SOPRANO
Hailed as one of Ireland’s most exciting dramatic sopranos, Miriam Murphy began her studies under Dr Veronica Dunne in Dublin and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London. She is a multi-prize winner and was the first prize winner at the inaugural Seattle International Wagner Competition; she has subsequently returned to Seattle to perform in their acclaimed Ring Cycle.
Following Miriam’s sensational debut at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth for which she received unanimous critical acclaim, she has gone on to sing roles at some of the world’s top opera houses. She has sung with Opera National de Paris, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Seattle Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, ABAO Opera de Bilbao and Opera de Lille and The Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Miriam sang Isolde in the first Irish performance in 62 years of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde with the NSO and WOO in Dublin.
Miriam is delighted to return once more to sing with the KCU in her home town for this concert which has become an essential start to the Christmas season in Tralee.