Mezzo-Soprano
Gemma Ní Bhriain
- Upcoming Engagements
Le Nozze di Figaro
13th, 15th, 19th, 24th September 2024
29th, 30th October 2024
1st, 3rd November 2024 - Stadttheater Biel
29th September 2024
8th, 10th October 2024
6th, 8th, 9th November 2024 - Stadttheater Soloturn
24th November 2024 - Kultur im Podium
12th December 2024 - Casino Theater Burgdorf
14th December 2024 - Stadttheater Langenthal
20th December 2024 - Kurtheater Baden
Music - W. A. Mozart
Conductor - Sébastien Rouland
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester Biel Solothurn TOBS!
Choir Master - Valentin Vassilev
Choir - Chor TOBS!
Director - Deborah Epstein
Costume and Set Design - Florian Barth
Cast:
Figaro: Benjamin Molonfalean
Conte Almaviva: Simon Schnorr
Contessa: Rebekka Maeder
Susanna: Marlene Chevalley-Knoepfler
Marcellina: Gemma Ní Bhriain
Bartolo/Antonio: Valerian Ruminski
Cherubino: Julia Deit-Ferrand
Curzio/Basilio: Konstantin Nazlamov
Barbarina: Claudia Mackay/Valérie Ryser
NSO: McKay, Pärt, Mozart
7th February 2025 - 7:30pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin
National Symphony Orchestra
David Brophy conductorNational Symphony Chorus
David Young choral director
Porgramme:
Deirdre McKay New work [World Premiere] NSO commission
Arvo Pärt Berliner Messe
Mozart Requiem
Aoife Miskelly soprano
Gemma Ní Bhriain mezzo-soprano
Robin Tritschler tenor
Milan Siljanov bass-baritone Operatic Roles
Alisa - Lucia Di Lammermoor - Donizetti
Anna - Maria Stuarda - Donizetti
Annio - La Clemenza di Tito - W. A. Mozart
Cherubino - Le Nozze di Figaro - W. A. Mozart
Cléone - Médée - Charpentier
Diane - Iphigénie en Tauride - Gluck
Dorabella - Così fan tutte - W. A. Mozart
Enfant - L'Enfant et les Sortilèges - Ravel
Enrichetta di Franca - I Puritano - Bellini
Florence Pike - Albert Herring - Britten
Fox - The Cunning Little Vixen - Janáček
Le Garçon - Vol Retour/The Way Back Home - Joanna Lee
Ghiva - Lurline - W. V. Wallace
Ho-Gu - Häuptling Abendwind - Offenbach
Ino - Semele - G. F. Handel
Idamante - Idomeneo - W. A. Mozart
La Ciesca - Gianni Schicchi - Puccini
Lehrbuben - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - R. Wagner
Marcellina - Le Nozze di Figaro - W. A. Mozart
Megacle - L'Olimpiade - Vivaldi
Mercedes - Carmen - Bizet
Mezzo - GLOACH - Linda Buckley
Mother - Paper Boat - Elaine Agnew
Niklausse - Les Contes d'Hoffmann - J. Offenbach
Piacere - Il trionfo del tempo - Händel
Proserpina - Orfeo - Monteverdi
Ramiro - La Finta Giardiniera - W. A. Mozart
Sally - A Hand of Bridge - Barber
Sesto - La Clemenza di Tito - W. A. Mozart
Siebel - Faust - Gounod
Une Prêtresse de Diane/Une Matelote/Une Chasseresse - Hippolyte et Aricie - Rameau
Valletto - L'incoronazione di Poppea - Monteverdi
Zweite Dame - Die Zauberflöte - W. A. Mozart
Concert and Oratorio
Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer amato bene - W. A. Mozart
Dover Beach - Barber
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 - Schumann
Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 - Brahms
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - Mahler
Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer - Chausson
Scena di Berenice - Haydn
Sea Pictures, Op. 37 - Elgar
Serenade to Music - Vaughan-Williams
Songfest - Bernstein
Vier Lieder, Op. 2 - Schönberg
Vier Lieder, Op. 27 - Strauss
Elijah/Elias, Op. 70 - Mendelssohn
Die Erste Walpurgisnacht - Mendelssohn
Die Sieben Letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze - Haydn
Heiligmesse in B-flat - Haydn
Lauda per la Nativa - Respighi
Mass in D Minor - Haydn
Messiah - G. F. Handel
Requiem - W. A. Mozart
Past Performances
- Lurline (Ghiva) - 26th July 2024 - National Concert Hall, Dublin
- L'Olimpiade (Megacle)- 20th April-9th May 2024 (Ireland), 13th-25th May 2024 (Linbury Theatre ROH London), 29th May-1st June 2024 (Novuelle Opéra Fribourg, Switzerland)
- Trio Cantare Recital - 16th June 2023 - Music for Wexford - St. Iberius' Church, Wexford
