Rachel Barnard

Rachel Barnard is a mezzo-soprano completing her Masters studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She previously graduated with First Class Honours from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

In 2022, Rachel was a Young Artist at Waterperry Opera Festival, where she performed in the chorus for their productions of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared.  She was also recently involved in the Alexander Gibson Opera School’s production of L’étoile by Chabrier, performing the role of Adza.  Other roles include Mother/Other Mother in Coraline (Turnage) and Ferdinand in The Enchanted Island, both at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.  In scenes she has performed roles including Dorabella (Così fan tutte), The Fox (The Cunning Little Vixen) and Venere (L’incoronazione di Poppea).

With a strong love for song repertoire, Rachel has received first prize in the Norma Grieg French Song Prize, the Edward Brooks Lieder Prize and the Stuart Cameron Smith American Song Prize and in 2022, she performed as 2nd soprano soloist in Vivaldi’s Gloria under the baton of Andrew Nunn with the RCS Choir.