Darren and Caroline Clarke share a passion for singing beautiful music from centuries past up to the present day, exploring different genres including opera, music theatre, country, folk, ballads and film themes.

From performing with full orchestra or band to providing their own accompaniment on guitars, their talents take them all over the world performing both on land at international venues and at sea as headline entertainers on luxury cruise ships. In the UK they perform in concert halls, theatres, festivals and at corporate and private events.

Darren and Caroline's aim is always to present live entertainment of the highest quality that encompasses the many genres of music for which they have a passion. Their onstage chemistry and gift for communication means they develop a relaxed rapport with every audience they perform to, whatever the event or setting.

Husband and wife team Darren and Caroline met while performing at the renowned opera festival in Bregenz, Austria and continue to pursue their individual operatic careers alongside the duo. Darren studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and his career has taken him to opera houses and theatres in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, and Europe. Caroline studied composition at Durham University and reached the final stages of Channel 4's Operatunity and ITV's Search for a Soprano. She has performed numerous operatic roles and has appeared in internationally in oratorios and concerts.

GUITAR REPERTOIRE

Neapolitan and Italian songs:
O sole mio, Santa Lucia, Funiculi funicula, A vuchella, Torna a Surriento, Fenesta che lucive, Tiritomba, Se il mio nome, Piscatore e pusillico, Gia il sole dal gange, Addio mia bella Napoli, O surdato 'nnamorato
Film themes:
Parla piu piano (from The Godfather), Nella fantasia (from The Mission), Moon river (Breakfast at Tiffany's), My heart will go on/Il cuore mi va (Titanic theme in Italian)
Musicals:
All I ask of you, Bring him home, Empty chairs and empty tables, On my own, I dreamed a dream, Send in the clowns, Memory, Edelweiss, Somewhere over the rainbow, The impossible dream
Opera: Brindisi,
La donna e mobile, Barcarolle, Nessun dorma, O mio babbino caro, Casta Diva, Quando m'en vo, Vissi d'arte, Summertime, Una furtiva lagrima, La ci darem, Habanera, Les tringles des sistres, Gia il sole dal Gange, Signore ascolta, Deh vieni alla finestra, Deh vieni non tardar, Parigi o cara
Popular and classical crossover:
Granada, Valencia, That's amore, Volare, Time to say goodbye, La paloma, Che il mondo e nostro (Rule the World), Cosi (Bedshaped), El condor pasa, Don't fence me in, Fever, Moondance, Sway, Perhaps perhaps perhaps, La mer, J'attendrai, La vie en rose, Plaisir d'amour, Everytime we say goodbye, You raise me up, Annie's song, Spanish eyes, Chiquitita, A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, The power of love (Gabrielle Aplin version), The rose, El condor pass
Folk:
Danny Boy, Wild mountain thyme, The loom, O waly waly, Greensleeves, Loch Lomond, Once I had a sweetheart, Scarborough Fair, Down by the salley gardens, Ei di'r deryn du, My love is like a red red rose, The foggy foggy dew
Christmas:
A spaceman came travelling, Angels from the realms of glory, Away in a manger, Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Deck the Halls, Ding dong, merrily on high, Gabriel's message, Gaudete, God rest ye, merry gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, Hark! The herald angels sing, Have yourself a merry little Christmas, In dulce jubilee, I saw three ships, In the bleak midwinter, It came upon the midnight clear, Jingle bells, Let it snow, Mary's boy child, O come, all ye faithful, O come o come Emmanuel, O holy night, O little town of Bethlehem, Silent night, Silver bells, The 12 days of Christmas, The first Noel, The holly and the ivy, The infant king, The little road to Bethlehem, We three kings, What child is this?, When a child is born, White Christmas, While shepherds watched, Winter wonderland

