ABOUT

NEW YORK NATIVE DEIRDRE LAHIFF IS A MEZZO-SOPRANO WITH MUSICAL INTERESTS IN GENRES SPANNING MUSICAL THEATRE AND ART SONG TO OPERA AND ORATORIO. SHE IS AT HOME BOTH ON AND OFF THE STAGE, WITH EXPERIENCES AS A SEASONED PERFORMER, VOICE TEACHER, AND MUSIC DIRECTOR. SHE WILL BEGIN HER 2025/2026 SEASON WITH A GUEST ARTIST RECITAL IN COLLABORATION WITH PIANIST MICHAEL KREGLER. 

DEIRDRE WAS MORE RECENTLY SEEN ONSTAGE AS A STUDIO ARTIST WITH OPERA MAINE, WHERE SHE PERFORMED THE ENGLISH TEACHER AND MAID III IN GREGORY SPEARS'S CHAMBER OPERA PAUL'S CASE UNDER THE DIRECTOR OF RICHARD GAMMON AND COVERED THE BEGGAR WOMAN IN STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DONA D. VAUGHN. WHILE IN PORTLAND, MAINE, DEIRDRE HAD THE IMMENSE PLEASURE OF JOINING AMERICAN ARTISTS PROJECT, WHERE SHE WAS FEATURED IN RECITAL. 

AN AVID SOLOIST, DEIRDRE CAN FRQUENTLY BE HEARD ON THE CONCERT STAGE. DEIRDRE PERFORMED AS THE SOPRANO SOLOIST IN RAVEL'S TROIS CHANSONS UNDER THE BATON OF KESSA MEFFORD, WHERE SHE IS ALSO FEATURED ON ALBUM RECORDING, A DYNAMIC SELF-STARTER, DEIRDRE'S 2023/2024 SEASON ALSO INCLUDED THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF HER OWN RECITAL SERIES, SOUNDS OF SPRING, WHICH DEBUTED IN 2024. NOW IN ITS SECOND YEAR, DEIRDRE COLLABORATES WITH PIANISTS WILLIAM LEWIS AND SETH HERBST TO GIVE PERFORMANCES IN NEW YORK CITY AND NEW YORK'S HUDSON VALLEY. 

DEIRDRE'S 2022/2023 SEASON INLCUDED ROLE DEBUTS AS ADALGISA IN BELLINI'S NORMA AND THE TITLE ROLE IN PUCCINI'S SUOR ANGELICA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DAN MONTEZ. AT NYU DEIRDRE WAS FEATURED IN SCENES FROM LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, AND PERFORMED THE ROLES OF IDAMANTE (IDOMENEO), FIRST WITCH (DIDO & AENEAS), AND EURYDICE (ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD). SHE WAS ALSO FEATURED IN RECITAL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CLASSICAL VOICE COLLECTIVE.. DEIRDRE EARNED HER MASTER OF MUSIC DEGREE FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY STEINHARDT IN THE STUDIO OF SOPRANO ROSA VENTO AND A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE FROM PROVIDENCE COLLEGE IN THE STUDIO OF SOPRANO SARAH DUNN. DEIRDRE CURRENTLY STUDIES WITH TENOR WILLIAM BURDEN. 

WHEN DEIRDRE IS NOT PERFORMING, SHE CAN MOST LIKELY BE FOUND HIKING WITH HER RESCUE DOG PRINCE, RECIPE TESTING AND COOKING FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS, OR DEEPLY IMMERSED IN THE NEWEST THRILLER NOVEL. DEIRDRE IS BASED IN NEW YORK CITY.