Trainees 2009/10

Sopranos
Elizabeth Llewellyn
Anna Devin
Madeleine Pierard
Meeta Raval

Mezzo-sopranos
Sara Gonzalez-Saavedra
Raquel Luis

Tenors
John Pierce
Nicky Spence

Baritones
Gerard Collett
Joa Helgesson

Bass
John Molloy

Repetiteurs
Marie-Elise Boyer
Cameron Burns
Jean-Paul Pruna

Sadhbh Dennedy soprano

Irish born soprano Sadhbh Dennedy began piano lessons at the age of six and singing lessons at the age of fourteen. She received a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Dublin Institute of Technology, where she studied singing with Mary Brennan.  She went on to study at the Royal College of Music with Lillian Watson, where she received a Postgraduate Diploma in Opera.

Roles include Pousette (cover), Manon, Scottish Opera, Serpetta La Finta Giardiniera, Royal College of Music; Lisette La Rondine, British Youth Opera; Vixen The Cunning Little Vixen, Royal College of Music; Anne Truelove The Rakes Progress, Royal College of Music;Micaela Carmen, Blackheath Halls; Adina L’Elisir D’amore, Opera South; Nausicaa Odysseus Unwound (Julian Grant), Tête-à-Tête Productions; Shepard Boy La Bohème, Lyric Opera; Elsie Maynard The Yeomen of the Guard, Rathgar and Rathmines Musicals.

Sadhbh has performed as a soloist in numerous concerts in Ireland, the U.K. and France.  These include Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, with the Sinclair Sinfonia, Handel’s Messiah, with the Solomon Choir and Orchestra, Monteverdi’s Vespers in Holy Trinity Church, with the London Baroque Sinfonia (Paul Spicer), Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang in Besançon Music Festival, France, with the Orchestra de Franche-Compé (Peter Csaba); Handel’s Messiah, with the Irish Concert Orchestra (Marion Doherty); and Handel’s Dixit Dominus in Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square (Paul Spicer).  She was the soloist in the commissioned world premier of Eilish Farrell’s Setanta, Dundalk, Ireland.  Radio performances include the Tonight with Vincent Brown Show, (Ireland), and In Tune, (UK).  Television performances include The Late Late Show, (Ireland).

Awards include the Miriam Licette Scholarship, awarded by the Music Benevolent Fund and the Music Lovers Cup, Feis Ceoil.

Sadhbh is generously supported by the Bank of Ireland Millennium Scholars Trust, the Travel and Training Award, from the Irish Arts Council, the Opperby Stokowski Award and the Nicholas John Trust.