Owen Gilhooly plays the devious R with chilling precision
– one moment kind and loving, and the next a scheming monster.’
Through His Teeth - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Biography
Irish baritone Owen Gilhooly-Miles is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, National Opera Studio and the Verbier Festival Academy. He made his Royal Opera House debut singing Fauré Requiem for the Royal Ballet and in 2007 represented Ireland at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Owen is also a Professor of Singing at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
2022/23 includes the world Premiere of Morrígan at Cork Opera House, Johann Werther for Lyric Opera, Leuthold Guillaume Tell and Johann Werther for Irish National Opera as well as Scarpia (Cover) Tosca for Opera North.
His operatic performances include Robert in the world premiere of Luke Bedford’s Through His Teeth (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); Papageno Die Zauberflöte, Guglielmo Così fan tutte, Escamillo Carmen, Figaro The Barber of Seville, Dandini La Cenerentola, Marcello La bohème, Father Hansel and Gretel, and Don Fernando Fidelio (all for Opera Theatre Company); Emilio Il Cappello Di Paglia di Firenze, King Louis XVI The Ghosts of Versailles, Lord Salt The Golden Ticket, Elder Ott Susannah, Tooley The Mines of Sulphur, and Bob The Old Maid and the Thief (all for Wexford Festival Opera); Ivan in Rimsky Korsakov’s Kaschey the Immortal and Bailiff in Sibelius’ The Maiden in the Tower (Buxton International Festival); the title role Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena for Musikwerkstatt Wien; Malatesta Don Pasquale(English Touring Opera); Albert Werther (Les Azuriales); Eckbert Blond Eckbert and The General Seven Angels (The Opera Group); Capellio I Capuletti e I Montecchi (Grange Park Opera); Dr Falke Die Fledermaus, Schaunard La bohème (Scottish Opera); Count Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro and Figaro The Barber of Seville (Lismore Music Festival); Valentin Faust(Everyman Theatre, Cork); and Mandarin Turandot and Valentin Faust (Opera Ireland).
In concert, Owen has performed extensively with both national and international orchestras. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra performances include Berlioz L’enfance du Christ, The Bridegroom in Judith Weir’s The Vanishing Bridegroom and at the BBC Proms Bill Bobstay HMS Pinafore and Konečký Osud. Other appearances include Fauré Requiem (Ulster Orchestra and The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden); Mozart Requiem (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra); Carmina Burana(Royal Liverpool Philharmonic); Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony (Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra) Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Mendelssohn St Paul (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra); Haydn Harmoniemesse (Irish Chamber Orchestra); Handel Messiah (Irish Baroque Orchestra); and Verdi Requiem (Cork International Choral Festival).
Notable recordings include The Vanishing Bridegroom with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (NMC Recordings); The Aspern Papers with the Ulster Orchestra (Lyriata); James Joyce’s Musical Dublin with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra (RTÉ lyric fm); and Sunlight and Shadow with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (RTÉ lyric fm).
Steven Swales Artist Management represents Owen Gilhooly-Miles worldwide
Diary
2023
April 22 - May 14 2023
on Tour to Letterkenny, Navan, Galway, Limerick, Dundalk, Ennis, Cork, Waterford, Kilkenny, Dun Laoghaire
Irish National Opera
massenet: werther
Werther Paride Cataldo
Charlotte Niamh O’Sullivan
Albert Charles Rice
Sophie Sarah Shine
Le Bailli Wyn Pencarreg
Schmidt Eamonn Mulhall
Johann Owen Gilhooly-Miles
Conductor Philipp Pointner
Director Sophie Motley
Set & Costume Designer Sarah Bacon
Lighting Designer Sarah Jane Shiels
Assistant Director Chris Kelly
