Tenor

Aaron O'Hare

Fledermaus

Biography

Irish tenor Aaron O’Hare transitioned from baritone in 2021, he recently made his Irish National Opera debut singing Fourth Jew in Strauss’s Salome, and also sang Spoletta in Puccini’s Tosca and Monsieur Triquet in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onégin, both for NI Opera. As a former Associate Artist with Welsh National Opera, he sang the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni on tour, Stárek in Janáček’s Jenůfa and March Hare/White Knight in Will Todd’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In 2021 he sang Schaunard in Puccini’s La bohème for NI Opera and performed in Michael Gallen’s opera Elsewhere at the Abbey Theatre Dublin.  

Aaron completed his BMus (Hons) degree at the University of Ulster and MMus at the Royal Northern College of Music, under the tutelage of Matthew Best. He won NI Opera’s Voice of 2015 competition, and is also a recipient of the BBC NI and Arts Council NI Young Musician’s Platform Award. Aaron joined Garsington Opera’s Alvarez Young Artist’s programme (2016) and was a member of the Opera Holland Park Young Artists (2018).  

Other appearances include: Chorus and cover Sciaronne in Puccini's Tosca, David in Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge, Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Buff in Mozart’s Der Schauspeildirektor (NI Opera), Dancaïre in Bizet’s Carmen (North West Opera), Chorus and Cover Marcello La bohéme (Nevill Holt Opera), Chorus and Cover Papageno in Mozart’s Magic Flute (NI Opera/Nevill Holt Opera), Demetrius in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, (RNCM), Schaunard La bohéème (Ulster Orchestra and NI Opera), and Dottore Grenvil in Verdi’s La traviata (Opera Holland Park). 

Fledermaus 2025.