Anna Devin - Soprano (Irish)
Education
- Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House - September 2010-2012
- National Opera Studio – September 2009 – June 2010
- Opera Course at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London – M.Mus under Janice Chapman (2007-09)
- Young Associate Artist, Opera Theatre Company (OTC), Dublin (2004-07)
- B.A in Music Performance at Royal Irish Academy of Music - under Colette McGahon-Tosh (1st ) (2003-07)
Operatic Roles
Zerlina Mozart's Don Giovanni - Royal Opera House - Directed by Francesca Zambello, conducted by Constantinos Carydis
Lauretta Puccini's Gianni Schicci, Suor Genovieffa Puccini's Suor Angelica, Amante Puccini's Il Tabarro - Royal Opera House - Directed by Richard Jones, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano
Papagena Mozart’s Die Zauberflote - Royal Opera House - Directed by David McVicar, conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Sophie Massenet’s Werther (Cover) - Royal Opera House - Directed by Benoit Jacquot, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano
Marzelline Beethoven’s Fidelio (Cover) - Royal Opera House - Directed by Jurgen Flimm, conducted by Sir Mark Elder
2nd Niece Britten’s Peter Grimes -Royal Opera House - Directed by Willy Decker, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis
Dew Fairy Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel - Royal Opera House - Directed by Leiser and Caurier, conducted by Rory MacDonald
Gretel and Sandman Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel (Cover) - Royal Opera House - Directed by Leiser and Caurier, conducted by Rory MacDonald
Helena Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Garsington Opera (Cover) - Directed by Daniel Slater, conducted by Stuert Bedford
Governess Britten’s The Turn of the Screw - Britten Pears Young Artist Programme - Britten Theatre, Snape Maltings, UK - Directed by Neil Bartlett, conducted by Garry Walker
2nd Fairy/2nd woman Purcell’s The Fairy Queen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2009 and tour of Opera Comique, Paris, Théâtre de Caen and Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York 2010 - Directed by Jonathan Kent, conducted by William Christie, Laurence Cummings and Jonathan Cohen
Juno/Attendant/various roles Purcell's The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2009 (Cover) - same as above
The Anne who steals Sallinen’s The King Goes Forth to France - Guildhall School of Music and Drama - Directed by Martin Lloyd-Evans, conducted by Clive Timms
Rezia Gluck’s La Rencontre Imprevue - Guildhall School of Music and Drama - Directed by Stephen Medcalf, conducted by Nicholas Kok
Pauline Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne - GSMD - Directed by Martin Lloyd Evans, conducted by Clive Timms (Cover)
Virtue and Damigella Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea - Opera Theatre Company - Buxton Festival, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival and Tour of Ireland - Directed by Annilese Miskimmon, conducted by Christian Curnyn
Venus/Philidel Purcell’s King Arthur - Britten Pears Young Artist Programme - Conducted by Laurence Cummings
Plaint/Spring/Night Purcell’s Fairy Queen - Britten Pears Young Artist Programme - Conducted by Harry Bicket
Belinda Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas - Royal Irish Academy of Music
Operatic Scenes
Bianca Rossini's Bianca e il Falliero - JPYA Showcase at the ROH - Directed by Rodula Gaitanou, conducted by Paul Wynne Griffiths
Gilda Verdi’s Rigoletto and Musetta Puccini’s La Boheme – NOS Showcase - Directed by Oliver Mears, conducted by Andrew Greenwood
Governess Britten’s The Turn of the Screw - Opera North -Directed by Philida Lloyd and Jo Davies, conducted by Richard Farnes
Musetta Puccini’s La Boheme – masterclass with John Copley - Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
Stella Previn’s A Streetcar named Desire and Little Girl MacMillian’s Ines di Castro - NOS - Directed by Orpha Phelan, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury
