Rachel Speirs
Soprano
Schedule
05ThuAugCandlelight: Debussy, Ravel and More by Harp and Soprano/The Stoller Hall05 Aug, 18:30 – 19:30The Stoller Hall, Manchester M3 1DA, UKA FeverUp Original Event: 'Whether you’re looking for a beautifully unique classical music performance or a romantic candlelit experience, this performance is for you.'- 05ThuAugCandlelight: Debussy, Ravel and More by Harp and Soprano (1)/The Stoller Hall05 Aug, 20:30 – 21:30The Stoller Hall, Manchester M3 1DA, UKA FeverUp Original Event: 'Whether you’re looking for a beautifully unique classical music performance or a romantic candlelit experience, this performance is for you.'
TBDLotty - The Soldier's Legacy/CD ReleaseTime is TBDCD ReleaseRachel 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.
15ThuJulA Little Night Music - Sondheim/Buxton15 Jul, 19:15 – 21:15Buxton, Water St, Buxton SK17 6XN, UKMusic and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler. A Buxton Opera House and Buxton International Festival production, with the Festival Orchestra. Open your heart to A Little Night Music. In this bittersweet tale of romantic possibility, Stephen Sondheim brings his trademark wit and talent.- 10SatJulA Little Night Music - Sondheim/Buxton10 Jul, 19:15 – 21:15Buxton, Water St, Buxton SK17 6XN, UKMusic and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler. A Buxton Opera House and Buxton International Festival production, with the Festival Orchestra. Open your heart to A Little Night Music. In this bittersweet tale of romantic possibility, Stephen Sondheim brings his trademark wit and talent.
- 08ThuJulA Little Night Music - Sondheim/Buxton08 Jul, 19:15 – 21:15Buxton, Water St, Buxton SK17 6XN, UKMusic and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler. A Buxton Opera House and Buxton International Festival production, with the Festival Orchestra. Open your heart to A Little Night Music. In this bittersweet tale of romantic possibility, Stephen Sondheim brings his trademark wit and talent.
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.