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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
RTE NSO Opera Gala, Recital Debuts, New Role All Part of Mezzo-Soprano Tara Erraught’s
2015 Summer and Fall
Upcoming Performances Include Opera Gala with RTE National Symphony Orchestra Recital Debuts at Wexford Festival, Celebrity Series of Boston, and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall, New Production of Rouders’ Selma Jezkova and More |
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Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught, fresh from her successful US Opera debut as Angelina in Washington National Opera’s season closing production of Rossini’s Cinderella, returns home to Ireland to perform in a special gala evening with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra at Dublin’s National Concert Hall on June 5, 2015. Ms. Erraught will sing works by some of her favorite composers, as well as arias that she has never sung in public before. More on this special evening and Tara’s career can be heard in advance on RTE’s Nationwide’s television interview with her by host Mary Kennedy at http://www.rte.ie/news/player/nationwide/2015/0525/ and in interviews with presenter Liz Nolan of Lyric FM at http://bit.ly/1HEzXGAÂ (a longer version of this interview will also run on A World Of Song, Sunday, May 31 at 7pm on @rtelyricfm), and with presenter Gerry Kelly of Late Lunch on LMFM Radio at 2 pm on Tuesday, June 2 at http://www.lmfm.ie/On-Air/Late-Lunch.
Summer opera productions with Bayerische Staatsoper include Mozart’s Die Zauberflote; Janacek’s The Makropolous Affair; Strauss’s Die Schweigsame Frau, Op. 80, and Tara’s debut in the role of Kathy in a new production of Poul Rouders’ Selma Jezkova, a one act opera based on Lars von Trier’s film “Dancer in the Dark“. Additionally, scheduled for a June release this summer is the Opus Arte/Glyndebourne DVD and BLU-Ray formats of Der Rosankavalier, starring Ms. Erraught as Octavian.
Praised for her rich voice, expansive range and appealing stage presence, Irish-born mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught has been called “a true rising star” by the press. Ms. Erraught’s international stature has continued to grow since she stepped in on five-days’ notice learning the role of Romeo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 2011, her performance winning worldwide acclaim. In the seasons since, she has sung a world premiere, made numerous role debuts, and successfully toured North America twice. Recent performance highlights include: her American opera debut with the Washington National Opera in Cinderella; creating the role of Kitty in the world premiere of Iain Bell’s A Harlot’s Progress at the Theater an der Wien; role debuts as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the BBC Proms; Carlotta in Die Schweigsame Frau, Op. 80, Christa in The Makropulos Affair, Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Hansel in Hansel und Gretel with the Bayerische Staatsoper. With the Wiener Staatsoper she sang Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, as well as the premiere performances of a new production of La Cenerentola, earning accolades from the Frankfurter Allgemeine as the “New Queen of Belcanto”.
A native of Dundalk, Ireland, Tara Erraught has been a member of the opera studio at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich since 2008. In spring 2013, the Bavarian government bestowed upon Ms. Erraught the prestigious Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum in recognition for outstanding contribution to the arts. She is only the fifth musician, and the youngest recipient, to be honored with the annual award since its inception in 2000. In March of 2010 Ms. Erraught was the recipient of Dublin’s National Concert Hall’s Rising Star Award. Other honors include First Prize in the Jakub Pustina International Singing Competition in the Czech Republic, along with the Zdar nad Sazavou Audience Prize in 2008. In that same year she was awarded both the Houston Grand Opera Prize and the Washington National Opera Prize at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna. In 2007 Ms. Erraught won Dermott Troy Award for the Best Irish Singer. A graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, where she studied and continues to study with the acclaimed Royal Opera soprano Veronica Dunne, Ms. Erraught also has the privilege to expand her lieder and opera repertoire with famed German mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender in Munich.
2015 Summer and Fall Engagements JUNE 5 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra OPERA GALA National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor Works by Mozart, Nicolai, Berlioz, Balfe, Strauss, Bellini and Rossini Bayerische Staatsoper, MOZART Die Zauberflote (Zweite Dame) National Theater, Munich, Germany Dan Ettinger, conductor
JUNE 26, 27, 28 Munich Opernfestspiele (Bayerische Staatsoper) POUL ROUDERS Selma Jezkova (New Production) (Kathy) Alte Kongresshalle, Munich, Germany Director: Andreas Weirich
JULY 2 Bayerische Staatsoper, JANACEK The Makropulos Affair (Krista) National Theater, Munich, Germany Tomas Hanus, conductor
JULY 5, 9 Bayerische Staatsoper, STRAUSS Die Schweigsame Frau, Op. 80 (Carlotta) Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany Pedro Halffter, conductor
JULY 20 Festspiele Concert of Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra Academy Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
OCTOBER 10, 13, 16 Bayerische Staatsoper, ROSSINI Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina) Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany Francesco Angelico, conductor
OCTOBER 26 Wexford Festival, Recital, (festival debut) O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, Ireland
NOVEMBER 1 Recital, Dublin, Ireland TBA
NOVEMBER 4 Recital, Galway, Ireland, TBA
NOVEMBER 8 Wigmore Hall, Recital, London, UK Annual Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition Showcase
NOVEMBER 20, 22, 24 Bayerische Staatsoper, MOZART Cosi fan Tutte (Despina) Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany Constantin Trinks, conductor
DECEMBER 2 Recital, Celebrity Series of Boston (series debut) Longy’s Pickman Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DECEMBER 4 Recital, Carnegie Hall, Weill Hall (Salon Encores series debut) New York City, New York, USA
DECEMBER 22 Bayerische Staatsoper, HUMPERDINCK Hansel und Gretel (Hansel) Thomas Hanus, conductor
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“a tremendously appealing and charismatic singer, with a warm voice and a bright future.” – The Washington Post, 17 May 2015 “a beautifully formed mezzo-soprano voice” – The New York Times, 17 February 2014
“…vocally and dramatically her performance was flawless …” – Seen and Heard International.com, October 2013 |
