Gavan Ring
Tenor
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March sees Gavan at the Irish National Opera to sing Steuermann in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, in a new production by Rachael Hewer.
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Gavan returns to La Monnaie to sing Gustav Adolph Ekdahl in Fanny and Alexander by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson, based on Ingmar Bergman’s semi-autobiographical film, with performances from 1 to...
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On 16 May Gavan Ring is excited to take part in the world premiere of Stephen McNeff’s The Celestial Stranger with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at Hoddinott Hall,...
MORE“Gavan Ring's performance as Azim was a consistent treat, his lyric tenor carrying a potent ring”
Gavan read Education and Music at St Patrick’s College, Dublin and after post-graduate studies at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, trained at the National Opera Studio in London. He was a Jerwood Young Artist at the 2012 Glyndebourne Festival Opera and second prize winner at the 2013 Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition.
Highlights
- Gustav Adolph Ekdahl, world premiere of Fanny and Alexander by Mikael Karlsson – La Monnaie
- Bach Evangelist St Matthew Passion – RTÉ Radio, Dublin
- Steuermann Der fliegende Holländer – Irish National Opera
- Ferrando Così fan tutte – Garsington Opera
- First Armed Man The Magic Flute – English National Opera
- Stephen McNeff The Celestial Stranger for tenor and orchestra – BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Biography
Gavan transitioned from baritone to tenor in 2020 and quickly made his debut at La Monnaie, Brussels in concert as Don Gasparo in Donizetti La Favorita; sang Jacquino Fidelio for Glyndebourne on Tour; Gastone La traviata for Opera North; Peter Maxwell Davies The Lighthouse for Irish National Opera and Ferrando Cosí fan tutte for Garsington Opera. Concerts include Evangelist St Matthew Passion and a New Year’s Day concert with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra; a new commission by Stephen McNeff The Celestial Stranger for tenor and orchestra with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and Handel Messiah in Monte Carlo.
More recent and future opera appearances include his ENO debut singing First Armed Man in The Magic Flute; returning to La Monnaie for Cecil Bastarda in a new production based on the Donizetti trilogy and Gustav Adolph Ekdahl in Fanny and Alexander by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson; his debut at Glyndebourne Festival as tenor singing the First Commissioner and covering the Chevalier de la Force in Poulenc Dialogues des Carmélites and Steurmann Der fliegende Holländer for Irish National Opera.
Previous tenor appearances in his native Ireland have included White King in Barry Alice’s Adventures Under Ground for Irish National Opera; Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance at Cork Opera House as well as La bohème, Così fan tutte and La traviata; Juan in Massenet Don Quichotte and Azim in Stanford The Veiled Prophet for Wexford Festival Opera; and several appearances on RTÉ Radio singing repertoire including arias from Eugene Onegin (Lensky), La traviata (Alfredo), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Belmonte) and Macbeth (Macduff).
Gavan is kindly supported by Howard Gatiss, the Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, the Skellig Six 18 Distillery, Andrew and Lucy Penny, Dominic and Corina Buckwell, Hugh and Adah Sachs-Simpson and Michael and Giancarla Alen-Buckley.
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