Ailish Tynan

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Biography

Ailish Tynan trained at Trinity College, the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She was a Vilar Young Artist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a BBC New Generation Artist and won the Rosenblatt Recital Prize at the 2003 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.

Recent highlights include Mahler Symphony No. 4 with the Prague Symphony Orchestra under Jac van Steen; Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Myung-whun Chung; Bella in Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage at the BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davies and a series of recitals at the Vinterfestspill, Norway, with pianist Matti Hirvonen.

Operatic engagements include Gretel Hänsel und Gretel and Madame Cortese Il viaggio a Reims forthe Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Gretel Hansel & Gretel for Scottish Opera; Tigrane Radamisto for English National Opera; Papagena Die Zauberflöte at La Scala; Despina Così fan tutte at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse; Héro Béatrice et Bénédict for Houston Grand Opera, Opéra Comique and the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg.

Ailish Tynan is represented by SSArtists worldwide

Reviews

Handel Messiah / Academy of Ancient Music / Barbican Hall / 2014
“Superlative work from Ailish Tynan and Tim Mead… Particularly outstanding, however, were soprano Ailish Tynan and countertenor Tim Mead. Her ardour perfectly balanced his controlled, authoritative hauteur. The duet He Shall Feed His Flock, in which the soprano takes over the alto line and lifts it heavenwards, was breathtaking.”
(The Guardian)

Mahler Symphony No. 4 / Halle Orchestra / 2013
“Tynan found an unfailingly lovely tone which expressed a sense of wondrous joy, occasionally dropping into a hushed whisper. This made for a beautifully serene close to the symphony, the sound fading to nothing with fine control.”
(Bachtrack)

Madame Cortese / Il viaggio a Reims / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / 2012
“Tynan was on superb form, clearly enjoying herself and making a lovely contribution to all the ensembles, her opening solo displayed some of the finest singing of the evening and a lovely trill. As Madama Cortese (the owner of the inn) laments her inability to get travel to Rheims, Rossini again sends up the genre with an over-elaborate aria which Tynan relished.”
(Opera Today)