Grammy®-nominated Irish conductor, Elaine Kelly, held the position of Resident Conductor and Chorus Director of Irish National Opera (INO) from 2021-2024. An avid champion of contemporary opera, she has conducted works by Donnacha Dennehy, David Coonan, Amanda Feery, Evangelia Rigaki, Anna Mullarkey and last year conducted the double-bill, operatic world premiere by Emma O’Halloran in the Prototype Festival in New York and later with LA Opera before a nationwide Irish tour the following year. She conducted nine new works in INO’s internationally praised 20 Shots of Opera in 2020 and a nationwide tour of The Lighthouse (Maxwell Davies) in 2021.