Máire Flavin: Irish soprano on her role in Elektra, Strauss's famously dark opera 

Rarely seen in Ireland, Elektra will be performed at the Castle Yard in Kilkenny as part of the city's arts festival 

Máire Flavin has largely been based abroad in recent years. 

Since her big break representing Ireland at the Cardiff Singer of the World a decade ago, opera star Máire Flavin has been based abroad. She and her Scottish husband, also a singer have recently set up home on the Fife coast in Scotland with their two-year-old daughter.

She returns as one of Ireland’s successful operatic exports with a growing reputation for her dazzling lyric soprano register and a charismatic stage presence. It is a combination that has secured her regular work with major companies. On disc, her voice is heard on a delightful recording of classic children's lullabies familiar from movies and musicals.