REPERTOIRE ACCOMPANIED BY BACKING TRACKS OR PIANIST
Opera
Scenes, ensembles and arias from operas by Monteverdi to Menotti, including:
Norma (Bellini), Carmen (Bizet), Pearlfishers (Bizet), La Wally (Catalani), L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti), Rusalka (Dvorak), Faust (Gounod), Romeo et Juliette (Gounod), Poppea (Monteverdi), Don Giovanni (Mozart), Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Die Zauberflote (Mozart), Les Contes d'Hoffman (Offenbach), La Boheme (Puccini), Madame Butterfly (Puccini), Tosca (Puccini), Turandot (Puccini), La Traviata (Verdi), Rigoletto (Verdi)


Operetta
Scenes, ensembles and arias from popular operettas, including Die Fledermaus (Strauss), The Gypsy Baron (Strauss), The Merry Widow (Lehar), The Land of Smiles (Lehar), Showboat (Kern), The Bohemian Girl (Balfe), Zarewitsch (Lehar)
Savoy operas by Gilbert & Sullivan including The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, Iolanthe, Yeomen of the Guard, Gondoliers

Music Theatre
Duets and songs from many West End and Broadway shows, including:
Phantom of the Opera, My Fair Lady, Chess, Cats, West Side Story, Camelot, Les Miserables, Oklahoma, Carousel, The King & I, Sunset Boulevard, The Music Man and more

Popular hits from the 30s, 40s to present day
This list is constantly expanding, but currently includes:
We'll meet again, White cliffs of Dover, When you wish upon a star, Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye, Summertime, Don't fence me in, Chattanooga choo choo, You are my heart's delight, Now is the hour, Somewhere over the rainbow, A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, Lilli Marlene, Every time we say goodbye, Je ne regrette rien, La vie en rose, La mer, J'attendrai, Plaisir d'amour, Moon river, Wonderful tonight, The power of love (Gabrielle Aplin), Hallelujah, Annie's song, Moondance, El condor pass,
Christmas
A spaceman came travelling, Angels from the realms of glory, Away in a manger, Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Deck the Halls, Ding dong, merrily on high, Gabriel's message, Gaudete, God rest ye, merry gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, Hark! The herald angels sing, Have yourself a merry little Christmas, In dulce jubilee, I saw three ships, In the bleak midwinter, It came upon the midnight clear, Jingle bells, Let it snow, Mary's boy child, O come, all ye faithful, O come o come Emmanuel, O holy night, O little town of Bethlehem, Silent night, Silver bells, The 12 days of Christmas, The first Noel, The holly and the ivy, The infant king, The little road to Bethlehem, We three kings, What child is this?, When a child is born, White Christmas, While shepherds watched, Winter wonderland

Music for Weddings, Funerals & Services
Any special requests considered, but repertoire currently includes:
Ave Maria (Schubert or Gounod), Panis Angelicus (Franck), Pie Jesu (Franck or Lloyd-Webber), Pur ti miro (Monteverdi), Bist du bei mir (Stolzel), Ich liebe dich (Grieg), Du ring an meinem Finger (Schumann), Wheree'er you walk (Handel), O mio babbino caro (Puccini), Sogno di Doretta (Puccini), Barcarolle (Offenbach), Zueignung (R. Strauss), Nella Fantasia (Morricone/Ferrau), The Prayer (Bayer Sager/Foster)

Saga Cruises
Swan Hellenic Cruises
Thomson Gold & Thomson Couples
Four Seasons Hotel London
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
The Midland Hotel, Manchester
Madeira Regency Palace, Madeira
The Grand Theatre, Clitheroe
Mitton Hall, Lancashire
Clitheroe Castle
Bishop's Castle Town Hall
Bishop's Castle Michaelmas Festival
RAF Leeming
MOD Bicester
Gilpin Music Festival
Ludlow Brewery
The Globe, Ludlow
Cicchetti's, Ludlow
Voices in Unison
Garstang Arts & Music Festival
Clitheroe Festival
Llanidloes Arts & Music Club
McBride
Excel Publishing
Prismatape UK
Styal Golf Club
Aughton Lawn Tennis Club
Hagley Golf & Country Club
Whalley Village Hall
The Village Hall at Norbury
Indulgence, Bramhall
Huntley's, Salmesbury
Oxfam
Vauxhall Holiday Park