Kirsty McLean is a graduate of Trinity Laban and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She is a Britten-Pears Young Artist and a Wigmore Hall Young Artist. This year Kirsty made her debut at the Royal Opera House as Jana in Janáček’s Jenůfa conducted by Jakub Hrůša. Her other roles for The Royal Opera include Trio in Trouble in Tahiti and Quartet in A Quiet Place in the Linbury Theatre’s Bernstein double bill directed by Oliver Mears and conducted by Nicholas Chalmers, and cover Markéta in Kaija Sariaaho’s Innocence. She also enjoys a varied career as a classical-crossover artist, performing worldwide from onboard Luxury Cruise Liners to private resorts in the Maldives.