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        Mezzo-Soprano

         

        Gemma Ní Bhriain

         

         

         

      • Biography

          

         

         

        Born in Dublin, mezzo-soprano Gemma Ní Bhriain graduated in June 2014 with a BA in Music Performance at the Royal Irish Academy of Music where she studied with Dr. Veronica Dunne.

         

        Over the past number of years Gemma has performed various roles in some of the world’s leading opera houses including; Enrichetta di Francia (I Puritani) at Opéra Bastille, Le Pâtre and La Chouette (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges) at Opéra Garnier, Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Une Pretresse de Diane/Une Matelote/UneChasseresse (Hippolyte et Aricie) at Opernhaus Zürich. She also made her concert debuts at Théâtre de Champs-Elysées, Radio France and solo recital debut at Amphitéâtre Bastille, Opéra National de Paris.

         

        In 2018 Gemma made her company and role debut with Irish National Opera singing the role of Niklausse in Offenbach’s ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’. Since then she has collaborated with INO on a number of online projects, including the Irish language opera ‘GLOACH’ as part of their 20 Shots of Opera Series.

        In 2022 Gemma will feature in two more operas produced by Irish National Opera. She sings the role of Mother in Elaine Agnew’s

        ‘Paper Boat’ and will also sing the role of Anna in Donizetti’s ‘Maria Stuarda’.

         

        Last September Gemma performed for the first time with Blackwater Valley Opera Festival. She performed the role of La Ciesca in ‘Gianni Schicchi’ and also recorded the role of Maid Marion in Ina Boyle’s ‘The Maudlin of Papplewick’.

         

        In September 2016, Gemma joined the International Opera Studio of Opernhaus Zürich. During her two seasons as a member of the studio she performed many roles including Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflöte - Mozart), Valletto (L’incornazione diPoppea - Monteverdi) and Ramiro (La Finta Giardiniera - Mozart) to name just a few.

         

        From September 2014 until July 2016, Gemma was a member of the Atelier Lyrique Opera Studio at Opéra National de Paris.

        During her two seasons in Paris she debuted in five roles, including two world premieres; Dorabella (Così fan tutte –Mozart);

        Diane (Iphigénie en Tauride – Gluck); Proserpina (Orfeo –Monteverdi); Etienne (Maudits les Innocents - Urquiza, Lembke, Rotella, Alvarado) and Le Garçon (Vol Retour /The Way Back Home – Joanna Lee). She also made her main stage solo debut at Opéra Bastille singing the role of Alisa in Lucia Di Lammermoor (Donizetti).

         

        Previous roles include: Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen in the National Concert Hall with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra; Jenny's Girl (The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) with OTC and Rough Magic; Fox (The Cunning Little Vixen) and Florence Pike (Albert Herring) with Royal Irish Academy of Music.

         

        Gemma has performed with various orchestras at home and abroad including; L'Orchestre de l'Opéra deParis, Le Cercle d’Harmonie, Orchestra La Scintilla, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Orchestre dePau Pays de Béarn and Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté.

         

        In January 2013 Gemma was awarded 4th place and also the Dermot Troy Award for Best Irish Singer and the Dame Joan Sutherland Award for Most Promising Young Singer in the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition. In the final she sang with the RTÉNational Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Patrik Ringborg. In the same year she also took part in the world renowned Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Amsterdam, where she was awarded the Wil Keune Prize for a YoungSinger of Real Potential.

         

        Gemma also has a great love of chamber music. She is a founding member of the chamber ensemble Trio Cantare, with pianist Cahal Masterson and cellist Yseult Cooper-Stockdale.

        Their inaugural recital performance opened the Drogheda Classical Music’s Autumn/Winter concert series last October and was met with high acclaim. It has since been broadcast twice on RTÉ Lyric FM.

         

        Gemma is a grateful recipient of the Agility Award 2023 from the Arts Council of Ireland.

