Rachel Haywood    scientist, writer, artist and singer  
     
       
             
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I have studied singing from the age of seventeen. As a student in York, I sang in the York University Chamber Choir and the then 'De Costa Academy of Singing'. I went on to sing whilst living and working in London with the English Chamber Choir and later Harrow Opera, and I undertook courses in professional singing and opera at City Lit in Holborn. Now living and working in Cumbria, I have resumed singing studies with the York Academy of Singing and sing with the Cumbrian choir 'The Wordsworth Singers'.




Whilst in London I organised and sang in concerts for charity with Harrow Opera singers and musicians.

In 2018 I performed as 2nd DryIn 2018 I sang in Harrow Opera's Rusalka and provided the illustration used for the flyer.

Roles I have had in fully staged opera productions:

Dvorak "Rusalka" - 2nd Dryad (Woodsprite) (Harrow Opera 2018)

Purcell “The Fairy Queen” – 'Night' and 'The Plaint' (City Opera 2016)

Ravel “L’Enfant et les sortileges” - Teacup, Shepherd and Bat (City Opera 2015)

Vaughan-Williams “Riders to the Sea” - Woman (City Opera 2015)

   

Verdi “Macbeth” – Lady-in-waiting (Aylesbury Opera 2014)

Mozart “The Magic Flute” – 2nd Spirit (Harrow Opera 2012)

Mozart “The Marriage of Figaro” – Bridesmaid (Harrow Opera 2011)

Cavalleria Rusticana – Lola (Harrow Opera 2010)