- Così fan tutte (Dorabella) - 24th, 26th, 27th May 2023 - Irish National Opera - The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
- Il trionfo del Tempo (Piacere) - 5th February 2023 -Barrokfest - Orkester Nord, Trondheim, Norway
- Il trionfo del Tempo (Piacere) - 10th & 11th December 2022 - Orkester Nord, Teatro Mayor, Bogotá, Colombia
- Maria Stuarda (Anna) - 5th, 7th, 9th 11th, 15th, 16th, 19th, 21st June 2022 - Irish National Opera, Dublin, Cork, Wexford, Limerick
- Paper Boat - 23rd April 2022 - Irish National Opera & Music for Galway, St. Nicholas' Church, Galway
- Faisons un rêve, Recital - 8th April 2022 - Centre Culturel irlandais, Paris
- Trio Cantare Recital - 30th October 2021 - Belfast International Arts Festival with Belfast Music Society
- Trio Cantare Recital - 21st October 2021 - Drogheda Classical Music Festival
- Gianni Schicchi (La Ciesca) - 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th September 2021 - Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Ireland
- 20 Shots of Opera - GLOACH - Irish National Opera, Published online December 2020
- Beethoven@250 - 14th November 2020 - Irish Baroque Orchestra - National Concert Hall
- Opera Online - 12th July 2020 - Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Kilruddery House and Gardens
- L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (Le Pâtre) - 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 29th January 2020 - Palais Garnier
- I Puritani (Enrichetta di Francia) - 7th, 10th, 13th, 17th, 20th, 25th, 29th Sept, 2nd, 5th October 2019 - Opéra Bastille
- Hippolyte et Aricie (Une Pretresse de Diane/Une Matelote/Une Chasseresse) - 19th, 22nd, 24th, 30th May, 2nd, 7th, 14th June 2019 - Opernhaus Zürich
- Hippolyte et Aricie (Une Pretresse de Diane/Une Matelote/Une Chasseresse) - 26th May 2019 - Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
- Lucia Di Lammermoor (Alisa) - Feb 22nd, 26th, 28th, March 5th, 10th, 14th, 19th 2019 - Opernhaus Zürich
- Opéra Bastille Solo Recital - 30th January - Amhpithéâtre Bastille, Paris
- Bernstein Story, Songfest - 29th November 2018 - Maison de la Radio, Auditorium Radio France, Paris
- The Tales of Hoffmann (Niklausse) - 14th September - 6th October 2018, Irish National Opera
- L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Valletto) - 24th, 27th, 30th June, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 12th July 2018, Opernhaus Zürich
- Gala Konzert Des Internationalen Opernstudio - July 9th 2018, Opernhaus Zürich
- La Finta Giardiniera (Ramiro) - May 5th, 8th, 13th, 16th 18th 2018, Theater Winterthur
- Dublin Song Series (Recital with Hélio Vida) - April 8th 2018, Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall Dublin
- L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (L'Écureuil/La Chatte/Le Pâtre) - Jan 19th, 21st, 26th, 28th, Feb 1st 2018, Opernhaus Zürich
- Häuptling Abendwind (Ho-Gu) - Sept 23rd, Oct 12th 2017, Opernhaus Zürich
- Die Zauberflöte (Zweite Dame) - Sept 26th, 29th, Oct 5th, 10th, 15th 2017, Opernhaus Zürich
- Schubert: Dreaming the Sublime Lieder Finale - August 20th 2017, Kilkenny Arts Festival
- Great Music in Irish Houses - June 19th 2017, Hugh Lane Gallery, The Coach House, Dublin Castle
- L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (L'Écureuil/La Chatte/Le Pâtre) - May 4th, 6th, 10th, 12th, 14th Theater Winterthur
- Médée (Cléone) - January 22nd, 26th, 28th, 31st, Feb 3rd, 5th, 8th, 12th, 18th 2017, Opernhaus Zürich
- Lucia Di Lammermoor (Alisa) - October 14th, 17th, 23rd, 26th 29th, Nov 4th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 16th 2016, Opéra National de Paris
- Viennese Favourites - June 17th 2016 - RTÉ NSO, National Concert Hall, Dublin
- Die Sieben Letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze - May 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th 2016, Orchestra de Pau Pays de Béarn
- Orfeo (Proserpina) - May 11th, 13th, 17th, 19th, 21st 2016, Amphitéâtre Bastille
