The Musicals on a Summer's Eve | Singer [43] | Wilton House, Wilton, Wiltshire 22 August 2004 | |
2004 | Les Misérables – Royal Command Performance (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) |
Javert[44][45] | Windsor Castle, Berkshire 18 November 2004 | Royal Command Performance |
2005 – 2009 |
Michael Ball's The Musicals on a Summer's Eve | Singer [2] | Various venues in the summer, 2005–2009 | |
2005 | The Magic of the Musicals | Singer [8] | Montfort College of Performing Arts, Cork, Ireland 2005 |
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2005 | Glamorous Nights | Singer [46] | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Wales 17 July 2005 |
In aid of Gwent Young People's Theatre |
2008 | Guys and Dolls, concert performance (Frank Loesser) | Sky Masterson [47] | Key West Pops Orchestra, Key West, Florida 20 January 2008 |
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2008 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) |
Javert[48] | St John Loveridge Hall, Guernsey September 2008 | |
2008 | The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra |
Javert[49] | National Concert Hall, Dublin 18 September 2008 | |
2009 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) |
Javert | Fort Regent, Jersey March 2009 | |
2009 | Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) |
Javert | Osborne House, Isle of Wight July 2009 | |
2012 | Peter Jöback's I Love Musicals (with the Stockholm Sinfonietta) |
Singer [2][50] | Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden, 19 October 2012 Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden, 20 October 2012 Spektrum, Oslo, Norway 26 October 2012 Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad, Sweden, 27 October 2012 |
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2013 | Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra |
Singer [2][51] | National Concert Hall, Dublin 16 August 2013 | This show also went to Limerick, Athlone and Galway |
2013 | Michael Ball – Musicals on a Summer’s Eve | Singer [52] | Penshurst Place, near Tonbridge, Kent August 2013 | |
2015 | Cork Youth Orchestra – Christmas Proms | Singer [53] | City Hall, Cork 12 December 2015 | |
2016 | An Evening at the Proms (with Rebecca Storm and the Band of An Garda Síochána) |
Singer [54] | University College Cork 16 July 2016 | Part of A Summer's Evening on the Quad at UCC programme |
2018 | The Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra |
Singer [55] | National Concert Hall, Dublin 25 January 2018 | |
2018 | Sounds Amazing with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra |
Singer [56] | National Concert Hall, Dublin 30 May 2018 |
Television and radio | ||||
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Year | Title | Role | Broadcaster / broadcast date | Notes |
1996 | Who Could Ask for Anything More? Centenary celebration of Ira Gershwin's birth |
Singer [57][32] | BBC Radio 2 7 December 1996 |
Broadcast live from Royal Albert Hall, London, 24 November 1996 |
1996 | Who Could Ask for Anything More? Centenary celebration of Ira Gershwin's birth |
Singer [58][32] | BBC Two 31 December 1996 |
Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 24 November 1996 |
1997 | Inkle and Yarico in Concert (Arnold and Colman, recomposed by James McConnel 1997) |
Thomas Inkle [2][5] | PBS, USA documentary | Filmed at the Holder's season, Barbados, March 1997 |
1999 | I believe in angels: Christina Noble in Mongolia with Denise Drysdale (one-off documentary) | Singer (title track) [59] | Seven, Australia 20 February 1999 |
Theme tune for a documentary about Christina Noble |
2000 | The 10th Kingdom Series 1, Episode 4 | The Gypsy King [1][5] | NBC, February 2000 | Carnival Films |
2000 | Jesus Christ Superstar TV film (Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber) |
Second Priest [60] | Great Performances, PBS 16 October 2000 |
Really Useful Group 2001 Performing Arts Emmy winner |
2004 | Lesley Garrett – Music from the Movies also starring Ruthie Henshall |
Singer [39][61] | BBC Two 25 December 2004, 6.10pm |
Recorded at the "Opera In The Park" concert in the grounds of Temple Newsam House (near Leeds), with the Orchestra of Opera North, 17 July 2004[62] |
2010 | Friday Night is Music Night Singing: Summertime, Nature Boy and If Ever I Would Leave You |
Singer [63] | BBC Radio 2 19 February 2010 |
CDs and DVDs | ||||
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Year | Title | Role | Record label | Notes |
1994 | Broadway (compilation CD) | Singer [64] | CD Baby | Solo album |
1994 | Out of the Blue (Shun-Ichi Tokura and Paul Sand) |
Dr. Akizuki [65] | Stage Door Records | Cast CD |
1995 | Les Misérables – 10th Anniversary – The Dreamcast in Concert DVD (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) |
Factory Foreman[66] | BBC Home Entertainment | Royal Albert Hall, London, 8 October 1995 |
1996 | Who Could Ask for Anything More? DVD Centenary celebration of Ira Gershwin's birth |
Singer [2][31][67] | BBC | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7 December 1996 |
2000 | Living for the Moment (compilation CD) | Singer [68] | CD Baby | Solo album |
2000 | Jesus Christ Superstar DVD (Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber) |
Second Priest [60][69] | Universal Studios | DVD |
2004 | Lesley Garrett – Music from the Movies also starring Ruthie Henshall |
Singer [39] | Eagle Rock Entertainment | DVD, recorded with the Orchestra of Opera North, Opera In The Park concert in Leeds 19 July 2003. |
2006 | Dracula – Original London Cast (Gareth Evans and Christopher J. Orton) |
Dracula[70][71] | CD Baby | Concept CD |
2010 | It's Just The Beginning: The Songs of Charles Miller & Kevin Hammonds (Charles Miller & Kevin Hammonds) |
Singer [72][73] | MaKiNG Records | Compilation CD. Track: Sail Me There from the musical Hope |
2012 | You're Still You (compilation CD) | Singer [74] | CD Baby | Solo album |
McConnel, James. Rev. of Inkle and Yarico. Holder's Season, Barbados, Crampton Theatre, Washington DC and Edinburgh Festival.
As Marianne Gunn reported for the Edinburgh Festival Revue in 1999, Inkle & Yarico still proves extremely popular today because the anti-slavery themes chime with campaigns against People-Trafficking today. Barbados Theatre Company, Holders, won a 1999 Fringe First for their "spectacularly... compelling and entertaining" performance with Michael McCarthy and Natalie Tinn playing Inkle & Yarico, respectively.
ROGER Lemke, who has been singing the role of Javert in the Melbourne season of Les Miserables, has to withdraw from the show for eight weeks for medical reasons. He will be replaced by Michael McCarthy, who is flying in from London and will take over the role some time next week.
During the week of 26 May 2002, it was publicly announced that Tim Rice was collaborating with Stuart Brayson on From Here To Eternity. To test the waters, Tim and Stuart held several workshop productions of Stuart's original concept songs and recorded a demo of Stuart's songs the week of 22 July 2002 at Olympic Studios which could be sent to industry insiders and potential investors who could not attend a workshop. The demo featured the vocal talents of Paul Manuel as Prewitt, Miriam Brown as Lorene, Michael McCarthy as Warden, Kate Harbour as Karen, and Stuart himself as Maggio. Dominic Haslam provided the musical accompaniment on the piano. Tim read a short story synopsis between the numbers.