She has made eleven commercial recordings for BMG, EMI, Avie and Vox both as a soloist and as a member of Sequentia, The Harp Consort and Joglaresa.
She has toured throughout North America, Europe, Mexico, and Israel, including such venues as The Royal Albert Hall,
Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall and Cite de la Musique, and has appeared at numerous festivals including the
Utrecht Early Music Festival, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Festival Cervantino Guanajuato, Festival Interceltique de
Lorient and Concerts Spirituels Geneva. She has created and performed roles in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (Dido),
Handel's Hercules (Lichas), Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum (Castitas) and a unique, fully-staged
version of Handel's Messiah.
After relocating from New York to Dublin, Caitriona wrote and starred in The Stolen Child,
a fully staged musical theatre work, which toured Ireland for over 30 performances. She regularly sings with the National
Chamber Choir and has recently formed the group eX, Ireland's only professional vocal ensemble specialising in the
performance of Medieval and Renaissance music.
Caitriona's own website
Performance schedule
Caitriona O'Leary is internationally renowned for
her performances of Early Music and Traditional Irish song.
Her two solo CDs (with her band Dulra), I am Stretched on Your Grave (BMG Classics/DHM) and Duil, Irish Songs of
Love and Nature (EMI/Virgin Classics) were released to rave reviews in 2000, and 2001, and continue to haunt radio
playlists in Ireland and abroad.
Currently Caitriona is working on a film soundtrack, a new solo CD, and performance projects with
eX.