Irish soprano Hannah O’Brien is a recent alumna of the Royal Northern College of Music and was a Wexford Festival Factory Artist for the 2022/2023 seasons, where she received the 2023 Danone Young Outstanding Female Artist Award. This season, Hannah returns to Wexford to sing the role of Dhia (Geisha) in Mascagni's Iris.

Previously, Hannah debuted the role of Armgard in the UK’s first fully staged production of Offenbach's Die Rheinnixen with Gothic Opera, sang the titular role in a concert performance of Puccini's Suor Angelica in aid of Refuge, and sang the roles of Confidant and First Niece in Charles Villiers Stanford’s The Critic on the WFO mainstage.

Other recent roles include Cousin with Grange Park Opera (Madama Butterfly/Puccini), Female Chorus (Narrator) in British Youth Opera’s production of The Rape of Lucretia, Donna Elvira with Hurn Court Opera (Don Giovanni/Mozart), the roles of Tatiana (L’Aube Rouge/Camille Erlanger), Elvira (L'italiana in Algeri/Rossini), and Nella (Gianni Schicchi/Puccini) in Wexford Festival Opera’s 2023 season, Pamina (Die Zauberflöte/Mozart) with Clonter Opera and Mary Crawford (Mansfield Park/Dove) with RNCM Opera.

Hannah was recently awarded the Johann-Max-Böttcher Award (1st Prize) and Audience Award at the 25th Liedkunst im Schloss vor Husum, was a 2023 recipient of the Veronica Dunne Bursary for Young Irish Singers and was awarded the song prize at Northern Ireland Opera’s 2022 Glenarm Festival of Voice Competition.

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