Dublin Soprano Rachel Croash was a finalist in the 9th Festspiele Immling International Singing Competition and was subsequently invited to perform Amore in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice as well as Gilda in selected scenes of Rigoletto in the Festival\’s Verdi Gala in 2017. Other roles include Valencienne The Merry Widow (Lyric Opera Productions), Elvira L’Italiana in Algeri (Blackwater Valley Opera Festival), Mademoiselle Silberklang Der Schauspieldirektor (Irish National Opera), Una Eithne (Opera Theatre Company), Mrs.Coyle Owen Wingrave (Opera Collective Ireland), Fiordiligi Così fan tutte (Lismore Opera Festival), Susanna Susanna’s Secret (Opera Theatre Company), Serafina Il Campanello, Reneé Koanga, Dew Fairy Hänsel and Gretel, Annina La Traviata (Wexford Festival Opera) , Frasquita Carmen (RTÉ Concert Orchestra; Cork Operatic Society).