Ava Dodd
Soprano
Irish Soprano Ava Dodd completed her bachelor’s degree at the Royal Irish Academy of Music where she studied with Professor Mary Brennan. She then went on to complete a master’s degree in the Royal College of Music, London, where she studied under the tutelage of Professor Janis Kelly. As a Karaviotis scholar and an Eva Klenitz scholar, she achieved a first-class honours grade in both degrees.
Highlights: Perdita in Ein Wintermärchen (Wexford Opera Festival); Yum-Yum in The Mikado (Lyric Opera Ireland); Anne Trulove Rake’s Progress (Verbier), Sonia in L’Aube rouge (Wexford Festival); Fenimore in Der Silbersee (Opéra national de Lorraine).
Competition success include being a prize-winner in the final of the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition in 2022. She was the Boston district winner of the winner of the Met Opera competition/ Laffont Competition. Ava was also awarded first prize in the International Grand Prix of Romania Trophaeum Artis Cantorum. Ava received first prize in the Northern Ireland Opera’s Glenarm Festival of Voice Competition, and was named the “Young Opera Voice of 2019”.
Career Highlights
Ava was a member of the ensemble in the Stadttheater Klagenfurt for the 2022/2023 season where she sang the roles of Waldvögleinin Siegfried, Oscar Un Ballo in Maschera, Mirjam in the world premiere of HIOB by Bernard Land and the soprano solo in Carmina Burana.
Competition success include being a prize-winner in the final of the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition in 2022. She was the Boston district winner of the winner of the Met Opera competition/ Laffont Competition. Ava was also awarded first prize in the International Grand Prix of Romania Trophaeum Artis Cantorum. Ava received first prize in the Northern Ireland Opera’s Glenarm Festival of Voice Competition, and was named the “Young Opera Voice of 2019”.
In 2022 Ava made her debuts with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTE Concert Orchestra, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (Die Nürnberger Symphoniker), The Carinthian Symphony Orchestra (Das Kärntner Sinfonieorchester) and the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Other operatic credits include performing the role of ‘Perdita’ in Ein Wintermärchen, Wexford Opera Festival, 2021 and the role of ‘Yum-Yum’ in The Mikado in her operetta debut with Lyric Opera Ireland. Ava was a young artist in the International Meistersinger Akademie (2022), The Wexford Factory (2020,2021) and in the Leeds Lieder Festival (2021).
Recent and future engagements include Anne Trulove Rake’s Progress in Verbier, Sonia L’Aube rouge for Wexford Festival, Fenimore Der Silbersee at the Opéra national de Lorraine.
Ava joined the Lies Askonas Fellowship Programme of Askonas Holt in 2023.
Last updated: 26th July 2023