Niamh O'Sullivan

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Niamh Caitríona O'Sullivan (born November 9, 1994 in Cork ) is an Irish opera and concert singer with a mezzo-soprano voice .

Life

Training and first appearances

Niamh O'Sullivan gained her first musical theater experience at the Cork Arts Studio, where she was tutored by Mary Hegarty and encouraged to study classical singing. She then studied singing at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin with Veronica Dunne. From 2016 to 2018 she was a member of the opera studio of the Bavarian State Opera and took part in concerts and productions of Gian Carlo Menotti's Der Konsul , Ernst Krenek's Der Dictator and Viktor Ullmann's Der zerbelte Krug , as well as in smaller roles in numerous performances in the National Theater Munich . Since January 2019 she has been working with the singing teacher Christiane Iven . As part of the Munich Opera Festival in June / July 2019, she appeared as a soloist in the performance Self-empowerment in the Alte Pinakothek and with Edward Elgar's Sea Pictures at the concert of the Attacca Youth Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in the Prinzregententheater .

Opera roles and engagements (selection)

Debut in role
March 2017 Secretary ( The Consul ) Bavarian State Opera , Munich (Opera Studio)
May 2017 Kate Pinkerton ( Madama Butterfly )
  • Bavarian State Opera
  • Irish National Opera, Dublin (March 2019)
Nov 2018 Maddalena ( Rigoletto ) Cork Operatic Society
June 2019 Flora Bervoix ( La traviata ) Bavarian State Opera
Nov 2019 Tisbe ( La Cenerentola ) Irish National Opera, Bord Gáis Energy Theater, Dublin

Concert repertoire and performances (selection)

composer plant
Edward Elgar Sea Pictures (five orchestral songs) Attacca Youth Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera (Munich, July 2019)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem (alto solo) Munich Hofkantorei (St. Ottilien, Nov. 2017)
Alessandro Scarlatti Il primo homicidio, part of Cain Orchestra Jakobsplatz (Munich, May 2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cathy Desmond: Cork opera singer returns to where her career began. In: Irish Examiner. September 6, 2019, accessed on September 6, 2019 .
  2. ^ Mezzo-Soprano Niamh O'Sullivan. Irish National Opera, accessed July 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Niamh O'Sullivan (short biography and performance history). Bavarian State Opera, accessed on July 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Egbert Tholl: Reclaiming Paradise. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. June 20, 2019, accessed July 13, 2019 .
  5. ^ A b Michael Bastian Weiß: Munich Opera Festival. The Attacca youth orchestra in the Prinzregententheater. In: Abendzeitung (Munich). July 15, 2019, accessed July 15, 2019 .
  6. ^ Franziska Stürz: Criticism - Menotti's "The Consul" in Munich: No ship for drowning people. In: BR Classic. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Michael Lee: INO: 'Madama Butterfly' by Puccini. In: Golden Plec. March 30, 2019, accessed July 13, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Image and text document on the artist's Facebook page. November 17, 2018, accessed September 6, 2019 .
  9. ↑ David Byers: Cinderella / La Cenerentola review: Well deserving of its standing ovation. In: The Irish Times. November 11, 2019, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  10. ^ Requiem in D minor, KV 626 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Fassg. By Karl Maguerre). Münchner Hofkantorei, accessed on July 14, 2019 .
  11. ^ Egbert Tholl: Short review: The first murder; The Jakobsplatz Orchestra with an oratorio by Scarlatti. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 7, 2018, accessed on June 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME O'Sullivan, Niamh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Sullivan, Niamh Caitríona (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish opera and concert singer with a mezzo-soprano voice
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Cork