Ailish Tynan soprano trained at Trinity College and Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She was a Vilar Young Artist at the ROH, a BBC New Generation Artist, and in 2003 won the Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World.

Previously for ENO: Tigrane Radamisto.

Notable engagements elsewhere: Gretel Hänsel und Gretel (ROH, Scottish Opera, WNO); Erste Dame Die Zauberflöte, Berta Il barbiere di Siviglia, Madame Cortese Il viaggio a Reims, Madame Podtotshina’s Daughter The Nose (ROH); Mimì La bohème, Zemfira Aleko, Vixen The Cunning Little Vixen, Suor Angelica (Grange Park Opera); Papagena Die Zauberflöte (Teatro alla Scala, ROH); Despina Così fan tutte (Garsington Opera, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse); Héro Béatrice et Bénédict (Houston Grand Opera, Opéra Comique); Sophie Der Rosenkavalier, Nannetta Falstaff, Atalanta Xerxes (Royal Swedish Opera); and Miss Wordsworth Albert Herring (Opéra Comique, Opéra de Rouen). In the current season, highlights include Christine in the world premiere of Festen (ROH) and Berta Il barbiere di Siviglia (Glyndebourne).

Upcoming for ENO: The Turn of the Screw