Ailish Tynan SOPRANO

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 roles include Gretel Hänsel und Gretel at the Royal Opera House,Tigrane Radamisto for English National Opera, Papagena Die Zauberflöte at La Scala, Despina Così fan tutte at Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Héro Béatrice et Bénédict for Houston Grand Opera, Opéra Comique and the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg. Other highlights include Sophie Der Rosenkavalier, Nannetta Falstaff and Atalanta Xerxes for Royal Swedish Opera, Marzelline Fidelio at Covent Garden and Miss Wordsworth Albert Herring for Opéra Comique & Opéra de Rouen.

Recent concert work includes Gliere's Concerto for Coloratura Soprano with Bouremouth Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Verdi Requiem at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele and Martin's Golgotha at King's College Cambridge.

Biography

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Current Highlights

Reviews

"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."
Robert Hugill, Opera Today - Madame Cortese Il viaggio a Reims, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

"Irish soprano Ailish Tynan sang the fiendishly difficult wordless solo part with astonishing facility and - most importantly - with a coquettish twinkle in her eye...but with Tynan's wit and charm it brought the house down."
Stephen Pritchard, The Guardian - Glière's Concerto for Coloratura Soprano, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, cond. Kirill Karabits, BBC Proms 2011

"Appearing as a last minute stand-in, Ailish Tynan's Despina followed the best of traditions: vivacious, impertinent, with a skilfull and flexible voice, and a character portrayal full of humour."
Robert Pénavayre, Classics Toulouse - Despina Così fan tutte, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse

"As for Ailish Tynan's Gretel, it was a revelation: an accomplished student soubrette just a few years ago, her soprano is now a full-bodied, mature instrument with a silvery edge that carried with ease over the orchestra."
Erica Jeal, Opera Magazine - Gretel Hänsel und Gretel, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden