David Ireland

Bass-baritone

David Ireland is a former ENO Harewood Artist and was a member of the National Opera Studio in London during 2016/17, having previously been on the Opera Course of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Previously for ENO: Figaro The Marriage of Figaro, Second Priest/Judge of the Dead The Mask of Orpheus, Doctor Bartolo The Barber of Seville, Colline La bohème, Second Priest/Second Armed Man/Speaker The Magic Flute

Career Highlights

Notable engagements elsewhere: Bottom A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opéra de Lausanne); Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival), Figaro Le nozze di Figaro (Garsington Opera; WNO), Quince A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opéra de Lille; Opera Carlo Felice Genoa), Leporello Don Giovanni (Garsington Opera; Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris).and Kecal The Bartered Bride (Garsington Opera).

Forthcoming: Bottom A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville), Don Magnifico La Cenerentola (Dijon), Cowboy 200 Motel (Geneva), Monterone Rigoletto (Strasbourg).

Nurturing talent

At ENO we are committed to nurturing talent for the future of opera.

Our Harewood Artists programme enables exceptionally talented British and British-trained singers, like David, to perform with a major opera company while receiving specialist coaching, support and guidance for 2-3 years.