Paula Murrihy
Mezzo-soprano
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Paula Murrihy was a member of the Ensemble from 2009 – 2017. She returned in 2023 for a recital and to sing Dejanira in Barrie Kosky's production of Handel's Hercules, which she thrilled audiences with at the Komische Oper in Berlin and will be singing it again at Covent Garden in London. Now she's back as Gismonda in this new production of Handel's Ottone. Recent engagements included Euryale in Medusa at the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie in Brussels, the lead role in Dukas' Ariane et Barbe-Bleue at the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Fox inThe Cunning Little Vixen at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, where she made her debut in 2021 singing the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos. Her many triumphs in Frankfurt included Fauré's Pénélope, Carmen, Dido and L'Orontea (get the CD! OehmsClassics), Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) Dorabella (Così fan tutte), the Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel) and Polinessa (Radamisto). Other recent engagements included Prince Charming in Cendrillon at the Opéra de Paris, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at Santa Fe Opera, the title role in Ariodante in a concert performance, broadcast live, at Covent Garden, Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice with Opera North and Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette at the Met in New York. She also appeared in recital with Malcolm Martineau in the Wigmore Hall and her first solo album, I will walk with my love (Orchid Classics), with Tanya Blaich, was released in 2020.
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