Claudia Boyle (1983) – soprano – Ireland

IVC 2010 – Winner of the Opera Prize € 5000 – ex aequo: Miriam Deanesse Clark (1980)
IVC 2010 – Winner of the Young Person’s Prize € 500

Education: Masters course Royal Irish Academy of Music with first class honours. Studies with Suzanne Murphy, Mary Brennan and Mairead Hurley. Selected for Young Singer’s Project 2010 Salzburg Opera Festival. Prizes: 3rd Prize in operetta section at Belvédère International Singing Competition in Vienna. Repertory: Violetta La Traviata, Fenena Nabucco (Verdi), Micaëla and Frasquita Carmen (Bizet), Adina L’Elisir d’Amore (Donizetti), Musetta La Bohème (Puccini), Donna Elvira Don Giovanni, Barbarina Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart).
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Final with piano – 25 Sep

Lulu’s Lied (Lulu) – Alban Berg 1885 – 1935
Non mi dir bell’ idol mio (Don Giovanni) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791
Befreit – Richard Strauss 1864 – 1949

Final with The Brabant Philharmonic Orchestra – 26 Sep

Ch’il bel sogno di Doretta (La Rondine) – Giacomo Puccini 1858 – 1924
Je suis Titania la blonde (Mignon) – Ambroise Thomas 1811 – 1896