Joyce was also well-known for his
beautiful singing voice,
and when he was
living in Italy people would
stop in the
streets to listen when he sang. He might have made a living
as a singer if only he knew
sight singing. This lack
caused him to
lose an important competition when he
was young, and the loss of that competition apparently
put him off that path.
Good thing, too. How many Irish tenors does the world
need?