Doreen Curran mezzo

Doreen Curran was born in Derry and studied at the Dublin Institute of Technology College of Music with Anne Marie O’Sullivan where she obtained a 1st honours degree and gold medal. After finishing a postgraduate at the Royal Northern College of Music she went to study at the National Opera Studio, London.

In 1995 she was the winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland award in the Veronica Dunne International Competition, in 1997 she was a winner at the Bellini Festival in Sicily and was awarded the German Radio Prize at the Belvedere International singing competitioin in Vienna. In 1998 she was the winner of the RTE Irish Young Singer of the Future and the West Belfast Classical Bursary.

She has performed with the National Symphony and Concert Orchestra of Ireland, the Ulster Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

At the RNCM she sang the role of Meg in Verdi’s Falstaff and Polina in Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades. Doreen has sung the role of Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas for Lyric Opera Dublin at the National Concert Hall Dublin, Lismore County Waterford and Broomhill Opera, Zoe La Fiamma by Respighi, Wexford Festival, Lola Cavalleria Rusticana by Macagni, Mercedes Carmen by Bizet, Glyndebourne Touring Opera and for ATAO Opera Tenerife, Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart for Savoy Opera and Garsington Opera, Kate Pinkerton Madame Butterfly by Puccini for Opera Project, Kate Pirates of Penzance for ENO, Ciesca Gianni Schichi by Puccini and Second Lady Die Zauberflote by Mozart for Opera Ireland. Most recent opera engagements include Clione Penelope by Faure, Wexford Festival Opera and Ernestina L’occassione fa il Ladro by Rossini in the Wexford Opera scenes,, Ottavia L’incornazione di Poppea by Monteverdi, OTC.

Future engagements include Dorabella Cosi fan Tutte, Holland Park and a reprise of the role of Ottavia for Buxton and Aldeburgh Festivals.