Language Coach Caroline Moreau
Tickets - INO Werther
February 2023
Schubert: Schwanengesang
Further Details TBC
January 21- April 1 2023
Opera North, Leeds UK
Puccini - Tosca
Scarpia (Cover) Owen Gilhooly-Miles
21, 28 (2.30pm) January; 3, 22, 25, 28 February; 2 March (Leeds)
9, 11 March (Lowry)
16, 18 March (Nottingham)
23, 25 March (Newcastle)
30 March, 1 April (Hull)
2022
November 08-12 2022
GAEITY THEATRE, DUBLIN
Irish National Opera
ROSSINI: WILLIAM TELL
Guillaume Tell Brett Polegato (8, 9 & 11 Nov)
Guillaume Tell Gyula Nagy (12 Nov)
Arnold Melcthal Jesús León (8 & 11 Nov)
Arnold Melcthal Konu Kim (9 & 12 Nov)
Mathilde Máire Flavin (8 & 12 Nov)
Mathilde Rachel Croash (9 & 11 Nov)
Jemmy Amy Ní Fhearraigh
Hedwige Imelda Drumm
Melcthal Senior / Walter Furst Lukas Jakobski
Gesler David Ireland
Leuthold Gyula Nagy (8, 9 & 11 Nov)
Leuthold Owen Gilhooly-Miles (12 Nov)
Ruodi Andrew Gavin
Rodolphe Patrick Hyland
Hunter Matthew Mannion
Dancers Stephanie Dufresne, Sophia Preidel, Laura Garcìa Aguilera, Jeanne Gumy
CREATIVE TEAM
Conductor Fergus Sheil
Director Julien Chavaz
Set Designer Jamie Vartan
Costume Designer Severine Besson
Lighting Designer Sinéad Wallace
Choreographer Nicole Morel
Chorus Director Elaine Kelly
Assistant Director Chris Kelly
Répétiteur Aoife O’Sullivan, Yvonne Collier
Irish National Opera Chorus
Irish National Opera Orchestra
September 30th- October 3rd
Hinterland:West
United Ireland Cultural Centre of San Francisco
Owen travels to San Francisco to facilitate two lectures by acclaimed writer and broadcaster, Myles Dungan, on the music of Percy French and music associated with Count John McCormack.
Baritone: Owen Gilhooly-Miles
Accompanist: Frederick Hodges
Spoken Word: Myles Dungan
20 August 2022 7:30pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Lyric Opera Ireland
Massenet - Werther
Eric Fennell Werther
Carolyn Holt Charlotte
Christopher Nairne Albert
Graeme Danby Le Balli
Ami Hewitt Sophie
Conor Prendiville Schmidt
Owen Gilhooly-Miles Johann
Alexandra Cravero Conductor
Vivian J Coates Director
Niall McKeever Scenographer
John Gallagher Lighting Designer
Massenet’s operatic masterpiece is the emotionally charged tale of hopeless passion and impossible love, told through a magnificent lyrical score. A gem of the French repertoire, this opera is rarely seen in Ireland, and is a Lyric Opera Premiere.
05 August 2022, 7pm
Castletown house
Casteltown House, Co. Kildare
Making an Entrance:
JOan O’ Malley and Owen Gilhooly-Miles
Joan O’ Malley Soprano
Owen Gilhooly-Miles - Baritone
Jillian Saunders - Piano
Enjoy an evening of enchantment and escapism with familiar favourites such as Send in the Clowns, Habanera, Anthem, I Could Have Danced All Night & many more……. An Enchanted Evening not to be missed….
Booking: Eventbrite
July 28, 30, 31
Cork Opera House
Morrígan
Cork Opera House and John O’Brien present
Morrígan
Music by John O’Brien
Libretto by Éadaoin O’Donoghue
Thursday, 28 July, 8pm
Saturday, 30 July, 8pm
Sunday, 31 July, 8pm
€27 & €30 (€15.00 conc.)
From Éadaoin O’Donoghue and John O’Brien, the writers of 'The Nightingale and the Rose' and 'Lilith', comes the new opera Morrígan - produced by Cork Opera House in association with The Everyman Theatre.
She is the Irish Goddess of death and fate. Her story is visceral and primal – one of a beautiful, natural love thwarted by society; of Deirdre and the Sons of Usna; and of a king corrupted by lust and revenge who drags his kingdom to its doom. Sweeping from the epic to the intimate, Morrígan contains dramatic scenes of blood and fire, soaring arias, tender duets, and large action packed ensembles with highly charged battle scenes.
Cast:
Kim Sheehan, Majella Cullagh, Jung Soo Yun, Julian Tovey, Joe Corbett, Simon Morgan, Viktor Priebe, Emma Nash, Justine Viani, Annie Gill, Gráinne Gillis, Ross Scanlon, Ben Thapa, Owen Gilhooly-Miles and Will Frost; and
Patrick Lynch, Patrick Nolan, Sarah Ryan, Gavin McEntee, Liv Amerie Gregorio and Karen Underwood
With the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra and Chorus.
