Biography
Irish soprano Ava Dodd has been praised by critics for having a “golden voice”. She has performed in renowned opera houses and concert halls in Ireland and internationally.
Ava is a multiple prize winner. She is the recipient of the Yves Paternot Prize at Verbier Festival 2023, she was a dual prize winner in the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing competition 2022, the winner of the Boston District Round of the Met Opera Competition 2022 and the RDS Music Bursary Competition 2020.
Ava is delighted to be a Harewood Artist with English National Opera, where she has performed Adina in The Elixir of Love and Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro in the 2024/25 season. As an associate artist with The Mozartists, she recently performed the role of Sandrina in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiera in Cadogan Hall, London, and returned to Oper Frankfurt in March 2025, where she played Madeleine in Le Postillon de Lonjumeau. She will also perform Lauretta and Vierte Magd in Oper Heidenheim’s double bill of Gianni Schicchi/Elektra, and looks forward to the BBC Proms 2025, where she sings Aksinya/Convict in The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. Her roles next season include Micaela in Carmen in English National Opera, and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with Scottish Opera.
Other operatic highlights include: Tilburina in The Critic at Wexford Opera Festival, Fennimore in Le Lac D’Argent with Opera National de Lorraine, Rosina in The Barber of Seville with English National Opera, The High Priestess in Aida with Oper Frankfurt, Ann Truelove in The Rake’s Progress at Verbier Festival and Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, where she was the resident soloist in 2023.
In concert Ava has performed with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, and The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.
She released her Debut EP ‘GEMS’ with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Synnott in May 2024.