Aoife Miskelly Soprano

Northern Irish soprano Aoife Miskelly Codetta in their performance – live on studied as a Sickle Foundation Scholar on the Spanish radio – of Beethoven’s Christ Masters degree course at the Royal on the Mount of Olives in Cuenca. Aoife is also Academy of Music in London, graduating in a very keen oratorio singer, having performed 2012 with the Regency Award. During her in a whole host of concerts, including Bach’s studies, Aoife was a Kathleen Ferrier Awards Christmas Oratorio, St. John and Matthew finalist (2010), won a BBC Passions, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen and Young Artists Platform Award, and was a Magnificat, Beethoven’s Mass in C (in Samling Scholar, Internationale Cologne Cathedral), Brahms’ Deutches Meistersinger Akademie Young Artist and Requiem (St. Martin in the Fields), Carissimi’s Britten-Pears Young Artist. Aoife was the Jepthe (St. John’s, Smith Square), Handel’s winner of the Hampshire National Singing , Dixit Dominus, Laudate Pueri Competition in 2011, the Bernadette Greevy Dominum, and Saul (conducted by Laurence Bursary in 2011, finalist in the Veronica Dunne Cummings), Mozart’s Requiem, Coronation International Singing Competition 2013, and Mass and Exultate Jubilate, Orff’s Carmina finalist in the 2015 Wigmore Hall Song Burana (), Poulenc’s Gloria, Competition. Stravinsky’s Mass, Varese’s Nocturnal and Vivaldi’s Gloria. During the 2012-16 seasons Aoife was a soloist at the Cologne Opera House where she Aoife’s recent highlights include Despina sang Gilda , Gretel Hänsel und Northern Ireland Opera, The Woman in The Gretel, Musetta La Bohème, Zerlina Don Last Hotel at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Giovanni, Eliza Doolittle My Fair Lady, for Wide Open Opera, Frasquita , Despina Cosi fan Tutte, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Valencienne Die Lustige Witwe, Servilia La Hyogo Performing Arts Centre in Japan, and Clemenza di Tito, Papagena Die Zauberflöte, Eliza Doolittle for The Royal Opera House Nella Gianni Schicchi, Zweite Muscat, Oman. Last season Aoife made an Blumenmädchen Parsifal, and the lead role acclaimed debut for in the title “…one of the best of Harey in the German premiere of Detlev role of Snowmaiden by Rimsky-Korsakov; Glanert’s Solaris. In May 2014, Aoife was sang Zerlina , Polissena interpretations I have seen on awarded the prestigious Offenbach Prize by Handel’s Radamisto for NI Opera, and ” the friends of Cologne Opera House for covered the role of Sophie Rosenkavalier for the operatic stage in a long time outstanding achievement throughout the . Robert J Farr, Seen and Heard season. Recent and future engagements include role International Aoife’s other operatic projects have included debuts as Vixen Sharpears in Janácek’s The Pamina Die Zauberflöte for Northern Ireland Cunning little Vixen, Clorinda La Cenerentola Opera and the Bath Festival, Cecily Cardew both for Welsh National Opera, Pamina Die in the Irish Premiere of Gerald Barry’s The Zauberflöte for Opera Cologne, Claire de Importance of Being Earnest, Loone in Bernstein’s On The Town in Tokyo Sanndmänchen/Dew Fairy Hansel and and Hyogo, Cherubino Le Nozze di Figaro for Gretel with NI Opera, and Thérèse in Irish National Opera, Susanna Le Nozze di Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tiresias at both La Figaro for Nevill Holt Opera, where she Monnaie and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. returns in 2021, together with concert In July 2014, Aoife returned to the festival in performances in Magdeburg as a soloist with Aix for its production, directed by Katie the RIAS Kammerchor, Mozart’s Requiem Mitchell, of staged Bach cantatas entitled with the Ulster Orchestra, Beethoven’s Trauernacht with Raphaël Pichon and Choral Fantasy with the Philharmonia, Ensemble Pygmalion. alongside engagements in Vienna and Bratislava. A natural performer of modern music, Aoife created the role of Sophie Scholl in the world premiere of Sir ’ opera Valid for use until 1 September 2021 Kommilitonen! directed by David Pountney. For updated versions please contact She also performed the role of Mary [email protected] Crawford in the London premiere of Jonathan Dove’s opera Mansfield Park in May 2012 with Royal Academy Opera. With Camerata Ireland and pianist/conductor Barry Douglas, Aoife sang in the world premiere of Mark Anthony Turnage’s At Sixes and Sevens in July 2013. In April 2014, Aoife returned to sing with Camerata Ireland and

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