Rising opera star from Offaly to feature on RTÉ lyric fm as part of special programme
Deirdre Higgins will feature on the programme titled 'New Generation Voices' to mark the radio station's 27th anniversary on Friday
Offaly's Deirdre Higgins is set to feature on RTÉ lyric fm as part of special programme titled 'New Generation Voices' to mark the radio station's 27th anniversary on Friday.
The station selected Ireland’s most exciting emerging vocal talent earlier this year in association with The Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition.
Deirdre was one of the five singers chosen as ones to watch and earned the chance to record an aria with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under conductor Gavin Maloney.
Aside from Higgins, RTÉ lyric fm's New Generation Voices will also feature baritone Seán Boylan from Meath, tenor Patrick Hyland from Kildare, tenor Cathal McCabe from Dublin, tenor Seán Tester from Louth,
The recordings will be played across the RTÉ lyric fm schedule this Friday, May 1, starting early on Marty in the Morning and culminating on Lorcan Murray’s Classic Drive which will Include arias from Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Dvorak and Donizetti.
Deirdre will perform Song to the Moon by Dvorak on Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive as part of the special programme. She is a classically trained soprano and was a member of the Irish National Opera Studio from 2023-2025.
Her vast experience with INO included covering key roles such as Mimì in La Bohème (Puccini) and Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust and she has sung the role of Giannetta in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore.
Deirdre has also worked with the esteemed Wexford Festival Opera since 2022. In the 2024 festival, she debuted as Eileen O’Doherty in the premier of Alberto Caruso’s Lady Gregory in America.
Her participation in RTÉ lyric fm's New Generation Voices in association with The Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition is the latest achievement in a very accomplished career in music for the Offaly native.