Soprano
Deirdre Higgins
Music, Magic & Mischief, Madama ButterflyBiography
Soprano Deirdre Higgins was a member of the Irish National Opera Studio from 2023–2025. For INO, she performed Giannetta in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème at the production’s dress rehearsal, and she also covered Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust and Rosalinde in Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus. Deirdre has also worked with Wexford Festival Opera, making her debut at the 2024 festival as Eileen O’Doherty in Alberto Caruso’s Lady Gregory in America. Deirdre won the coveted Bernadette Greevy Bursary in 2024, the Gervase Elwes Memorial Cup at the 2023 Feis Ceoil, and the Birr Lions Club Bursary at Birr Festival of Music in 2023. A keen recitalist and concert performer, Deirdre has given recitals as part of the Stanford Festival 2024 and Boyle Arts Festival 2023. Following success at the Feis Ceoil, she was invited to perform a series of recitals at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris. She was also honoured to be invited to sing at Dame Anne Murray’s Lifetime Achievement Award Gala Concert at the National Concert Hall. Deirdre made her concert debut with the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland as a soloist as a part of the 2024 Summer Lunchtime Concert series. She returned to the National Concert Hall in February 2025 for the Valentine’s Day Opera Gala as part of Celebrating the Voice, where she performed duets with acclaimed mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught.
October 2025.