Soprano

Rachel Croash

William Tell, Der Rosenkavalier

Biography

Dublin soprano Rachel Croash is an alumna of the Irish National Opera Studio. Roles for INO include Frasquita in Bizet’s Carmen, Andi in Hannah Peel’s Close, Clorinda in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, First Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Mademoiselle Silberklang in Mozart’s The Opera Director and Woman in Evangelia Rigaki’s This Hostel Life. Other roles include Marzelline in Beethoven’s Fidelio, Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohéme, Mabel in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance and Valencienne in Lehár’s The Merry Widow (Lyric Opera Productions), Mimí in La bohéme, Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Frasquita in Bizet’s Carmen (Cork Opera House), Elvira in Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (Blackwater Valley Opera Festival), Serafina in Donizetti’s Il campanello, Dew Fairy in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel and Annina in Verdi’s La traviata (Wexford Festival Opera ShortWorks), Mrs Coyle in Britten’s Owen Wingrave (Opera Collective Ireland), Susanna in Wolf-Ferrari’s Susanna’s Secret and Úna in Robert O’Dwyer’s Eithne (Opera Theatre Company), and Amore in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice (Festspiele Immling). Concert highlights include Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and performances with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, City of Dublin Chamber Orchestra, Great Music in Irish Houses and Music for Galway. Rachel has performed at Áras an Uachtaráin for The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins and has sung at the National Day of Commemoration Service at Collins Barracks.

May 2022