Tenor
Dean Power
The First Child, Così fan tutteBiography
Irish tenor Dean Power is a former member of the ensemble at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and started his residency after graduating from the company’s Opera Studio at the end of the 2011-12 season. After nine years as an ensemble member, 2020-21 was his final season and he is now expanding his already growing career as an international solo guest artist. Recent and upcoming notable house debuts include Graf Elemer in Strauss’s Arabella (Zurich Opera House), Snout in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opéra de Lille) and Puccini’s Il Trittico (Salzburg Festival). In October 2021 he created the role of Gary in Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh’s The First Child at Dublin Theatre Festival (Landmark Productions/Irish National Opera). On the concert platform recent performances include Acis in Handel’s Acis and Galatea with Irish Baroque Orchestra, Bach’s St John Passion with the National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin, Ryba’s Stabat Mater with Prague Symphony Orchestra, his Portuguese concert debut in Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Orquestra Sinfonica Portuguesa. In his 2022-23 season Dean makes his company debut at the Teatro Real Madrid as Graf Elemer in Arabella, followed by his Salzburg Easter Festival debut as Heinrich der Schreiber in Wagner’s Tannhäuser and a return to the Bavarian State Opera as Third Jew in Strauss’s Salome.
May 2023