Sharon Carty is an alumna of the RIAM Dublin, MDW Vienna, and the Oper Frankfurt Young Artists programme. Her opera repertoire includes roles such as Sesto in Giulio Cesare, Hänsel, Dorabella, Dido, Piacere in Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Ariodante, and Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. She recently created the role of “Amy” in the world premiere of Donnacha Dennehy’s and Enda Walsh’s Fedora prize-winning opera “The Second Violinist”. In demand on the concert platform across Europe, her concert and oratorio repertoire includes most of the major works by W.A.Mozart, J.S.Bach, G.F.Handel, Elgar, Mendelssohn and Duruflé. She is also a dedicated recitalist, most recently appearing in recital with pianists Jonathan Ware, Finghin Collins and Graham Johnson. Recent opera highlights include London and Amsterdam opera debuts with The Second Violinist, her Oct 2018 Wexford Festival Opera debut as Lucy Talbot in the European première of William Bolcombe’s Dinner at eight, and creating the role of “Ceres” in the world premiere of Silvia Colasanti’s Proserpine at the 2019 Festival di Spoleto. Recordings include Gilbert & Cellier’s comic opera The Mountebanks with the BBC Concert Orchestra, and La Traviata on DVD with the NDR Radiophilhamonie alongside Thomas Hampson and Marina Rebeka. A disc of Schubert songs was released in May 2020 with pianist Jonathan Ware. www.sharoncarty.com