Creative Team:
Conductor: Conor Palliser
Director: John O’Brien
Set Design: Alyson Cummins
Costume Design: Sinéad Cuthbert
Lighting Design: Stephen Dodd
Movement Director: Eddie Kay
Associate Director: Éadaoin O’Donoghue
Sound Design: Paul Ashe-Browne
Hair & Make-up Design: Maeve Readman
Associate Set Design: Pai Rathaya
Associate Costume Design: Lauren Murphy
Assistant Lighting Design: Ronan O'Shea
Funded by the Arts Council Opera Projects Award.
26 June 2022 11:00
Hinterland festival
Headfort House, Kells, Co. Meath
A morning with Percy French
OWEN GILHOOLY-MILES / NIALL KINSELLA / MYLES DUNGAN
Percy French began life as the son of an Anglo-Irish landlord shortly after the Great Famine, worked as an inspector of drains but ended his life far more beloved in Ireland than such a background would normally imply. In a career on the concert stage he wrote and sang a string of Irish classics, from ‘The Mountains of Mourne’ to ‘Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff’. He will be celebrated in song in a special event in the glorious Headfort House ballroom by baritone Owen Gilhooly-Miles, accompanied on piano by Niall Kinsella with a script written by Myles Dungan.
12 June 2022
Dublin City Choral Union
Schubert: Mass in G
St Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, Dublin 2
Soprano: Sylvia O’Brien
Tenor: Andrew Gavin
Baritone: Owen Gilhooly-Miles
Conductor: Duncan Brickenden
22 MAy 2022 20:00
Bray Choral Society
Orff: Carmina Burana
Holy Redeemer Church, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Soprano: Jade Phoenix
Tenor: Ross Scanlon
Baritone: Owen Gilhooly-Miles
Conductor: Frank Kelly
23 APRIL 2022 8PM
HANDEL: MESSIAH
Castletown House, Celbridge Co. Kildare
Soprano: Susie Gibbons
Mezzo: Sarah Richmond
Tenor: Andrew Gavin
Baritone: Owen Gilhooly-Miles
Conductor: Niall Kinsella
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/handels-messiah-tickets-2642676305972021
2 April 2022 8pm
Dungannon Choral Society
Celebration Concert
Deirdre Masterson
Kelli-Ann Masterson
Owen Gilhooly-Miles
Maria Mason - Violin
Paula Hughes - Cello
David Wray - Piano
The Burnavon Theatre - Cookstown
https://www.burnavon.com/whats-on/dungannon-choral-society/129402563?fbclid=IwAR1DdDynQcyHlubTFirJ8JN0KLTwMuHG8j9jaUuh4Tw1e_8RaPjL3m4tteIMarch 25/26 Berkeley Library, trinity College, dublin
March 2022
The Scorched Earth Trilogy - Brian Irvine
A Filmed Co-Production with Dumbworld & Irish National Opera
Cast includes:
Megan O’ Neill - Soprano
Doreen Curran - Mezzo Soprano
Eamonn Mulhall - Tenor
Brendan Collins - Baritone
Owen Gilhooly-Miles - Baritone
https://www.irishnationalopera.ie/whats-on/current-upcoming-productions/scorched-earth-trilogy
2021
ALL the angels
by Nick Drake
Everyman, Cork: 2nd – 4th November 2021
Smock Alley, Dublin: 20th November – 22nd December 2021
Dublin, 1742. A city emerging from a winter of famine and despair, looking towards the light.
The great composer Handel is the toast of the town, his masterpiece Messiah completed, the hall booked; but in his desperate attempt to put a company of singers together he must work with an untrained voice, the celebrated stage actress Susannah Cibber. Gradually, he is seduced by the quality of her performance and the truth of her expression.
Partly set in the original Smock Alley Theatre this joyous play tells the story of the world’s most popular choral work, from its fraught birth to its glorious outcome; a tale about the complicated, comedic business of putting on a show and the transformative power of music.
In co-production with Smock Alley Theatre.