Iphigenie Gluck’s Iphigenie en Aulide, Guilietta Bellini’s I Capuletti e I Montecchi - GSMD - Directed by Ashley Dean
Poppea Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea, Zerlina Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Sandmann Humperdink’s Hansel and Gretel and Bella Tippett’s Midsummer Marriage - Bridewell Theatre - Directed by Stephen Medcalf
Serpetta Mozart’s La Finta Gardinera and Adina Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore - GSMD - Directed by Martin Lloyd Evans
Suzanna Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro - Music for Galway Festival, presented by Opera Theatre Company
Governess Britten’s Turn of the Screw, Ilia Mozart’s Idomeneo, Pamina Mozart’s Die Zauberflote, Susanna Mozart’s La Nozze di Figaro, Cleopatra Handel’s Giulio Cesare - RIAM - Directed by Suzanne Murphy
Oratorio Performances and Festival Appearances
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and St. John’s Passion, B Minor Mass, Christmas Oratorio - Charpentier’s Messe di Minuit - Faure’s Requiem - Handel’s Messiah, Solomon, Israel in Egypt, L’allegro, Ode to Saint Cecilia, Dixit Dominus, The Choice of Hercules and Gloria - Haydn’s Little Organ Mass - Mendelssohn’s Elijah - Monteverdi’s Vespers - Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate, Missa Brevis in G, Vespers and Requiem - Orff’s Carmina Burana - Poulenc's Gloria - Purcell’s The Fairy Queen - Rossini’s Petit Messe Solonnelle - Rutter’s Requiem - Saint-Saen’s Christmas oratorio - Schubert’s Mass in G - Tippett’s Negro Spirituals - Vivaldi’s Gloria
Göttingen Handel Festival 08, conducted by Jörg Straube – London Handel Festival 08,09, conducted by Laurence Cummings - Brighton Early Music Festival 07, 09, conducted by John Hancorn - Wurtzburg Mozart Festival 06 - Cork Choral Festival - Aix-en-Provence Academy, conducted by William Christie
Recital and Opera Galas
Evening and Lunchtime Recitals
ROH Crush Room Recital – RTE Symphony Orchestra Summer Series - London Handel Festival - Concerts in the West – Radio 3 Early Music Show - John Field Room, Dublin - Mill Theatre, Dublin - Dublin Handel Festival - Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Snape Maltings - Farmleigh House, Dublin - Belfast Festival at Queens - Kilkenny Arts Fesival - Newry Arts Centre - Composers’ Choice Series Dublin - Marley Park House, Dublin – Music for Wexford – National Gallery of Ireland - Arts Club, Dover St. London - Chamber Music Series at RDS, Dublin – Chelsea Schubert Festival - London Song Festival
Opera Galas
Viennesse Opera Gala with Ulster Orchestra at Waterfront Belfast, conducted by Christopher Bell, Kilruddery House Garden Party, Carrick on Shannon Music Festival, Cappagh Children’s Hospital at National Concert Hall, Ulster Orchestra at Waterfront Belfast, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury, Downpatrick Opera Fringe with Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Barlow, Raymond Gubbay Northern Carols by Candlelight, conducted by Stuart Stratford
Awards and Competitions
2010 – Philip Crawshaw Memorial Prize for an outstanding overseas musician, ROSL
2009 - Maggie Teyte Prize and Miriam Licette Scholarship – Finalist at the Kathleen Ferrier Award – Independent Opera Postgraduate
Fellowship
2008 - Winner of Stuart Burrows International Voice Award - Wingate Scholarship - Independent Opera Scholarship -Winner of Great Elm Awards - Singer’s Prize at the Gerald Moore Awards
2007 - Arts Council of Ireland Award - Bank of Ireland Millennium Scholarship - Audience Prize, London Handel Singing Competition - RDS Music Bursary - Arts and Humanities Research Council Award - Merchant Taylors Guildhall Scholarship
2006 - Third Prize in the Great Elm Awards at the Wigmore Hall - Winner of Thelma King Award for Young Singers in Bath - Acton Travel Bursary at the RIAM, Dublin
Alumni
National Opera Studio 2009-10, Aix-en-Provence Academy 2008, Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2007-09, Opera Theatre Company Young Artist Programme 2004-07, Britten Pears Young Artist Programme 2005, 2006, 2009, Royal Irish Academy of Music 2002-07
