ARTIST PROFILE:
Sharon Carty

Sharon Carty is an alumna of the RIAM Dublin, MDW Vienna, and Oper Frankfurt Opera Studio. Her opera repertoire roles such as Hänsel, Dido, Ruggiero, Dorabella, Cherubino, Ariodante, Orfeo (Gluck) and Sesto (Handel). Her concert repertoire includes all the principal works of J.S Bach as well as Messiah, Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, and a broad song repertoire in addition to numerous chamber music works. She is a dedicated song recitalist, most recently appearing in performances with Finghin Collins and Jonathan Ware.

Recent opera highlights include her Italian debut at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, where she premiered “Proserpine” by Silvia Colasanti, to critical acclaim, Dorabella with INO, and her critically acclaimed company debut with Blackwater Valley Opera Festival as Sesto in Handel’s Giulio Cesare under the baton of Nicholas McGegan.

The 2024/2025 season brings orchestral concerts with Wexford Festival Opera, the National Symphony Orchestra, chamber music in Ireland and Europe, and a role debut as Prince Orlwosky with INO. In 2025 she will be the next Artistic Director of Sligo Baroque Music Festival.

Her discography includes La Traviata on Naxos DVD with the NDR Radiophilharmonie alongside Thomas Hampson and Marina Rebeka, The Mountebanks (Gilbert/Cellier) on CD with the BBC Concert Orchestra/John Andrews, as well as Schubert with Jonathan Ware on the GENUIN label, and two discs of C.V.Stanford songs on the SOMM and Resonus labels.