Carolyn Dobbin

In 23/24/25 carolyn sang the role of Cornelia in Giulio Cesare, the Bach B minor and Dvorak Stabat Mater both with the Ulster orchestra and jac Van Steen, Verdi Requiem in Sloan Square, a recital with Ruth McGinley, the role of Lena in La Ciociara by Marco Tutino for Wexford Festival Opera shown live on RTE, Opera Vision and ARTETV and la marquise de Berkenfield in La Fille du Regiment also for Wexford Festival Opera, Siegrune in Die Walküre as part of the Longborough Festival Operas Ring Cycle and the London Opera Company and two further CD recordings with Delphian records. One on female composers from Ulster and the other with Roderick Williams and Iain burnside on Charles Wood.

She will perform the roles of Mistress Quickly in Falstaff at Westgreen house, The Sorceress from Dido and Aeneas conducted by Christian Curnyn in Berlin, Irish collective and the AKAMUS Germany and Madam Larina in Eugene Onegin with NI opera, both Erda Siegried London Opera Comoany) and Ruth in Pirates of Penzance for English National opera (understudy) and she performed Mary in Der Fliegende Holländer with Grange Park Opera and Sir Bryn Terfel and again with Irish National Opera ( Fergus Sheil, Rachel Hewer) in 2025.

Other roles in 2025 include Mistress Quickly at the St Endellion Festival with Roderick Williams, Darren Jeffries, Peter Hoare, mark Padmore, Rachel Nichols, conducted by Paul Daniel and then she will perform a role at English National Opera in October in London with more details to follow….perform a BBC RADIO 3 recital at Glenarm festival, more details to follow and St Matthew’s Passion at the Royal Festival Hall.

In concert Carolyn Dobbin has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Philharmonia Orchestra; Mozart Requiem at London’s Royal Festival Hall and for RTVE Madrid; Beethoven 9th Symphony at the Barbican Hall, London; Classical Spectacular for Raymond Gubbay Ltd and Messiah, under the baton of Sir David Willcocks, both at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Further appearances include Janacek’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared at the Bath International Festival 2009 with Paul Nilon and Joanna MacGregor.

Carolyn Dobbin has collaborated in concert and opera performances with conductors including Richard Bonynge, Stephen Barlow, Nicholas Cleobury, Sir Richard Armstrong, Richard Egarr, Jane Glover, Paul Hillier, Ryan Wigglesworth, Simon Ible, Stephen Kovacevich, Sir Charles Mackerras, Takuo Yuasa Anthony Negas, Thomas Zehetmair, and appearances with the City of London Sinfonia, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ten Tors Chamber Orchestra, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis And the Ulster Orchestra.