Bernadette Greevy
Founder/Artistic Director
Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival

Born in Dublin, Ireland, Bernadette Greevy is recognised as on of the finest mezzo-sopranos of her time. With her unique rich voice she has performed on all five continents with considerable success.

At the beginning of her illustrious career, a USA recital given by her provoked the remark by Paul Hume, the music critic of the Washington Post, that she would undoubtedly become “one of the noble and beloved artists of our time”.

Her career has encompassed a wide variety of operatic roles such as Carmen by Bizet, Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlos, Dalila in Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila, Orfeo in Gluck’s opera Orfeo ed Euridice and Azucena in Verdi’s Il Trovatore.

She is particularly renowned as an interpreter of Gustav Mahler and performed all his vocal works in the nineties over a four year period in the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina to great critical acclaim.  Her published works include Handel, Berlioz, Elgar, Mahler, Hayden, Bach and Irish Art and Folk Songs.

In the late eighties, she was the first official cultural exchange from Ireland to China where she gave public recitals and masterclasses in three major Chinese cities. She was the first Artist in Residence of the Dublin Institute of Technology and Faculty of Applied Arts and founded the Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival in 2000.

Bernadette Greevy holds honorary doctorates from the National University of Ireland and Trinity College Dublin and the honour of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice was conferred on her by the Holy See.