Conall O'Neill

Last night playing 🫏BOTTOM🫏 here @lnobt . It’s been such a wonderful experience and I look forward to visiting this role again many times in my career.

First show of Midsummer Night’s Dream tonight at the Lithuanian National Opera! So excited to bring this character to life in this stunning production (photos to follow soon!).

Currently in the midst of music rehearsals here in Vilnius for a new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in which I am playing Bottom 🫏 So excited to be getting my teeth into this role surrounded by so many wonderful colleagues. I have sung Snug and Theseus in this Opera in past, so I delighted have the opportunity to graduate to Bottom. Here’s to a fun (and very cold 🥶) few months in Vilnius. . #vilnius #opera #britten #shakespeare #bass

HAPPY WORLD OPERA DAY! 🎭 – HGO 2022 Vixen Throwback 🦊 As I find myself in the practice room preparing for some exciting future projects (announcement coming soon!), I thought I’d share a few photos from a couple of years ago that I never posted. These are from @hgopera ’s award-winning production of The Cunning Little Vixen by Janáček, in which I played the dual roles of the Badger and the Parson. In these shots you can spot me with both of the fabulous Vixens, @carolinetaylorsoprano and @chelseakolic . Production dream team: Conducted by @lada_valesova , directed by @eleanorjoyburke and designed by @charlottehenery It was such a fantastic production — I can’t believe I hadn’t shared any photos until now! 📸: @laurentcphotos

As we find ourselves properly in autumn on this 1st of October, I thought I’d take the opportunity to share some photos from the Da Ponte Festival production of Don Giovanni that I was lucky enough to be part of this August and September. Performing this opera in Vittorio Veneto, the hometown of Lorenzo Da Ponte himself, made it all the more special. I can’t believe it’s been nearly three weeks since we closed the curtain on this show. I loved every minute of playing Masetto; the big-hearted, quick-to-anger dope who goes from newlywed to cuckolded in five minutes, has explosive arguments and even bigger reconciliations, gets beaten black and blue by Don Giovanni, and still comes back swinging for revenge. Just your average Saturday night! I was incredibly lucky to share the stage (and a villa!) with a group of fantastic colleagues. Thankfully, they were as good housemates as they were singers. Special shoutout to @ellieneatesoprano for being both a brilliant scene partner as Zerlina and for letting me talk her ear off whenever we weren’t called. It was the best possible way to end what has been a wonderful summer. Huge thanks to Andrew Foan @daponteoperafestival for making it all happen. ⸻ Cast Don Giovanni – Tim BAGLEY @timbagleybaritone Leporello – Nicolò DONINI @donininicolo Donna Anna – Monica MCGHEE @monica_mcghee Don Ottavio – Egor ZHURAVSKII @i_am_zhuravskii Donna Elvira – Mariana POLTORAK @mariana.poltorak Zerlina – Ellie NEATE @ellieneatesoprano Masetto – Conall O’NEILL Commendatore – Luca SOZIO @lucabassflutist Creatives Artistic Director – Andrew FOAN @daponteoperafestival Conductor – Roberto FANTINEL @roberto.fantinel.official Director – Cecilia STINTON @cecilia.stinton Italian Coach – Alessandra FASOLO @alessandra_fasolo1 Production Design & Costumes – Amber REEVES @amberrmezzo Orchestra – ORCHESTRA 1749 📸 @andreamaroelli @iamvittorioveneto

Kicking off rehearsals for Don Giovanni in Vittorio Veneto, birthplace of Da Ponte. Thrilled to make my role debut as Masetto and my Italian debut 🇮🇹. Can’t wait to share the stage with amazing colleagues — if you are in the Venice area come along 10, 12 and 14 Sept! 🎶✨

Engaged. Only took us 8 years but we got there in the end 🤣 can’t wait to spend the rest of our lives together 💍❤️

A walk at one of my favourite places in the world @portmarnock_beach before the @vdiscomp kicks off later today.

Can’t believe it’s been nearly a month since opening Der Vampyr at the @arcolatheatre with @gothic_opera . A 🩸bloody🩸 good time was had by all! A feminist retelling of a German classic, Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets What We Do in Shadows, interspersed with newly written English Dialogue. 🧛🏻 This ticks of another language (German 🇩🇪) with only Russian to go of the main Operatic Languages. This was a special opera to be my first German as it is by Heinrich Marschner a Hannover local (there is even a statue of him in Opernplatz). A few special mentions! Thank you @mintzerjulia for you for your guidance through this out of the box retelling, I really enjoyed bringing your and @charlieogilvie sick and twisted vision to life! @kellylovelady thank you for your trust, it was always a pleasure working with you. @vendyp_sm thanks for keeping us all safe. And finally to my amazing cast-mates: @gp_the_bb , @milenaknausssoprano , @grainnegillis.voice , @amberrmezzo , @madeleinetoddsoprano , @jackroberts1308 , @matthewscottclark_official thank you! ’Til the next time! 🧛🏻⚰️🦇💀🩸

The ship is about to set sail and we are bracing ourselves for an emotional and wonderful evening. Join us for ‘Billy Budd’ concert performance this Sunday 16 June at 6.30pm at St. John’s Church Waterloo, London SE1 8T. Tickets via Eventbrite link in bio or on the door. Front row: Gerrit Paul Groen @mrbowang Jonathan Finney Robin Whitehouse @arthurgbruce Gerard Delrez @conallwoneill @robert.felstead.tenor @richiemilnes @teyfikkamal Back row: Michael Thorne (conductor) @jamesquilliganbari @williamsemplebaritone @jtlane92 @stephenwhitfordbaritone @benknightvoice

New Palace Opera presents Conall O’Neill as Mr Flint, Sailing Master for their concert performance of Benjamin Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ Sunday 16 June 6.30pm at St. John’s Church Waterloo, London SE1 8T Tickets via Eventbrite - please follow link in bio. Bass, Conall O’Neill is known for his “well rounded basso cantante” (Opera News) and commanding stage presence. Roles Conall has sung include Colline (La bohème), Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro), Adonis (Venus and Adonis), Badger/ Priest (The Cunning Little Vixen), for which this particular production own an award for best ensemble at the Offies Awards in London, Raimondo (Lucia di Lamermoor), Superintendent Budd (Albert Herring) and Alidoro (La Cenerentola), Frère Laurent (Roméo et Juliette) and Theseus (A Midsummer’s Night Dream) and Ford in Sir John in Love (Vaughan Williams), in an Opera Holland Park/ British Youth Opera co-production. Conall has a close relationship with the Wexford Festival Opera, having been a young artist in the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons, where he sang Lorenzo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Pistola in Falstaff, (broadcast by RTÈ) and L’Oste in Edmea. Other career highlights include when Conall performed the part of Norman Allin in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music conducted by John Wilson for a Gala at Buckingham Palace, hosted by the now King Charles III.

Throwback ⬅️ to one of the best holidays with this gem 💎❤️ @conallwoneill Happy Sunday to you all ☺️☀️