David Collopy is one of the most experienced opera producers in Ireland. Having held the senior management positions in both Opera Ireland and Wexford Festival Opera he has produced over one hundred main-scale operas and presented countless recitals and concerts in Ireland and abroad. He has worked with such artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carerras in concert and presented opera performances in all parts of Ireland, the United Kingdom and Germany.

David Collopy started his professional career in cultural administration when he joined Wexford Festival Opera as their Senior Administrative Officer after practicing accountancy for five years. In the mid 80's he worked for a brief period in London as Financial Controller in a design company before returning to Dublin to take on the new post of Administrator of the D.G.O.S., later to become known as Opera Ireland. During his twenty-one year tenure with the organisation he has held the positions of General Manager, Executive Director and Chief Executive, the latter post he held for five years.

He was a principal driver in the creation of the touring company 'Co-Opera' which brought classic productions to many parts of Ireland for the first time and took the first ever opera production to the Faroe Islands. He oversaw the first ever international tour of the main company to the prestigious Maifestspiele ( May Festival ) in Wiesbaden, Germany in 2005 and his last major project as CEO for Opera Ireland, saw the work of prisoners of a high-security jail in Italy ( Maiano ) and Dublin's Mountjoy Jail collaborating on the design and scenic fabrication for Puccini's La Boheme in November 2006.

During his time as CEO with Opera Ireland he worked with many prominent corporate clients such as : Bank of Ireland, AIB Group, LUAS, The Irish Times, Davy Stockbrokers, PricewaterhouseCoopers, BMW, McCann FitzGerald, KPMG and The Merrion Hotel.

He has broadcast on RTE, BBC and ARTE and has addressed opera conventions and forums in the United States of America, Germany and France. He is a member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland.