Répétiteur

Adam McDonagh

Rusalka

Biography

Dublin-born Adam McDonagh is an award-winning pianist, conductor, and countertenor. Previous répétiteur experience includes productions of Gounod’s Faust, Puccini’s La bohème, Richard Strauss’ Salome, and Verdi’s La traviata for Irish National Opera, as well as Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor (Buxton International Festival), Handel’s Susanna (TU Dublin Conservatoire), Britten’s Owen Wingrave (Opera Collective Ireland), Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (Glasthule Opera), Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (Lismore Opera Festival), and Puccini’s Suor Angelica (Empyrean Ensemble). Upcoming engagements include chorus répétiteur for productions of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Puccini’s La fanciulla del West and Turandot (Opera Holland Park), Bellini’s Norma (INO), and performing at the West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival. Adam trained as a Young Artist at the National Opera Studio (NOS) in London, and is an alumnus of the INO Studio and the Georg Solti Accademia. He graduated with a BMus (Performance) from TU Dublin Conservatoire, MPhil in Music Studies from Cambridge University, and MMus (Performance) in Répétiteur at TU Dublin Conservatoire, supported by the inaugural INO Répétiteur Scholarship. As well as a Samling Artist, Adam is a regular art song 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 has recently conducted the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for RTÉ Lyric FM. He was also a member of the Wexford Festival Opera 2025 ‘Factory’ and made his role début as Oberon in Britten’s A (Little) Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

March 2026