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Joseph McManners (born 3 December 1992) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and actor.
Personal life
McManners is the son of musician and writer
Hugh McManners and Deborah McManners.
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Limited Edition Japanese DVD release
of ''"In Dreams"''.
Singing career
At the age of eight, McManners heard the song "
My Heart Will Go On
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''.
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Shortly after he sang the song at a family gathering, he realized that singing was what he wanted to do.
He plays the violin and the piano and is learning to play the guitar. At that age, he sang 'In Dreams', though it is not the version which is featured in ''
The Lord of the Rings
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'' with
Howard Shore as the composer.
McManners auditioned for the lead role in the
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's operatic version of "
The Little Prince
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" directed by
Francesca Zambello
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Early life and education
Born in New York City, Zambello lived in Europe whe ...
and was chosen from 25000 others to play the part.
During filming for "The Little Prince", he was spotted by executives from
Sony BMG, which led to a £2 million
STG 4-album
record deal.
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McManners went to
Prague
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with his producer Nick Patrick in 2005 to record the music for his first album, ''
In Dreams''. Most of the music was performed by the
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, and McManners' brother plays violin on "Where is Love".
The album was released on 5 December 2005.
His debut album release reached number five in the classical charts within a few days.
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(accessed 19 December 2005). The album was nominated for "Album of the Year" at the
2006 Classical BRIT Awards and the release of "Bright Eyes" from the same album debuted at number one in Asian airplay.
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at Sony BMG.co.uk (accessed 28 August 2006).
In December 2006, it was reported that McManners had left Sony BMG over artistic differences.
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Dublin
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docklands, an event attended by almost 5,000 people. The orchestral arrangements were done by composer and arranger
Nick Ingman
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Acting career
In 2004, McManners starred as
Oliver Twist in a local production of the play at
Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre opposite
Ron Moody
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who played
Fagin
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in the
1968 film adaptation of the famous novel. He reprised his role as Oliver Twist two years later in the
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