Directed by: Lynne Parker
Cast: Brian Doherty, Ross Gaynor, Owen Gilhooly-Miles, Rebecca O’Mara, Megan O’Neill, Ross Scanlon
Musical Director: Hélène Montague
Music and Recording Supervisor: Cathal Synott
Set and Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Costume Design: Sorcha Ní Fhloinn
Sound Design: Fiona Sheil
Assistant Director (SEEDS): Dominic O’Brien
Assistant Designer (SEEDS): Pai Rathaya Treeratt
October 8th 2021, NCH, Dublin
Raise Our Voices
Tara Erraught - Mezzo Soprano
Dearbhla Collins - Piano
& Featuring
Anna Devin - Soprano
Mairead Buicke - Soprano
Robin Tritschler - Tenor
Gavan Ring - Tenor
Owen Gilhooly-Miles - Baritone
John Molloy - Bass
www.nch.ie
Voice Lessons
& Vocal health
Owen is a Professor of Singing at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin and as an experienced performer on the operatic and concert stage, brings this knowledge, experience and extensive repertoire to his teaching. From Oratorio, Opera, French Melodie, German Lied to English Song, Owen has spent many years exploring this repertoire through his own performance, as well as working with some of the best coaches and teachers in Ireland, the Uk and in Europe.
Teachers/Coaches have included: Jean Holmes, Graziella Sciutti, Margaret Kingsley, Russell Smythe, Barbara Bonney, David Pollard & Janice Chapman.
Being a singer requires great concentration and coordination, both vocally and physically, especially on the operatic stage. Emotional and Vocal Freedom are the cornerstones of Owen’s teaching. In recent years, he has developed an ongoing passion for Vocal Science and incorporates this in his lessons, where the anatomy of singing, the different muscles masses which enable the voice to function at it’s optimum are identified and applied to suitable repertoire. Relocating tension away from the larynx and connecting the body can be vocally transformative and freeing!
Owen tailors his lessons to suit each student he encounters. After many years of working with singers of all ages and voice types, he has learned that no two singers or voices are alike. It takes time to get to know the personality as well as the voice and to build the vocal technique, building on the students natural capabilities and developing the individual areas that need building to create a safely produced, supported and expressive sound.
Owen is also the Director of the Mid-West Vocal Academy and Music School in Co. Limerick and founded Kells Voice Studio in Co. Meath, where he now resides, in 2021.
His experience also extends to choral music and he is Musical Director of the award winning community choir, Aoide Voices.
Owen has worked with many students who have gone on to study on Masters courses and Young Artists Programmes in the Uk and Europe and continues to nurture the next generation of emerging talent in Ireland.
Owen runs a private practice with limited availability in Dublin, Meath and Limerick.
Contact: studio@owengilhooly.com
087 6282825
MEDIA
REVIEWS
The Aspern Papers / Michael Hurd / Nova Music Opera - George Vass / Ulster Orchestra
'Owen Gilhooly manages to make the unscrupulous Harry Jordan into a believable and indeed sympathetic character' Music Web International / CD of the Month / July 2015
Faust / Everyman Theatre - Cork Operatic Society / March 2015
'A wealth of duets, trios and quartets endorses the magic of the classic tradition, a genre well suited to Owen Gilhooly’s fine Valentin'
The Irish Times
Through his Teeth / Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre / World Premiere - April 2014
'Owen Gilhooly’s devilishly sexy car salesman'
Richard Morrison - The Times
'Owen Gilhooly, as the sociopathic R, manages apparently effortlessly to capture the smooth, convincing fraudster whilst allowing us glimpses of the undercurrents of fear and violence within him.'
Edward Lewis - Classical Source / www.classicalsource.com
'As R, baritone Owen Gilhooly, making his Royal Opera debut, looks the part and sounds it as well; his voice has all the requisite heft'
Colin Clarke - Seen and Heard International - www.seendandheardinternational.com
'Anna Devin as the deluded A, Owen Gilhooly as the mendacious R, and Victoria Simmonds , doubling as A's interviewer and her cannier sister, comprise the excellent cast.'
George Hall - The Guardian / www.theguardian.com
'Owen Gilhooly projects the dangerous charm of R'
Eleanor McFarlane - The Upcoming / www.theupcoming.co.uk
'it makes a compelling 55 minutes of theatre, with Anna Devin and Owen Gilhooly excellent in the main roles.'
