Murray, Ann (1949– )

Irish soprano, born in Dublin. She has performed extensively as an operatic soloist with the English National Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; the Metropolitan Opera, New York; La Scala, Milan; the Vienna State Opera; the Bavarian State Opera; and the Saltzburg Festival. She has also sung as a concert performer with the Orchestre de Paris under Rafael Kubelik, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Georg Solti, and at both first and last nights of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London. She has an extensive discography and recorded as Purcell's Dido under Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mozart's Dorabella under James Levine, and Humperdinck's Hansel under Colin Davis.

Murray studied with Fredrick Cox at the Royal Manchester College of Music, England.