Paula Murrihy
Irish mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy studied at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama in Dublin and at the New England Conservatory in Boston. She was an Apprentice Singer at the Santa Fe Opera and also took part in the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program.

After being spotted at the Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition by Frankfurt Opera’s general director, she was invited to join the company. In Frankfurt her roles have included Annio (La clemenza di Tito), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Dido (Dido and Aeneas) and Carmen in a new production by Barrie Kosky. She made her Covent Garden debut as Tebaldo (Don Carlo), later returning as Mercédès (Carmen). She has also appeared as Annio at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse and as Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) for the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam and the Stuttgart Opera. Recent highlights of her career have been her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette), Ruggiero (Alcina) and Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) for the Santa Fe Opera and her Zurich Opera debut as Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro). She returned to Zurich in 2017/18 as Concepción (L’Heure espagnole) and the Mother (L’Enfant et les sortilèges). Other appearances in 2017/18 included her debut at the Teatro Real in Madrid as Frances, Countess of Essex in Britten’s Gloriana and her return to the Dutch National Opera as Sesto (La clemenza di Tito). Following her Salzburg Festival debut in Die Zauberflöte she will be singing Judith (Duke Bluebeard’s Castle) for the new Irish National Opera in Dublin, the Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos) for the Frankfurt Opera and Annio at the Met. As a concert artist Paula Murrihy has sung Handel’s Messiah with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Handel’s Solomon and Alexander’s Feast and Honegger’s Judith with the Dutch Radio Chamber Philharmonic and Bach’s St Matthew Passion with both the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. She made her BBC Proms debut in Haydn’s Paukenmesse. Plans include a tour of Europe with Teodor Currentzis and song recitals in London’s Wigmore Hall with the pianist Malcolm Martineau.

Robin Tritschler
begeistert Publikum und Kritiker mit seinen Auftritten. Als BBC Generation Artist verbindet ihn eine rege Zusammenarbeit mit den Orchestern der BBC, außerdem wirkte er bei den BBC Proms mit. Robin Tritschler konzertiert mit vielen renommierten Orchestern, darunter mit dem London Philharmonic Orchestra unter der Leitung von Yannick Nézet-Séguin bzw. Vladimir Jurowski, dem L’Orchestre National de Lyon unter Yutaka Sado, dem Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra unter Edo de Waart, dem Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra unter Philippe Herreweghe, den Moscow Virtuosi unter Vladimir Spivakov sowie dem BBC Philharmonic unter der Leitung von Juanjo Mena. Mit dem MTE Concert Orchestra führte Robin Tritschler C. Ph. E. Bachs „Johannes“-Passion mit dem Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra unter Kirill Karabits zum ersten Mal in England auf.

Zu seinen Opernrollen gehören Graf Almaviva („Der Barbier von Siviglia“), Nemorino („L’élisir d’amore“), Narraboth („Salome“), Ferrando („Così fan tutte“), Don Ottavio („Don Giovanni“) und Belmonte („Die Entführung aus dem Serail“). Vor kurzem debütierte er an der Royal Opera, Covent Garden in Alban Bergs „Wozzeck“. Robin Tritschler kreierte die Tenorpartien in Roger Waters’ „Ca ira“ und in Will Gregorys „Piccard in Space“. Er wirkte in Jonathan Harveys „Wagner Dream“ an der Welsh National Opera mit und war bei der Ruhrtriennale in John Cages „Europeras 1 & 2“ und Louis Andriessens „De Materie“ zu erleben.

Liederabende führten Robin Tritschler an namhafte Aufführungsorte wie die Kölner Philharmonie, das Concertgebouw Amsterdam, das Kennedy Center in Washington und die Londoner Wigmore Hall. Seine Diskographie umfasst inzwischen Aufnahmen von Benjamin Brittens „Winter Words“ mit Malcolm Martineau, Francis Poulencs „Complete Songs“ mit Graham Johnson, Lieder aus der Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs und eine CD mit Liedern von Benjamin Britten und Franz Schubert mit Iain Burnside.

Unter den Highlights in jüngster Zeit ist ein Auftritt bei den BBC Proms mit dem Halle Orchestra unter Sir Mark Elder und ein Schubert Recital in der Wigmore Hall mit Malcolm Martineau. In der Saison 2016 / 2017 ist er in Ludwig van Beethovens „Leonore“ mit dem Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks zu hören, im „Elias“ von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy sowie in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts „Requiem“ mit dem London Philharmonic Orchestra und gibt sein Debüt am Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires mit Andriessens „De Materie“.

Ben McAteer
is an alumnus of the National Opera Studio in London and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Before embarking on a musical career he studied Chemistry at the University of St Andrews.

​Recent operatic highlights include Schaunard La Bohème for Irish National Opera, Eisenstein Die Fledermaus and Marullo Rigoletto for Northern Ireland Opera, a concert performance of Die Tote Stadt as Frank & Fritz with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Earl of Mountararat in Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe at English National Opera, Count Almaviva in INO's production of Le Nozze di Figaro and Father Hansel & Gretel, which he also recently performed at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Ben sang the roles of Pangloss & Voltaire in Leonard Bernstein's Candide for West Green Opera and the Xi'an Symphony Orchestra. While in residence at Scottish Opera, he created the role of James in the world première of The Devil Inside, for which he won Outstanding Performance in Opera at the My Theatre Awards in Toronto. He also sang the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro and toured as Guglielmo in Cosí fan tutte and Pish-Tush in The Mikado.

Other notable roles include Falke Die Fledermaus and Goryanchikov From the House of the Dead for Welsh National Opera, Papageno The Magic Flute for Northern Ireland Opera, Astrologer/Abbot The Burning Fiery Furnace at Southrepps Music Festival, Sharpless Madama Butterfly at Opera Holland Park, Calchas La Belle Helène with Blackheath Opera and Mr Webb in the European première of Ned Rorem's Our Town.

​Ben has recorded the role of Jesus in Arthur Sullivan’s oratorio The Light of the World and Rupert Vernon in his operetta Haddon Hall, both with the BBC Concert Orchestra. He also features on a new CD of songs by the Irish composer Ina Boyle.