Hugo Shirley - The Spectator www.thespectator.co.uk
As the enigmatic Robert, Owen Gilhooly has a solid grasp on his character’s rapidly-shifting moods and reflects them adeptly in his strong performance
Laura Peatman - A Younger Theatre www.ayoungertheatre.com
'Owen Gilhooly manages to combine sexual allure with fanaticism to chilling effect'
Keith McDonnell - What's on Stage www.whatsonstage.com
'Owen Gilhooly plays the devious R with chilling precision – one moment kind and loving, and the next a scheming monster. His opening scene (scene two of the work) is fairly high in the voice, and Gilhooly displays a full range of dynamics, even in this part of the voice. He very effectively plays the part of a man who is playing a part – something which is never easy.'
Levi White - Bachtrack www.bachtrack.com
Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze - Wexford Festival Opera / November 2013
'Owen Gilhooly made a strong impression as Emilio, managing to be both menacing and sympathetic at the same time'
Opera Today / www.operatoday.com/ November 2013
'Owen Gilhooly effectively captured the exaggerated macho attitude of the “big nose” Emilio'
Das Opernglas / www.operalively.com/ December 2013
Le Nozze di Figaro - Lismore Music Festival / August 2013
'The sharpest focus in this production was on Owen Gilhooly's Count Almaviva, really concentrated, scary and sympathetic at the same time, as goings on at his country retreat, Alma Aguas Frescas, spin out of control; his aria 'Verdro mentr'io sospiro' suddenly became a dark and telling pendant to the Countess's complaints'
Robert Thicknesse - Opera Now / www.rhinegold.co.uk/magazines/opera_now/ August 2013
'Owen Gilhooly was a fine Count, striking just the right balance of arrogance and foolishness and emerging as very human'
Brian Kellow - Opera News / www.operanews.com/ August 2013
Curlew River - Nova Music Opera / St. John's, Smith Square / August 2013
'the three main characters - Madwoman, Ferryman and Traveller - the three protagonists being quite magnificently sung by Mark Milhofer, Owen Gilhooly and Christopher Foster respectively.'
Robert Matthew Walker - Musical Opinion / www.musicalopinion.com / January 2014
'Owen Gilhooly’s Ferryman was just as fine – bracingly robust and almost denying the role its mythic status, thus making it all the stronger. From his heartless mimicking of the Madwoman’s keening to his astutely observed growing sympathy for her, Gilhooly’s performance had a vivid presence, with singing of unflagging perception and energy.'
Peter Reed - Classical Source / www.classicalsource.com / August 2013
Hagar in the Wilderness - Sally Beamish - Nova Music Opera / Presteigne Festival / August 2013
'and sung with stentorian power by Owen Gilhooly as the overbearing Abraham'
Hereford Times / www.herefordtimes.com / August 2013
'There was some fine singing.. Owen Gilhooly gave sterling support as Abraham'
Opera / www.opera.co.uk / November 2013
'baritone Owen Gilhooly also showed an excellent smooth technique and an ability to vary mood'
Opera Scotland / www.operascotland.org / November 2013
Carmen - Opera Theatre Company / May 2013
'From the entry of Escamillo in Act Two, however, a spark lights in the production. A pumped-up Owen Gilhooly, clearly enjoying himself immensely, delivers the famous 'Toreador Song' with infectious swagger – you can almost see his bullish self-confidence rubbing off instantly on the other performers'
Irish Theatre Magazine / www.irishtheatremagazine.ie / May 2013
The Maiden in the Tower / Kashchei the Immortal - Buxton Festival / July 2012
'The best singing comes from the baritone Owen Gilhooly as the Bailiff’s Son and as Ivan, the lover in “Kashchei.”'
The New York Times / www.nytimes.com / July 2012
'Kate Ladner was an affecting maiden in both works, Richard Berkeley-Steele reliable first as her lover then as Kashchei, and Owen Gilhooly impressive, respectively, as her captor and boyfriend.'
The Telegraph / www.thetelegraph.co.uk / July 2012
"The cast work hard in both pieces, hurling themselves at consistently challenging vocal writing... Owen Gilhooly turns effortlessly from the villain of the first opera to the hero of the second.'
The Guardian / www.guardian.co.uk / July 2012
'there is some engaging singing, notably from Kate Ladner’s Maiden and Princess, and Owen Gilhooly’s Bailiff and Ivan the Illustrious.'
