Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition

Afternoon at the Opera ✨ Our captivating Afternoon at the opera will allow you to relax and experience incredible vocals from some new up-and-coming Irish Opera Singers 🎶 Plus, enjoy a delightful interval with wine and canapés on the lawn🍷 #kilruddery #VDISC #opera

Morning Cushion Concert ✨ Join us for a cozy, interactive performance designed especially for young audiences. 🙂 This cushion concert is a gentle, joyful way to start your day🎵 The cushion concert is aimed at ages 5-10 but younger siblings will love it too 🤗

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Veronica Dunne International Singing competition we are happy to announce the Summer Festival of Opera✨🎶 This day-long festival will be held in the fabulous Killruddery House and Gardens and has events that will be enjoyed by all ages🙂

Tomorrow is the big day✨ We are joined by Ava Dodd, soprano, Jade Phoenix, soprano with Mairéad Hurley, piano🎉 Ava Dodd has been announced as one of classic fm’s 2025 rising stars✨ Ava Dodd and Jade Phoenix were students of Mary Brennan, they perform in tribute to Mary❤️

We are happy to announce that Our Gala Dinner for Opera Lovers is back ❤️✨ Enjoy wine reception and dinner followed by entertainment from sopranos Ava Dodd and Jade Phoenix with piano by Mairéad Hurley🎶 Tickets are now available via our website vdiscompetition.com!

The finalists of the 11th Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition ✨ Congratulations to all the 65 competitors who took part in this year’s competition. Another big congratulations to our overall winner Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh 🎉 Photo Credits - Mark Stedman

It has been just over a week since the final of the 2025 competition and we are still processing all the amazing moments from the competition ✨ Here is a little look at the behind the scenes of this year’s competition, from the preliminary rounds all the way to the final 🎉

The Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition 2025 🎉 A big Congratulations to all the singers in the final last night 👏 The night was made even more special with Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina joining us in the National Concert Hall🎶

The Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition 2025 🎉 Congratulations to our 1st place winner Julia Muzycheko-Greenhalgh, who was also awarded the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Prize. What a fantastic and magical week we have had✨

A congratulations to all the prizewinners throughout the competition 👏 A big thank you to all the singers who competed during the week. It has been a joy to have you all with us in Dublin and hear so many fantastic voices from all over the world✨

What a magical night of Music 🎶 Congratulations to our 6 finalists who all performed fantastically tonight✨ Of course, a heartfelt congratulations to our 2025 Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition Winner Julia Muzychenko - Greenhalgh.

We are excited to welcome Liz Nolan to present the live final in the National Concert Hall this evening at 7:30pm. Paul Herriot will be broadcasting the final live on lyricfm with a live stream on National Symphony Orchestras YouTube. The links will be available from our bio.

We would like to say a massive thank you to our fantastic 2025 pianists, Julia Lynch and Florent Mourier, hard work, support, kindness and wonderful music making over the past 5 days ✨ You are both incredible 🙌👏

This year we welcome Richard Bonynge, who along with his wife, the late Joan Sutherland were great supporters of VDISC ✨ We’re happy to announce the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Prize, awarded to the best performance of a Mozart aria from any round of the competition🎉

Congratulations to the 6 singers who have made it through to the Final of the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition 🎉 A big thank you to all the singers who competed over the past couple of days. The standard this year has been outstanding ✨

Congratulations to the 12 singers who have made it through to the Semi-final of the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition 🎉 A big thank you to all the singers who competed over the past three days. The standard of the competition this year has been outstanding✨

A very warm welcome to this years competitors from the President of Griffith College Diarmuid Hegarty, Chairman of Friends of the Vocal Arts and Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition ✨ We are very excited for the week ahead 🙌

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition🎉 This competition has heard many wonderful voices from all over the world 🎶 We look forward to welcoming another group of fantastic singers to Dublin over the coming week 👏

This years finalists will be joined by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under the direction of Conductor Wyn Davies✨ This is a night not to be missed, Tuesday January 28th at 7:30pm 🙌 You can grab tickets for the final using the link in our bio🎉🎟️

Meet the Jury of the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition 2025 ✨ 🎵Tobias Hasan 🎵Suzanne Murphy 🎵David Lomeli Don’t forget to grab your tickets using the link in our bio 🎉