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John Molloy
Madama Butterfly, The Bartered BrideBiography
John Molloy studied at TU Dublin Conservatoire, the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and the National Opera Studio in London. His roles for Irish National Opera include Older Man in the European premiere of Emma O’Halloran and Mark O’Halloran’s Trade, Arthur in Peter Maxwell Davies’s The Lighthouse, Colline in Puccini’s La bohème, Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca, Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Antonio in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Roles for Opera Theatre Company include Sparafucile in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Trinity Moses in Weill’s Mahagonny, the title role in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, and Zuniga in Bizet’s Carmen. Other roles include Alidoro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Scottish Opera), Guccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (Royal Opera House, London), Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni (English National Opera), Arthur in Peter Maxwell Davies’s The Lighthouse and the title role in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Nationale Reisopera, Netherlands), Le Commandeur in Thomas’s La cour de Célimène (Wexford Festival Opera), Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca, Luka in Walton’s The Bear, Banco in Verdi’s Macbeth and Dulcamara in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (OTC and NI Opera), Raimondo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Holland Park), Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni , Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte , Bonze in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (Lyric Opera Productions), Snug in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opera Ireland) and Henry Kissinger in John Adams’s Nixon in China (Wide Open Opera).
October 2025.