Irish soprano Anna Devin has gained recognition across the world for her work in the Baroque and Classical repertoire, particularly her interpretation of Handel’s heroines.
Highlights of 2025/26 include the role of Nicomede in Scarlatti’s Mitridate Eupatore with Vespres d’Arnadi in Barcelona and Madrid under Dani Espasa, Handel’s Messiah with Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Laurence Cummings, Schumann’s Das Paradis und die Peri with National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under Alexander Shelley, and the role of Angelica in Orlando with Longborough Festival Opera under Chris Moulds.
Anna’s successes on the opera stage include Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Nanetta in Falstaff, and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi for the Royal Opera House; Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia for English National Opera; Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare—“one of the finest London has heard” (Opera Magazine)—for Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Early Opera Company, and Kilkenny Arts Festival; La Bergère Louis XV and La Chauve-Souris in L'enfant et les sortilèges for La Scala; soprano soloist in Deborah Warner’s production of Messiah for Opéra National de Lyon; Michal in Saul for the Théâtre du Châtelet and Glyndebourne Festival; the title role in La Calisto in David Alden’s iconic production; and Celia in Lucio Silla in Madrid under Ivor Bolton.
Recent concert highlights include Haydn’s Paukenmesse with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski; Handel’s Messiah in Benjamin Appl’s conducting debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; a tour of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christian Curnyn; a programme at the Winter Chamber Music Festival with the Fidelio Trio; Mass in b minor on tour with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; the title role in Handel’s Rodelinda with the Moscow Philharmonic, conducted by Christopher Moulds; and a performance with the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya in a world premiere by Josep Maria Guix.