Soprano

Laura Aherne

Biography

Soprano Laura Aherne is a Kildare native and graduate of the Royal College of Music, where she was the Joseph Clover Scholar, and the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Returning as an INO Studio Artist, this season she will cover Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen. Previous covers for INO include Vixen in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen and First Wood Nymph in Dvořák’s Rusalka.  

As a Wexford Factory Artist from 2024-2025, she sang the roles of Nedda in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Adina in Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, Corinna in Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims and Tytania in Britten’s A Little Midsummer Night’s Dream. In 2024 Laura was awarded the Danone Award for Young Outstanding Female Artist. Her other awards include the Canto al Serchio Award at the Birr Festival of Music and the Brackaville Bursary for Vocal Students by Irish Heritage UK. She has also competed in competitions such as the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition.  

Her opera credits include Tweedledee in Will Todd’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Opera Collective Ireland), Maria in the work premiere of Jasmine Morris’ Church on the Blood (RCM) and The Lost Girl in the premiere of Connie Harris’ The Drifterman (RCM). 

Laura has performed in venues and festivals across Ireland and the UK including the Wigmore Hall, the National Opera House (Ireland), the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, McGovern Park, and the Irish Embassy in London. 2026 will see her make her role debut as Maria Bertram in Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park with Opera Collective Ireland. 

September 2026