Anna Brady is an Irish mezzo-soprano whose work spans opera, contemporary music and interdisciplinary performance. A recipient of the Arts Council of Ireland’s 2026 Music Bursary Award, she is currently developing a new project exploring the cabaret music of 1920s and 1930s Berlin.

Anna holds a Master’s in Vocal Studies from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and was a member of the inaugural Wexford Festival Opera Factory Programme, where she received the PWC Emerging Artist Bursary.

Recent and upcoming engagements include covering Ernestina in Rossini’s L’equivoco stravagante at Wexford Festival Opera and performing the role of Marion in Ina Boyle’s The Maudlin of Papplewick at the Respighi Festival in Bologna. Her operatic career includes appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Opera Collective Ireland and Wexford Festival Opera, as well as performances in the world premieres of works by Andrew Synnott and Anna Semple.

Alongside her performing career, Anna creates new interdisciplinary projects that bring opera into intimate and unexpected spaces. She is a founding member of Ito Kollektiv and Artistic Director of Spideog Productions, a new and upcoming production company founded with 2 of her sisters, Martha and Emily, and friend, Annette Udell, where she develops innovative recital and opera projects that connect classical music with new audiences.

Anna holds an Advanced Diploma from the Gaiety School of Acting and performed in Ireland’s National Theatre, The Abbey Theatre, in The Dead - directed by Joe Dowling in 2012-2013 and as an Ensemble member in Maeve Stone’s produciton with Pan Pan Theatre at the Peacock Theatre in 2014.