Soprano
Deirdre Higgins
L’elisir d’amoreBiography
Soprano Deirdre Higgins is a member of the Irish National Opera Studio since 2023. She performed Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème at the dress rehearsal in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. Her covers include Margeurite in Gounod’s Faust and Rosalinda in Strauss’ Fledermaus. Deirdre looks forward to performing her debut role with Irish National Opera this summer, where she will sing Giannetta in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore.
Deirdre has also worked with the esteemed Wexford Festival Opera. In the 2024 festival she debuted as Eileen O’Doherty in Alberto Caruso’s Lady Gregory in America.
A multi-award winner, Deirdre was the winner of the coveted Bernadette Greevy Bursary 2024, the Gervase Elwes Memorial Cup at the 2023 Feis Ceoil, and the Birr Lions Club Bursary at Birr Festival of Music 2023.
A keen recitalist and concert performer, Deirdre has given recitals as part of the Stanford Festival 2024 and Boyle Arts Festival 2023. Following her success in the Feis Ceoil, she was invited to perform a series of recitals at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris. She was honoured to be invited to sing at Dame Anne Murray’s Lifetime Achievement Award Gala Concert. Deirdre made her concert debut with the National Symphony Orchestra as a soloist as a part of their 2024 Summer Lunchtime Concert series in the National Concert Hall. She returned again to the National Concert Hall this February for the Valentine’s Opera Gala as part of Celebrating the Voice, where she performed duets with the acclaimed mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught.
April 2025