         

         

      • Upcoming Engagements

        Heiligmesse - Haydn

        11th June 2023 - 8PM

        St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row - Dublin

         

         

        Conductor - Duncan Brickenden

         

        Choir - Dublin City Choral Union

         

        Soloists -

         

        Megan O'Neill (Soprano)

        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Mezzo-Soprano)

        Eamonn Mulhall (Tenor)

        Rory Musgrave (Baritone)

         

         

         

         

        Trio Cantare @ Music for Wexford

        16th June 2023 - 8PM

        St. Iberius Church, Wexford

         

        Mezzo-Soprano - Gemma Ní Bhriain

        Piano - Cahal Masterson

        Cello - Yseult Cooper-Stockdale

         

        Programme:

         

        Brahms

        2 Gesänge, Op. 91

        Von Ewiger Lieber Op. 43, No. 1

        Die Mainacht Op. 43, No. 2

         

        R. Schumann

        Drei Romanzen, Op. 94

         

        Rebecca Clarke

        The Seal Man

        Down by the Salley Gardens

        Shy One

         

        Massenet

        On Dit

        Élégie

         

        Fauré

        Après un rêve

         

        Rachmaninoff

        A selection from 12 Romances Op. 14 & 21

         

      • 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

        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

        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

        Lauda per la Nativa - Respighi

        Mass in D Minor - Haydn

        Messiah - G. F. Handel

        Requiem - W. A. Mozart

         

         

         

         

        Past Performances

         

        • 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
        • A Hand of Bridge (Sally) - December 5th 2012, The Lir 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 Ni Bhriain''

        L'Incoronazione di Poppea

        OnlineMerker.com -

        John H. Mueller

        28-06-18

         

        ''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

        17-09-18

         

        ''Her approach was restrained and musicianly, her tone well maintained through her range. She gave the impression of being solid as a rock. And her good taste extended to her single encore, Britten’s arrangement of The Salley Gardens, where (Hélio) Vida kept up the high standards he set throughout the concert. Let’s hope we get to hear more of this young singer soon.''

