Cosí fan tutte programme book 2023

IRISH NATIONAL
OPERA STUDIO
STUDIO MEMBERS 2022–23
JADE PHOENIX SOPRANO
KATHLEEN NIC DHIARMADA SOPRANO
MADELINE JUDGE MEZZO-SOPRANO
EOIN FORAN BARITONE
KATIE O’HALLORAN DIRECTOR
CHRIS KELLY DIRECTOR
MEDB BRERETON HURLEY CONDUCTOR
ÉNA BRENNAN COMPOSER
The Irish National Opera Studio is key to delivering a core
aspect of INO’s mission, the development of the very best
operatic talent we can find in Ireland. The studio is the
company’s artistic development programme. The membership
is selected annually, and the studio provides specially tailored
training, professional mentoring and high-level professional
engagements for a group of individuals whose success will be
key to the future development of opera in Ireland.
Members of Irish National Opera Studio are involved in all
of Irish National Opera’s productions, large and small. They
sing onstage in roles or in the chorus, understudy lead roles
– enabling them to watch and emulate great artists at work –
and, for non-singing members, they join in the world of opera
rehearsals as assistants.
Studio members also receive individual coaching, attend
masterclasses and receive mentorship from leading Irish and
international singers and musicians. Brenda Hurley, Head of
Opera at the Royal Academy of Music, London, is the vocal
consultant who guides our singers throughout the year.
Other areas of specific attention are performance and
language skills, and members are assisted in their individual
personal musical development and given professional career
guidance. They benefit from Irish National Opera’s national
and international contacts and Irish National Opera Studio
also develops and promotes specially tailored events to help
the members hone specific skills and showcase their work.
For information contact Studio & Outreach Producer
James Bingham at james@irishnationalopera.ie
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