Kathleen Nic Dhiarmada

As a member of the Irish National Opera Young Artist Studio for their 22/23 season, Kathleen covered the roles of Norina in Don Pasquale and Fiordiligi in Cosí fan tutte. While studying at Royal Academy Opera under the tutelage of Kate Paterson, Raymond Connell and Ingrid Surgenor, Kathleen performed the roles of Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Other roles include Sour Dolcina in Suor Angelica (Wexford Festival Opera), Musetta in La bohème (Hampstead Garden Opera), Poppea in L’incoronazione di Poppea and Morgana in Alcina (Ensemble OrQuesta).

As an Alvarez Young Artist at Garsington Opera, Kathleen performed the role of Fiordiligi for their annual OperaFirst performance. Kathleen worked at Glyndebourne this summer where she was a Jerwood Young Artist, covering Papagena in Die Zauberflöte and singing in the chorus.

Kathleen was generously supported by the Carr-Gregory trust during her studies at Royal Academy Opera and is currently supported by the Irish Arts Council Agility Award. In March 2023 Kathleen won the Dramatic Cup at the Dublin Feis Ceoil which enabled her to travel to New York to study with James Smidt (Haus of Shmizzay) and Rachelle Jonck, both of whom she still works with.