Répétiteur

Adam McDonagh

Rusalka, Norma

Biography

Dublin-born Adam McDonagh is an award-winning pianist, conductor, and countertenor. Previous répétiteur experience includes productions of Bellini’s Norma, Bizet’s Carmen, Dvořak’s Rusalka, Gounod’s Faust, Puccini’s La bohème, Strauss’ Salome, Verdi’s La traviata (Irish National Opera), Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel (Opera North), Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor (Buxton International Festival), Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Puccini’s La fanciulla del West, Puccini’s Turandot and Will Todd’s Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Opera Holland Park), Britten’s Owen Wingrave and Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park (Opera Collective Ireland), Handel’s Susanna (DIT Conservatory), Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (Glasthule Opera), Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (Blackwater Valley Opera Festival), and Puccini’s Suor Angelica (Empyrean Ensemble). 

Adam trained at the National Opera Studio (NOS) in London, and is an alumnus of the INO Studio and the Georg Solti Accademia. He was awarded a BMus (Performance) from DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, MPhil in Music Studies from Cambridge University, and MMus (Performance) in Répétiteur at TU Dublin Conservatoire supported by the INO Répétiteur Scholarship. A Samling Artist, Adam is a regular recitalist in Ireland and the UK, and has accompanied masterclasses with Elīna Garanča, Ann Murray, David Butt Philip, Ryan Speedo Green and Stuart Skelton. 

Adam won the Feis Ceoil Orchestral Conducting competition in 2024, and recently conducted the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for a RTÉ lyric FM studio recording. He will be Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master for INO’s upcoming production of Puccini’s Turandot. He was also a member of the Wexford Festival Opera Factory in 2025 and made his role début as Oberon in Britten’s A (Little) Midsummer Night’s Dream.

October 2026