Rory Musgrave

Rory Musgrave, a baritone from Connemara, recently made his European Operatic and role debut collaborating with with Maestro Sesto Quatrini in a new production of The Tales of Hofmann, singing the four roles of Lindorf, Dapertutto, Copélius and Miracle at the Lithuanian National Opera, Vilnius. Rory made his UK Operatic debut singing the title role of Eugene Onegin for Opera Holland Park, as part of their 2022 season. In 2019 he made his international operatic debut singing the role of Young Kelvin in the Asian premier of Solaris by Dai Fugikura (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Japan) and is set to return to Tokyo in 2024 to reprise this role. Rory recently complete his tenure as Associate Artist with the Cork Opera House where he sang the roles of Marcello/ La Boheme, Germont/ La Traviata and Guglielmo/Così fan Tutte (Cork Opera House).

Other recent opera engagements included; White Rabbit/Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland,Mayor of Youghal/Vagabones, Eumete/The Return of Ulysses, under the baton of Christian Curnyn and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Junius/The Rape of Lucretia (Opera Collective Ireland); Alonso, Re di Napoli/La Tempesta, Camilo/Ein Wintermarchen, Sextus/What Happened to Lucrece, Smirnoff/The Bear and Magnus/Herculanum, Gaby and various/Bernstein a la Carte, Le Podestat/Dr Miracle (Wexford Festival Opera); Taddeo/L’Italiana in Algeri, Belcore/L’Elisir d’Amore (Blackwater Valley Festival); Marcello/ La Boheme, Germont/ Schaunard /La Boheme, St. Brioche/The Merry Widow (Cork Operatic Society); Schaunard/La Boheme, Count Gil/Susanna's Secret (Opera Theatre Company); Schaunard/La Boheme, Baron Duphol/La Traviata (Lyric Opera Productions); Gabriel Conroy/James Joyce’s The Dead (Performance Corporation – World Premier); Second Soldier and Namaan/Salome (Northern Ireland Opera).

His solo oratorio performances include: St Matthew’s Passion by Bach, Handel’s Messiah, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Hayden’s Paukenmesse and Heiligemesse, Faure’s Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem.

He is a graduate from the Royal Irish Academy of Music, with a Masters in Vocal Performance. An OTC Opera Hub Emerging Artist with Opera Theatre Company (2014 – 2016), Rory was also awarded the PWC Emerging Artist Bursary and the Arnholm Bursary by Wexford Festival.