Irish Mezzo-Soprano Paula Murrihy enjoys a busy career working at the highest level in both Europe and the US. Previously a member of Oper Frankfurt’s acclaimed ensemble, her many roles in Frankfurt include Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Octavian in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, creating the role of Carmen in Barrie Kosky’s iconic production of Bizet’s opera, and most recently Dejanira in Handel’s Hercules.

Murrihy opened her 2025/26 season at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona as Fox in Barrie Kosky’s production of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen. Other opera highlights of the season include the roles of Ariane in Dukas’s Ariane et Barbe-Bleu at the Teatro Real, Madrid and Euryale in the world premiere of a newly commissioned opera Medusa at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, composed by Iain Bell and directed by the opera’s librettist Lydia Steier. This season’s concert highlights include Goffredo in Handel’s Rinaldo with The English Concert and Harry Bicket in London and on tour to China and South Korea, La Vierge Marie in Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev, and Handel’s Messiah with the Boston Baroque and Filippo Ciabatti.