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Lehrbuben) - March 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th, 21st, 25th 2016 - Opéra National de Paris
- Vol Retour (Le Garcon) - December 4th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 17th, 18th 2015, Amphitéâtre Bastille
- Così Fan Tutte (Dorabella) - November 6th, 8th 2015, Antipolis Théâtre d'Antibes
- Bernadette Greevy Recital - October 7th 2015 - National Concert Hall, Dublin
- Così Fan Tutte (Dorabella) - June 19th, 23rd 2015 - Maison des Arts et de la Culture Cretéil, Paris
- Carmen (Mercedes) - May 31st 2014, National Concert Hall, Dublin
- The Cunning Little Vixen (Fox) - January 15th, 17th 2014, Samuel Beckett Theatre
- Albert Herring (Florence Pike) - January 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th 2013, The Project Theatre
''Mezzo-soprano Gemma Ní Bhriain as Dorabella, looking most comfortable with the opera’s comic demands, a joy to both watch and listen to.''
Così fan tutte - Irish National Opera
The Arts Review - Chris O'Rourke
28-05-23
''Delicious also was the Valletto of Gemma Ní Bhriain''
''Köstlich auch der Valletto von Gemma Ní Bhriain''
L'Incoronazione di Poppea
OnlineMerker.com -
John H. Mueller
28-06-2018
''The first is Nicklausse, Hoffmann’s wise, loyal and protective friend ...... a trouser role performed with warmth and understated lyrical ease by the mezzo-soprano Gemma Ní Bhriain.''
The Tales of Hoffmann - Irish National Opera
The Irish Times - Michael Dungan
17-09-2018
''From a lively ensemble cast, Gemma Ní Bhriain (Megacle) stood out for her expressive power''
L'Olimpiade - Irish National Opera/ROH
The Spectator - David Bratby
01-06-2024
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Biography
Dublin-born mezzo-soprano Gemma Ní Bhriain studied with Dr Veronica Dunne at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, before spending two seasons as a member of the Atelier Lyrique Opera Studio at the Opéra national de Paris, and a further two seasons at the International Opera Studio at the Opernhaus Zurich.
She is now busy both at home and across Europe, with recent appearances as Marcellina Le nozze di Figaro for the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn in Switzerland and her Royal Opera House debut as Megacle in Vivaldi’s L’Olimpiade at the Linbury Theatre in London. An impeccable technique and musicality bring a rare intensity to Gemma's performances and, as she now turns her attention to roles with strong character, her future plans include further performances of Le nozze di Figaro and her role debut as Hippolyta A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival in Ireland.
During her time at the Opéra national de Paris and Opernhaus Zurich, Gemma’s many roles included Cléone Médée, Le Pâtre/ La Chatte/L'écureuil L'enfant et les sortilèges, Zweite Dame Die Zauberflöte, Valletto L'incoronazione di Poppea, Ramiro La finta giardiniera, Alisa Lucia di Lammermoor, Enrichetta di Francia I Puritani and Proserpina Orfeo.
A regular performer at home in Dublin with Irish National Opera, Gemma has also sung Niklausse Les contes d’Hoffmann, Dorabella Cosi fan tutte, Siebel Faust, Anna Maria Stuarda, Mother Paper Boat, the mezzo-soprano role in GLAOCH and, most recently, Megacle in Vivaldi’s L’Olimpiade. Other roles include La Ciesca Gianni Schicchi (Blackwater Valley Opera Festival) and Piacere Il trionfo del tempo (Orkester Nord).
Equally at home on the concert platform, Gemma has made concert debuts at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, at the Amphithéâtre Bastille, with Radio France and at the Teatro Mayor Bogotá. She is also a member 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 was broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm, followed by further performances at the Belfast International Arts Festival and Music for Wexford.
Contact
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