Máire Flavin
Soprano
Dublin-born soprano Máire Flavin graduated with joint honours in Psychology and Music from Queen’s University, Belfast, before continuing her vocal studies at Royal Irish Academy of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Opera Course, and the National Opera Studio, London.
Máire Flavin | Donde lieta uscì | La bohème | December, 2021
Máire Flavin | Si, mi chiamano Mimi | La bohème | Puccini
Máire Flavin | Mimi | Donde lieta uscì | La bohème | Puccini
Máire Flavin | Vilja | Die lustige Witwe | Lehar
Máire Flavin | Vilja | The Merry Widow | Opera North
Her operatic engagements have included Contessa d’Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro (Salzburger Landestheater; Opera North; Irish National Opera); Bianca in the World Premiere of La Cucina (Wexford Festival Opera); Mathilde Guillaume Tell, Donna Anna Don Giovanni, Chrysothemis Elektra and Mimi La bohème (Irish National Opera); Violetta La Traviata, Anna Sørensen Silent Night, Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte, title role Alcina and Hanna Glawari The Merry Widow (Opera North); Mimi La bohème (Cork International Opera Series; Opera Theatre Company; Iford Arts Festival); Hannah in the World Premiere of The Second Violinist (Irish National Opera); Musetta La bohème (Lyric Opera Ireland); Zweite Dame Die Zauberflöte (Welsh National Opera); Nella and the covers of Suor Angelica and Giorgetta Il Trittico (Scottish Opera); the title role Agrippina (Northern Ireland Opera; Opera Collective Ireland); Emmy Perth Der Vampyr (Cork International Festival); Dido Dido and Aeneas (Théâtre des Champs Elysées & Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing); and Elena La donna del lago (Buxton International Festival).
On the concert platform she has performed Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, Berlioz Les Nuits d’été, and Viennese Gala Concerts (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra); Mahler’s 8th Symphony (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Royal Albert Hall); Hamilton Harty’s Children of Lir and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella (RTÉ Concert Orchestra); Mozart Requiem (Orchestra of Welsh National Opera; RTÉ Concert Orchestra; RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra); New Year’s Day Opera Gala with Atalla Ayan (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra); Once upon a Dream: Celebrating Disney (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra); and Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony (Deutsche Philharmonie) with conductors such as Mark Wigglesworth, Nathalie Stutzmann, Lothar Koenig, Jac van Steen, Alan Buribayev, John Wilson, Rumon Gamba, Jonathan Cohen, Jean-Claude Malgoire and Christoph Poppen. An avid recitalist, she reached the song prize final at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, and has appeared in recital with Simon Lepper, Gary Matthewman, and Nico de Villiers internationally.
Future projects include her debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Violetta La Traviata with Irish National Opera, and Stanford Requiem with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.