About Adam
Irish countertenor Adam McDonagh is currently making his operatic role début as ‘Oberon’ in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Wexford Festival Opera.
He has also performed as Refugee (Flight), Ruggiero (Alcina), and Mopsa (The Fairy Queen) in opera scenes.
Adam won 2nd Prize in the Concours International Léopold Bellan in Paris. Closer to home, he won 1st Prize in the Joseph O’Mara Cup and reached the finals of the Dramatic Cup and Gervase Elwes Cup in Dublin Feis Ceoil.
As a member of the ‘Wexford Factory’ at Wexford Festival Opera, he received masterclasses with Joseph Calleja, Celine Byrne and Ernesto Palacio. At the Oxenfoord International Summer School, he received masterclasses from Malcolm Martineau, Dame Ann Murray, and John-Mark Ainsley.
He previously studied voice with countertenor Stephen Wallace at TU Dublin Conservatoire, and now currently studies with bass James Platt.
A Samling Artist, Adam recently completed training as a Young Artist répétiteur at the National Opera Studio, London. He has worked on opera productions for Irish National Opera, Buxton International Festival and Opera Collective Ireland. He has also accompanied masterclasses with Tara Erraught, Elīna Garanča, Ryan Speedo Green, Stuart Skelton and Ailish Tynan.
Adam graduated with a BMus (Performance) from DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, an MPhil in Music Studies from Cambridge University, and an MMus (Performance) in Répétiteur at TU Dublin Conservatoire supported by the inaugural Irish National Opera Répétiteur Scholarship.