        Dublin Song Series Concert

        The Irish Times - Micheal Dervin

        11-04-18

      • Gallery

        Photos from past productions and concerts

        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Dorabella) - Così fan tutte  - Irish National Opera © Ros Kavanagh
        Sarah Brady (Fiordiligi), Gemma Ní Bhriain (Dorabella) - Così fan tutte  - Irish National Opera © Ros Kavanagh
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Dorabella) - Così fan tutte  - Irish National Opera © Ros Kavanagh
        William Morgan (Ferrando), Milan Siljanov (Don Alfonso), Gemma Ní Bhriain (Dorabella), Sarah Brady (Fiordiligi), Emma Morwood (Despina), Gianluca Marghieri (Guglielmo) - Così fan tutte  - Irish National Opera © Ros Kavanagh
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Dorabella) - Così fan tutte  - Irish National Opera © Ros Kavanagh
        Pauline Texier (Bellezza), Gemma Ní Bhriain (Piacere) - Il Trionfo del Tempo (Händel) - Teatro Mayor, Bogotá © Juan Diego Castillo Ramírez
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Piacere), Pauline Texier (Bellezza) - Il Trionfo del Tempo (Händel) - Teatro Mayor, Bogotá © Juan Diego Castillo Ramírez
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Piacere) - Il Trionfo del Tempo (Händel) - Teatro Mayor, Bogotá © Juan Diego Castillo Ramírez
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Mezzo-soprano), Máire Carroll (Piano), Sarah Shine (Soprano) - Arts&Minds Festival Recital - Maynooth University  ©Keith Arkins Photography
        Soo Jung Ann, Lance Coburn (Piano), Rachel Croash, Gemma Ní Bhriain, Gavan Ring, Rory Musgrave - Musici Ireland & Drogheda Classical Music 'Four Hands, Four Voices Concert' ©Jenny Callanan
        Soo Jung Ann, Lance Coburn (Piano), Rachel Croash, Gemma Ní Bhriain, Gavan Ring, Rory Musgrave - Musici Ireland & Drogheda Classical Music 'Four Hands, Four Voices Concert' ©Jenny Callanan
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Mezzo-soprano) © Jason Clarke
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Mezzo-soprano) © Jason Clarke
        Cahal Masterson (Piano), Gemma Ní Bhriain (Mezzo-soprano) © Jason Clarke
        Cahal Masterson (Piano), Gemma Ní Bhriain (Mezzo-soprano) © Jason Clarke
        (La Ciesca) Gemma Ní Bhriain, (Marco) Rory Musgrave ©Sean O'Riordan
        Bríd Ní Ghruagáin (Zita), Rory Dunne (Betto), James Nelson (Gherardino), Gemma Ní Bhriain (La Ciesca), Rory Musgrave (Marco) ©Sean O'Riordan
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (La Ciesca), Rory Dunne (Betto), Rory Musgrave (Marco) ©Sean O'Riordan
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (La Ciesca), Leonardo Galaezzi (Gianni Schicchi), Bríd Ní Ghruagáin (Zita), Sandra Oman (Nella) ©Sean O'Riordan
        Rory Dunne (Betto), Bríd Ní Ghruagáin (Zita), Sandra Oman (Nella), Leonardo Galaezzi (Gianni Schicchi), Gemma Ní Bhriain (La Ciesca), James Nelson (Gherardino), Rory Musgrave (Marco) ©Sean O'Riordan
        Gemma Ní Bhriain ©Kip Carroll
        Aoife O'Sullivan (piano), Gemma Ní Bhriain ©Kip Carroll
        Gemma Ní Bhriain ©Kip Carroll
        Aoife O'Sullivan (piano), Gemma Ní Bhriain ©Kip Carroll
        Aoife O'Sullivan (piano), Gemma Ní Bhriain ©Kip Carroll
        Aoife O'Sullivan (piano), Gemma Ní Bhriain ©Kip Carroll
        Gemma Ní Bhriain ©Kip Carroll
        Dearbhla Collins (Piano), Gemma Ní Bhriain - Opera Online VDISC - Kilruddery House and Gardens
        Gemma Ní Bhriain - Opera Online VDISC - Kilruddery House and Gardens
        Gemma Ní Bhriain - Opera Online VDISC - Kilruddery House and Gardens
        ©Miriam Kaczor
        ©Miriam Kaczor
        ©Miriam Kaczor
        ©Miriam Kaczor
        ©Miriam Kaczor
        ©Miriam Kaczor
        ©Miriam Kaczor
        ©Miriam Kaczor
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Enrichetta di Francia), Javier Camarena (Lord Arturo Talbot) - I Puritani - Opéra National de Paris ©Sébastien Mathé/OnP
        Francesco Demuro (Lord Arturo Talbot), Gemma Ní Bhriain (Enrichetta di Francia) - I Puritani - Opéra National de Paris - ©Sébastien Mathé/OnP
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Une Chasseresse), Dancers & Chorus Opernhaus Zürich - Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau) - ©T&T Photografie
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Une Matelote), Juliette Rahon, Federica Aventaggiato, Craig Davidson, Davidson Hegglin (Dancers) - Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau) Opernhaus Zürich - ©T&T Photografie
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Une Chasseresse), Claudio Constantino (Dancer), Chorus Opernhaus Zürich - Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau) - ©T&T Photografie
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Une Prêtresse de Diane), Mélissa Petit (Aricie), Chorus Opernhaus Zürich) Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau) - ©T&T Photografie
        Hélio Vida (piano), Gemma Ní Bhriain (mezzo-soprano) - Opéra Bastille Solo Recital - Amphitéâtre Bastille - ©Peter O'Connor
        Gemma Ní Bhriain (Alisa), Nina Minasyan (Lucia) - Lucia Di Lammermoor - Opernhaus Zürich ©T+T Fotografie / Toni Suter + Tanja Dorendorf
        James Vaughan (piano), Gemma Ní Bhriain (mezzo-soprano) - Veronica Dunne Birthday Concert - National Concert Hall, Dublin ©Frances Marshall
        Hélio Vida (piano), Gemma Ní Bhriain (mezzo-soprano) - Opéra Bastille Solo Recital - Amphitéâtre Bastille - ©Florie Valiquette
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      • Listen

         

        Morgen (Strauss) - Trio Cantare

         

         

        Ah! Scostati... Smanie Implacabili (Dorabella) - Mozart

        May 2023 - Irish National Opera

         

        Sad and Luckless was the Season - Beethoven

        National Concert Hall, Dublin - November 2020

         

        Trio Cantare - Full Recital

        Recorded at the Drogheda Classical

        Music Festival, 21/10/'21.

        (Begins at 37mins)

         

        Una voce poco fa (Rosina) - Rossini

        September 2022

      • Contact

         

         

        Email

        Email :

         

        Gemma Ní Bhriain

         

        gemmanibhriain@gmail.com

        Phone

        Phone :

         

        +353 (0)87 6458727

         

        Post

        Address :

         

        7 Forest Close

        Kingswood Heights

        D24 KTF7

        Éire

         

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