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BIOGRAPHIES GEMMA NÍ BHRIAIN MEZZO-SOPRANO DORABELLA 24, 26, 27 EVENING MAY Dublin mezzo-soprano Gemma Ní Bhriain graduated in June 2014 with a BA in Music Performance from the Royal Irish Academy of Music where she studied with Veronica Dunne. She spent two seasons as a member of the Atelier Lyrique Opera Studio at Opéra national de Paris, where she debuted in five roles, including two world premieres. From 2016 she spent two seasons at the International Opera Studio at Zurich Opera House. There her many roles included Cléone in Charpentier’s Médée, Le Pâtre, La Chatte and L’écureuil in Ravel’s L’en<strong>fan</strong>t et les Sortilèges, Zweite Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Valletto in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea and Ramiro in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera. Over the past number of years, she made her concert debuts at Théâtre de Champs-Elysées and for Radio France, and gave her solo recital debut at Amphithéâtre Bastille, Opéra national de Paris. In 2018 she made her company and role debut with Irish National Opera as Niklausse in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann. In 2020 she performed in Linda Buckley’s Glaoch for INO’s 20 Shots of Opera and last year she sang Anna in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda and Mother in the Coviddelayed premiere of Elaine Agnew’s Paper Boat, presented by Music for Galway in association with INO. She is also part of a new chamber ensemble, Trio Cantare, with pianist Cahal Masterson and cellist Yseult Cooper-Stockdale. Their debut recital, at the Drogheda Classical Music Festival in October 2021, was later broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm. BENJAMIN RUSSELL BARITONE GUGLIELMO 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 AFTERNOON, 29, 31 MAY, 2 JUNE Benjamin Russell is currently a member of the ensemble of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, and studied at the International Opera Studio of Zurich Opera House after having received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Royal Irish Academy of Music. There he studied singing with coach Brenda Hurley and teacher Sylvia O’Regan. At Wiesbaden he has sung Yeletsky in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Wolfram in Wagner’s Tannhäuser, Figaro in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, the title role in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Sharpless in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. In June 2011 he sang Junius in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at the Aldeburgh Festival, the recording of which was nominated for a Best Opera Recording Grammy Award. He performs regularly in concerts, at home and abroad, including Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Bach’s Cantata No. 82 with the Wiesbaden Symphony Orchestra, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and Fauré’s Requiem with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Competition successes include Richard Tauber Prize at the Wigmore Hall Song Competition 2019, third Prize in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Singing Competition 2018, and finalist in the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition 2010. 34
GIANLUCA MARGHERI BASS-BARITONE GUGLIELMO 24, 26, 27 EVENING, 29 MAY Born in Florence, Gianluca Margheri began to study music dramaturgy before studying singing at the Cherubini Conservatory of Music in Florence. In 2009 he won the Toti dal Monte International Competition in Treviso, and debuted as Villotto in Haydn’s La vera costanza under Jesús López-Cobos at Teatro Real Madrid, at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège and the theatres of Saint-Étienne, Rouen and Reggio Emilia. Recent highlights include his debut in the title role of Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Hungarian State Opera), Rossini’s Stabat Mater (Opera Firenze), Alidoro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Teatro Massimo, Palermo), Purcell’s The Fairy Queen (Hungarian State Opera), the title role in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (Theater St Gallen), Asdrubale in Rossini’s La pietra del paragone and the Count in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari), and Talbot in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda in Riga. He sang Asdrubale under Daniele Rustioni for his Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro debut, and Garibaldo in Handel’s Rodelinda for his Gran Teatre del Liceu debut in Barcelona. He made his INO debut in the title role of the Olivier Award-winning production of Vivaldi’s Bajazet, a coproduction with the Royal Opera. He is an enthusiastic concert singer with a repertoire encompassing works by Charpentier, Handel, Mozart, Fauré and Brahms. Conductors he has collaborated with include James Conlon, Zubin Mehta, Marco Armiliato, Friedrich Haider, Riccardo Frizza, Andrea Battistoni, Roland Böer, Alan Curtis, Jonathan Webb and Gabriele Ferro. DEAN POWER TENOR FERRANDO 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 (AFTERNOON), 29, 31 MAY, 2 JUNE Irish tenor Dean Power is a former member of the ensemble at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and started his residency after graduating from the company’s Opera Studio at the end of the 2011–12 season. After nine years as an ensemble member, 2020–21 was his final season and he is now expanding his already growing career as an international solo guest artist. Recent and upcoming notable house debuts include Graf Elemer in Strauss’s Arabella (Zurich Opera House), Snout in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opéra de Lille) and Puccini’s Il Trittico (Salzburg Festival). In October 2021 he created the role of Gary in Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh’s The First Child at Dublin Theatre Festival (Landmark Productions/ Irish National Opera). On the concert platform recent performances include Acis in Handel’s Acis and Galatea with Irish Baroque Orchestra, Bach’s St John Passion with the National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin, Ryba’s Stabat Mater with Prague Symphony Orchestra, his Portuguese concert debut in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Orquestra Sinfonica Portuguesa. In his 2022–23 season Dean makes his company debut at the Teatro Real Madrid as Graf Elemer in Arabella, followed by his Salzburg Easter Festival debut as Heinrich der Schreiber in Wagner’s Tannhäuser and a return to the Bavarian State Opera as Third Jew in Strauss’s Salome. 35
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