Schedule
- TBDThe Creation - Haydn/BroadstoneTime is TBDBroadstone, Broadstone, UKHaydn's Creation with Broadstone Choral Society, Dorset
- TBDOpera Gala/St Nicholas' Church, High BradfieldTime is TBDSt Nicholas' Church, High Bradfield, High Bradfield, Sheffield S6 6LG, UKThe 2020 Bradfield Festival of Music will run between Saturday 27th June and Saturday 4th July 2020. Rachel sings opera arias, duets, and ensembles alongside fellow RNCM Alumni in the grand finale of the festival.
- TBDOpera Gala/GartmoreTime is TBDGartmore, Gartmore, Stirling FK8 3RH, UKRachel Speirs, baritone Tim Bagley, and pianist Mike Nolan bring Art Song, Opera, and Musical Theatre favourites to Gartmore Village Hall.
- TBDLotty, The Soldier's Legacy/United KingdomTime is TBDUnited Kingdom, United KingdomRachel will sing the role of Lotty in Retrospect Opera's 2021 recording of The Soldier's Legacy by G.A. MacFarren alongside Quentin Hayes, Gaynor Keeble, and Ranald McCusker.
- TBDWexford Festival Opera 2020/National Opera House, WexfordTime is TBDNational Opera House, Wexford, Wexford, IrelandRachel sings Soprano in Shakespeare in Love (various composers), and joins the Wexford Festival Opera Chorus in Ein Wintermarchen (Goldmark), Le Songe d'une nuit d'ete (Thomas), Edmea (Catalani). Conductors and directors include Julia Burbach, Walter le Moli, and Marcus Bosch.
- 13SunDecSing Song Merrily At Home - Fundraiser/Facebook13 Dec 2020, 19:00FacebookFestive fundraiser for SoundUp Arts CIC - join us on Facebook and Youtube here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1142088039564861/ and donate via this link: https://gf.me/u/zammvj
- 12SatDecHandel's Messiah/Christchurch Priory12 Dec 2020, 19:00Christchurch Priory, Quay Rd, Christchurch BH23 1BU, UK
- 12SatDecClonterbrook Music Room Recital - Clonter Opera/Facebook and Youtube Premiere12 Dec 2020, 19:00Facebook and Youtube PremiereAfter winning the Betty Bannerman award for French song, Rachel will appear in a recital of French songs and arias which will be streamed online on Facebook and Youtube.
- 03FriJulHOME - An Online Concert/Rachel Speirs - Soprano Facebook Page03 Jul 2020, 20:00Rachel Speirs - Soprano Facebook PageIn aid of Sound Up Arts and Artists (Music for Dementia CIC). LIVE on Facebook, join Rachel for an evening of music and song from her home. Donations online at https://gf.me/u/x94td9
- 04ThuJunGrange Park Opera/West Horsley04 Jun 2020, 19:00 – 18 Jul 2020, 23:00West Horsley, West Horsley, UKRachel joins the Grange Park Opera Chorus for their 2020 season in La Gioconda (Ponchielli), La Boheme (Puccini), and the world premiere of The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko (Bolton). Conductors and directors include Stephen Barlow, Stephen Medcalf, and Gianluca Marciano.
- 16SatMayBeethoven Choral Fantasy with BBC Philharmonic (Cancelled)/The Bridgewater Hall16 May 2020, 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester M2 3WS, UKBeethoven - Choral Fantasy (Soloists from the RNCM) Beethoven - (completed Barry Cooper) Symphony No.10 Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F major, 'Pastoral'
- 22SunMarMansfield Park - Jonathan Dove/RNCM22 Mar 2020, 15:00RNCM, 124 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9RD, UKThis composition has the distinction of being the first completed operatic adaptation of any Jane Austen novel ever to be staged. Rachel will perform the role of Maria Bertram on 22nd, 26th, and 28th March 2020.
- 10TueMarElizabeth Harwood Memorial Prize - Final/RNCM10 Mar 2020, 19:30RNCM, 124 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9RD, UKAnn Murray DBE, Sarah Tynan, Isobel Flinn, Lynne Dawson (adjudicators) This special award was founded in memory of the much-loved Yorkshire soprano and provides support for an outstanding final year singer at the RNCM.
- 02MonMarKorngold and Kurt Weill - Lunchtime Recital RNCM/RNCM02 Mar 2020, 13:15 – 14:00RNCM, 124 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9RD, UKRachel Speirs and duo partner Celia Denore Lopez perform Korngold's beautiful cycle 'Unverganglichkeit' (Eternity/Permanence) and music by Kurt Weill in the RNCM Monday Lunchtime Recital Series.
- 26SunJanDavid Clover Singers' Platform - Recital Class/Tapton Hall26 Jan 2020, 14:00Tapton Hall, Shore Ln, Sheffield S10 3BU, UKThis is an initiative in the David Clover Festival of Singing and is intended to give the opportunity to singers already studying at universities and conservatoires, to postgraduates, and to those being privately tutored, to continue the development of their art with substantial award money.
- 23MonDecChristmas at Haddon Hall - Private Event/Haddon Hall23 Dec 2019, 19:00Haddon Hall, The Estate Office, Bakewell DE45 1LA, UKFollowing a successful recital at Bakewell's local tudor mansion and country house, Rachel returns to this iconic building to sing Christmas favourites alongside guitarist Richard Haslam and fellow RNCM Singers Rhiannon Doogan, Edward Robinson, and Philip O'Connor.
- 14SatDecHandel's 'Messiah' with Ilkley Choral Society/St Margaret's Church14 Dec 2019, 19:00St Margaret's Church, Queen's Rd, Ilkley LS29 9QL, UKFirst performed in 1742, Handel's masterpiece 'Messiah' has become one of the world's best loved musical works. December just wouldn't be the same without it! To be performed with chamber orchestra and Ilkley Choral Society.
- 16SatNovGounod's 'Messe Solennelle' - Chorley Choral Society/Chorley16 Nov 2019, 19:30Chorley, Chorley, UKChorley and District Choral Society perform Gounod's 'Messe solennelle en l’honneur de Sainte-Cécile' in honour of the Patron Saint of Music.