Scottish soprano Rachel Speirs' recent roles include Pamina & Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Musetta (La bohème), the Bird in Judith Weir’s Blond Eckbert, as well as Titania (The Fairy Queen) and Adina (The Implausible Potions of Dr Dulcamara). In Summer 2024 she made her solo recital debut in the Linbury Foyer at the Royal Opera House, as well as her soloist debut at the Royal Albert Hall in Mozart’s Requiem. Rachel has sung Pamina/Papagena for the Royal Ballet & Opera Children’s Opera programme, has created numerous roles in new operas for young audiences, and has produced and delivered workshops and projects for SEND groups and people living with dementia for ETO, ENO, and the Wigmore Hall. Rachel's recording debut singing Lotty in The Soldier's Legacy by G.A. MacFarren was published in 2023 by Retrospect Opera.

Rachel was a quarter-finalist in the 2025 International Music Competition Cologne, and won the Betty Bannerman Award for French Song and the Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for Singing Strauss in 2020. Rachel currently sings in the Oper Frankfurt Chorus for the 24/25 and 25/26 seasons.