The Times / www.thetimes.co.uk / July 2012
'Lawless has assembled an outstanding cast in terms of singing and characterisation. The Australian soprano Kate Ladner (Maiden/Princess) has a glorious voice. Richard Berkeley-Steele (Lover/Kashchkei), Owen Gilhooly (Bailiff’s son/Ivan) and Emma Selway (Governess/ Kashchei’s Daughter) manage their contrasting roles assuredly.'
The Arts Desk / www.artsdesk.com / July 2012
' ..and Owen Gilhooly properly unpleasant as the bullying brat. Gilhooly then swaps to being the heroic rescuer, Prince Ivan, in Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera, releasing the princess from the clutches of the evil wizard and his cold-hearted daughter with the help of the storm wind.'
The Stage / www.thestage.co.uk / July 2012
'The music is terrific – vintage mainstream Sibelius – superbly played as usual by the Northern Chamber Orchestra under Stuart Stratford, and very well sung, particularly by the maiden, Kate Ladner and the bailiff’s son, Owen Gilhooly.'
Notes from Middle England / www.notesfrommiddleengland.blogspot.co.uk / July 2012
'Gilhooly was very believable as the selfish bully.... and was suitably heroic as Ivan, unusually Rimsky Korsakov casts the hero as a baritone rather than a tenor.'
Planet Hugill Blogspot / www.hugill.blogspot.co.uk/ July 2012
'The performances in this production were simply marvellous across the board, the five main singers - Kate Ladner, Emma Selway, Richard Berkeley-Steele, Robert Poulton and Owen Gilhooly - equally strong, alive to the possibilities within these enhanced characters, giving them perfect expression in the singing and in the acting'
Opera Journal / www.filmjournal.net/ July 2012
'Irish singer Owen Gilhooly, whom I saw two years ago in Wexford and this year at Lismore Music festival had principal roles in both stories. A baddie in one and a hero in the other. He was magnificent in both.'
Munster Express/ www.munster-express.ie / August 2012
A Sea Symphony - Philharmonia Orchestra - Three Choirs Festival - July 2012
'...the nocturnal Largo (melliflously sung by Gilhooly)..'
Birmingham Post / www.birminghampost.net / July 2012
'Soloists Ailish Tynan and Owen Gilhooly rode the waves of this massive seascape with imposing confidence.'
Hereford Times/ www.herefordtimes.com / August 2012
The Magic Flute / Opera Theatre Company / November 2011 - February 2012
'While all three were always potential scene-stealers, the clear leader in this department is Owen Gilhooly as Papageno. Never straying into slapstick, always vividly inhabiting the opera’s most human and sympathetic character, Gilhooly matched his fine comic timing and presence with his customarily refined singing'
The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / November 2011
'there are several well-characterised interpretations, not least Owen Gilhooly's excellent Papageno'
Irish Independent / www.independent.ie/ November 2011
"Owen Gilhooly's bumptious bird-man is hugely engaging and strongly sung."
The Sunday Times / www.sundayindependent.co.uk / November 2011
'As the love-lorn bird-catcher Papageno, Tamino’s comic alter-ego, Limerick baritone Owen Gilhooly gave a charmingly enacted, solidly sung performance'
Irish Theatre Magazine / www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/ November 2011
'Owen Gilhooly is a splendidly voiced Papageno'
The Mail on Sunday / www.ani.ie / December 2011
'it is Owen Gilhooly who steals the show as Papageno. The adventure’s comic relief, Gilhooly manages to render the role as a solid character, rather than a simple archetype. He is, very clearly, the fool in this grand drama, but he’s also the most human of those involved. It’s Gilhooly more than his colleagues who manages to establish an emotional connection with the audience'
The Movieblog.com / www.themOvieblog.com / February 2012
The hilarious Papageno was played by Limerick man Owen Gilhooly. The baritone shone during the companies performance, his stage craft phenomenal and his voice controlled and exceedingly powerful, Gilhooly should be noted for his enthusiasm and dedication to his role.
Guide2Dublin / www.guide2dublin.com / February 2012
'Papageno (charmingly sung and acted by Owen Gilhooly) remains a fertile source of amusement, his yearning for a partner is made real and palpable, his contemplated suicide far from idle jesting.'
