Soprano

Caroline Behan

Madama Butterfly

Biography

Caroline, a native of Kill, Co. Kildare, is a member of Irish National Opera’s Company Chorus. She is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music, where she studied with Mary Brennan, Dearbhla Collins and Elizabeth Ritchie. Caroline has performed with Irish National Opera, Opera Collective Ireland, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and Lyric Opera Productions, along with performances across the UK and Europe. Her operatic roles include Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème, Humpty Dumpty/Dormouse in Will Todd’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Venus in Purcell’s King Arthur, Serpina in Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona, Giunone in Cavalli’s La Calisto and Damigella in Caccini’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola di Alcina. Concert Engagements include Soprano Soloist for the Manchester premiere of Bernstein’s Mass at Bridgewater Hall and the ‘Joyce in Music’ Recital for Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and The Princess Grace Irish Library Monaco. An experienced oratorio singer, Caroline’s repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s The Creation and Stanford’s Mass in G Major. In March 2024, Caroline won the Dramatic Cup and Quigley Awards at the Feis Ceoil. Other awards include the N.W. Award at RNCM, the ‘Canto al Serchio Award’ at the Trench Award Finals, 3rd Place in the RIAM Irené Sandford Award, the Gaiety Bursary and was inaugural winner of the Song Prize at Northern Ireland’s Glenarm Festival of Voice. 

October 2025