Suzanne Murphy is an Irish soprano. Born in

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...

, she sang with the

Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera (WNO) ( cy, Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru) is an opera company based in Cardiff, Wales; it gave its first performances in 1946. It began as a mainly amateur body and transformed into an all-professional ensemble by 1973. In its ...

and provided vocals for the soundtrack to the film '' Amadeus''. She is a founder-director of

Opera Collective Ireland Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libret ...

. , she teaches at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from County Limerick Irish operatic sopranos 20th-century Irish women singers {{Ireland-singer-stub