Celinde Schoenmaker duets with busker Stephen Barry in Covent Garden London 10 Nov 2016

In 2016, Irish singer, Stephen Barry, was stood on the end of James Street in Covent Garden London busking to an audience with a microphone and sound system.

He had just finished performing a song from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Phantom of the Opera when he was approached by a woman who asked if he would sing ‘All I Ask of You’, another song from the hit musical.

Barry, who would go on to become a finalist in Ireland’s Got Talent, replied that he couldn’t sing two songs in a row from the same musical.

The woman responded, “If you sing it, I’ll sing with you”. Barry looked sceptical and asked the young woman if she was any good.

To which the woman, Celinde Schoenmaker, responded, “I’m currently playing Christine in the West End production”.

Then in 2017

2017 Duet