Phoebe Rayner
Praised for her “coppery” and “richly coloured” mezzo, Phoebe Rayner is a graduate of the Royal College of Music and Royal Northern College of Music. She is a 2027 Garsington Alvarez Emerging Artist and a recent Stoller Hall Emerging Artist and Britten Pears Young Artist specialising in contemporary music and the development of new works.
Operatic highlights include premiering the role of Monostatos in Damon Albarn’s The Magic Flute II: Le Malédiction (Théâtre du Lido), Melissa in La Liberazione di Ruggiero (Buxton International Festival), Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Prangins Baroque), Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro (Oxford Opera), Flora in La Traviata (Hurn Court Opera and Barefoot Opera), Alcandro (cover) in L’Olimpiade (Vache Baroque), Nerone in Agrippina (Hampstead Garden Opera), La chatte/L'écureuil in L’enfant et les sortilèges (RCM), Concepción in L'heure Espagnole (Ernest Reed Symphonic Orchestra), Stewardess in Flight (RCM), and Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel (Westminster Opera Company).
On the concert platform, she has performed Miss Donnithorne's Maggot (The Stoller Hall), Pribaoutki (The Aldeburgh Festival), and a solo recital as part of the Manchester Song Festival. Her collaborative work with digital artist Charlotte Young has been exhibited at Deptford X, the Lethaby Gallery, the Copeland Gallery and SET Woolwich.
Phoebe has been teaching for several years and is passionate about providing a nurturing and uplifting environment where all students can feel confident and develop a strong understanding of healthy vocal technique. She teaches classical, musical theatre, and pop styles.