Carolyn Dobbin
Carrickfergus born, Northern Irish mezzo-soprano and Samling Foundation Scholar, Carolyn Dobbin, trained on the Opera Theatre Company Young Artist Programme in Dublin and at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
In opera, Carolyn Dobbin has worked with numerous companies including Irish National Opera, Dorset Opera Festival, English National Opera, Grange Park Opera, English Touring Opera, Northern Ireland Opera, Castleward Opera, Stadttheater Bern (Switzerland), Mid Wales Opera, Opera Della Luna, Opera Holland Park, Opera Theatre Company, The Opera Group, Raymond Gubbay Ltd and Welsh National Opera. Her repertoire includes Chloe All That Money Can Buy, the title role in Carmen, Alisa Lucia di Lammermoor, Miss Catchall Vera of Las Vegas, Bradamante Alcina, Teodata Flavio, Lisetta Il mondo della luna, Dorabella Così fan tutte, Dame Die Zauberflöte, Idamante Idomeneo, Nicklaus Les contes d’Hoffmann, Dido and First Witch Dido and Aeneas at the Barbican, Ottavia L’incorazione di Poppea, Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro, Irene Theodora, Concepcion L’heure espagnole, Orlofsky Die Fledermaus, Meg Page Falstaff, Maddalena Rigoletto, and Flora Bervoix La traviata.