Irish Soprano and RTÉ lyric fm presenter Claudia Boyle has secured her stellar international profile in recent seasons through highly-acclaimed performances in Paris, London and Wales.
Claudia has won both the First Prize and the Critics Award at 'The Maria Calla Competition' in Verona where the Callas Estate presented her with the miraculous medal once owned and worn by the legendary singer. She was chosen by esteemed film director Mike Leigh to star in his first ever venture for the operatic stage as the leading heroine Mabel in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance in London’s Coliseum.
Recent career highlights have included singing the role of Dede in Bernstein’s A Quiet Place conducted by Kent Nagano and directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski and the role of Silvia de Avila in Thomas Adés' The Exterminating Angel for Opéra National de Paris, Cunegonde Candide for Welsh National Opera, Sophie Der Rosenkavalier for Irish National Opera, Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and Komische Oper Berlin, Alice Alice’s Adventures Underground at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden under Thomas Adès, Adina L’elisir d’amore at Semperoper Dresden and Den Norske Opera, Leila The Pearl Fishers for English National Opera and Tytania A Midsummer Night’s Dream conducted by James Conlon at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
She created the role of May-Shan in Christian Jost’s opera Rote Laterne under Alain Altinoglu for Opernhaus Zürich. Claudia performed with the New York Philharmonic at the Metropolitan Opera’s Lincoln Centre, singing the role of Cecily Cardew in Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest.
Her blossoming concert career has taken her further afield to Tokyo, Sao Paolo and Ankara. She has appeared at the Salzburger Festspiele in Cherubini’s Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn under Riccardo Muti and with NHK Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No.8 under Paavo Järvi.
Future engagements include a role debut with The Ensemble Intercontemporain Paris, and a house debut singing the role of Silvia The Exterminating Angel for Grand Teatro del Liceu Barcelona. Claudia continues to share her love and enthusiasm for classical music on her weekend radio show Weekend Classics on RTÉ lyric fm.
Visit the Weekend Classics with Claudia Boyle page here