Celine Byrne

Celine Byrne, who won First Prize and gold medal at the Maria Callas International Grand Prix in Athens in 2007, is an INO Artistic Partner and made her company debut in the title role of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in 2019. Recent performances include Magda in Puccini’s La rondine (Minnesota Opera), Madama Butterfly (Staatstheater Kassel), Die Marschallin in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (Santiago), Marietta/ Marie in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt (RTÉ NSO), Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Israeli Opera), the title role in Puccini’s Tosca (Mikhailovsky Opera, St Petersburg), Liù in Puccini’s Turandot (Oper Leipzig and Deutsche Oper am Rhein), Elisabeth in Verdi’s Don Carlo (Deutsche Oper am Rhein) and Mimì in La bohème (Hamburg State Opera). She made her operatic debut as Mimì with Scottish Opera in 2010. She made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in Dvořák’s Rusalka in 2012, taking over the role at short notice. She returned to sing First Flower Maiden in Wagner’s Parsifal followed by Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen and was due to perform Liù in Turandot. Engagements lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic include her debut at the Opéra national de Paris, Mimì in La bohème) with Opera Hong Kong and concert appearances in Bangkok with Marcello Alvarez and several concerts with José Carreras, with whom she performs regularly. Future engagements include Liù in Turandot (Oper im Steinbruch at St Margarethen), Madama Butterfly (Bregenz Festival) and Micaëla in Carmen (INO).