Opera Britannia / www.opera-britannia.com / February 2012
Frederick May: Sunlight and Shadow / National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland / Houlihan
' baritone Owen Gilhooly sings powerfully without ever losing vocal agility or precision on the standout Songs from Prison.'
The Journal of Music / www.journalofmusic.com / January 2012
'May's brooding Songs from Prison from 1941 impressed in Owen Gilhooly's intense rendition'
BBC Music Magazine / www.classical-music.com / February 2012
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AUDIOVISUAL
Repertoire
Opera
Ash: The Golden Ticket - Lord Salt
Beamish: Hagar in the Wilderness – Abraham
Bedford: Seven Angels – General
Bedford: Through his Teeth – Robert
Beethoven: Fidelio – Don Fernando
Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi – Capellio
Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur – Tooley
Bizet: Carmen – Dancaire/ Escamillo
Britten: Albert Herring - Mr. Gedge (Cover)
Britten: A Midsummer Nights Dream – Demetrius
Britten: Curlew River – Ferryman
Conti: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena – Don Chisciotte
Deazley: Bug Off!!! - Dreamweaver
Delius: Margo la Rouge – Le Poigne/Waiter
Donizetti: Don Pasquale – Malatesta
De Falla: Master Peter’s Puppet Show – Don Chisciotte
Floydd: Susannah – Elder Ott
Gounod: Faust – Valentin
Gounod: Faust – Faust
Heggie: Dead Man Walking – Owen Heart
Heggie: For a Look or a Touch – Manfred
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel – Peter
Hughes: Cocteau in the Underworld – Cocteau
Hurd: The Aspern Papers – Harry Jordan (Recording)
Janacek: Osud – Konechny
Lehar: The Merry Widow – Danilo
Massenet: Werther – Albert
Werther - Leuthold
McNeff: Pedro Paramo - Pedro Paramo (Workshop)
Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief – Bob
Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea – Mercury/Lictor
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte – Don Alfonso
Cosi fan tutte - Guglielmo
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro – Il Conte
Mozart: Die Zauberflote - Papageno
O’Brien: The Nightingale & The Rose - Sun
Morrígan - Fergus McRoth (Cover)
Puccini: La Boheme - Marcello/Schaunard
Puccini: Il Tabarro – Talpa
Puccini: Turandot – Mandarin
Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Sharpless/Registrar
Rimsky-Korsakov: Kaschey the Immortal – Ivan the Illustrious
Rigaki: AntiMidas/Bankers in Hades – Pluto
Rossini: La Cenerentola – Dandini
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Figaro
Rossini: L’occasione fa il ladro – Don Parmenione
Rota: Il Capello di paglia di Firenze – Emilio
Rushton: Trojan Trilogy – Philoctetes
Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella – Froila
Sibelius: The Maiden in the Tower – Bailiff
Strauss: Die Fledermaus – Dr Falke/Frank a
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos – Harlequin
Strauss: Die Schweigsame Frau - Der Barbiere (Cover)
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin – Lensky
Gilbert and Sullivan HMS Pinafore – Bill Bobstay
Turnage: The Silver Tassie – Corporal
Verdi: Rigoletto – Title Role
Rigoletto - Borsa
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde – Shepherd
Wallace: Maritana – Don Jose de Santarem
Weir: Blond Eckbert – Eckbert
Weir: The Vanishing Bridegroom – Bridegroom
Wolf Ferrari: Susanna’s Secret – Gill
Oratorio
Bach: Cantata nr 192
Cantata nr 78
St. John Passion
St. Matthew Passion
Beethoven: Mass in C
Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85.
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Delius: Sea Drift
Brahms: Requiem
Durufle: Requiem
Elgar: The Apostles
The Kingdom
Finzi: In Terra Pax Op 39
Handel: Messiah
Haydn: Maria Theresa Mass
Harmony Mass
Hindemith: When Lilacs last in the dooryard
Jenkins: The Armed Man
Kodaly: Missa Brevis
Mendelssohn: Elijah
St. Paul
Mozart: Requiem
Coronation Mass
Mass in C Minor
Orff: Carmina Burana
Powers: From Station Island
Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Rossini: Petite Messe Solonelle
Schutz: The Christmas Story
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Hodie
A Sea Symphony
Verdi: Requiem
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