Tara Erraught
The Bavarian Government in Germany has honoured Ravensdale singer Tara Erraught for her contribution to the arts in the region.
The mezzo-soprano has been living in Bavaria for a number of years and earned widespread international acclaim for appearances in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortileges and Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi.
Now the former Dun Lughaidh student has had the prestigious Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum bestowed on her. This is the 13th year of the awards, which are given out for outstanding contribution to science and the arts.
The 26-year-old is only the fifth musician to receive this honour since the award’s inception and the youngest to have earned it.
The award comes on the tails of Tara’s successful debut North American recital tour.
Upcoming performances include a world premiere, and three role debuts amongst other engagements. In late spring/early summer 2013, Tara Erraught sings Nicklausse/The Muse (role debut) in Offenbach’s Le Contes d’Hoffmann with the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, followed by a recital at Nymphenburg Sommer in celebration of the festival’s 10th anniversary.
Fall 2013/winter 2014 performances include creating the role of Kitty in the world premiere of Iain Bell’s A Harlot’s Progress at Theater an der Wien; and with Bayerische Staatsoper, she reprises her role as Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel, and as Angelina in Rosssini’s La Cenerentola.
Also in Munich, Tara makes her role debut as Sesto in Mozart’s La Clemenza de Tito. In spring 2014, she returns to the UK and the Glyndebourne Festival, in yet another role debut. Summer engagements include the Bayerische Staatsoper’s productions of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten and the second set of performances of La Clemanza Di Tito.
Future performances include Ms. Erraught’s debut at the BBC Proms, a second North American recital tour, and stage debuts at the Washington National Opera and San Francisco Opera.
Tara – who is a past pupil of Geraldine McGee on the Dublin Road – graduated from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin before going on to become a member of the opera studio at the Bayerische Stattsoper in 2008.
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