Anna Helena Maclachlan

Anna-Helena MacLachlan is a mezzo-soprano from Westmeath. She is currently enrolled at Royal Academy Opera, studying with Susan Waters and Ingrid Surgenor.

Previously, she completed her BMus Vocal Performance degree at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, graduating with first-class honours. Anna-Helena was recently announced as one of this year’s Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Bursary recipients. Previously, she was also a recipient of the Veronica Dunne Bursary for Young Irish Singers. Last year, she was winner of the Young Opera Voice competition at Navan Festival, and prize winner in both the Glenarm Festival of Voice and Birr Festival of Music.

Previous opera roles include Nerone (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), Melissa (La Liberazione di Ruggiero), and Mrs.Herring (Albert Herring). Last season at Wexford, Anna-Helena performed the title role of Isabella in Wexford Factory’s production of L’Italiana in Algeri. She is delighted to return to the Factory for a second year.