Lizzie Ryder is a celebrated lyric soprano based in London. With her expressive and versatile voice, she has earned a strong reputation in both the operatic and concert worlds. Lizzie's talent has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Mario Lanza Opera Prize, the Edward Brooks English Song Prize, the Reginald Vincent Lieder Prize (Highly Commended by Richard Stokes), the Margaret Pascoe Scholarship for Excellence, and the Silver Medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

Lizzie has performed across the UK in a range of operatic roles. Recent highlights include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni for Hurn Court Opera, Nedda in Pagliacci for West Green House Opera, and Micaëla in Carmen for St Paul’s Opera. She has also portrayed roles such as Röschen in Ethel Smyth’s Der Wald with The Opera Makers, Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto for Nevill Holt Opera, and Anna Maurrant in Street Scene. Other notable roles include Suor Angelica in Puccini’s opera of the same name, Galatea in Acis and Galatea, and the Governess in The Turn of the Screw. Lizzie has also appeared as Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, Fox in The Cunning Little Vixen, Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites (Morley Opera School).

In addition to her operatic work, Lizzie is a highly sought-after concert soloist, regularly performing with orchestras across the UK including with the Hallé Orchestra, her previous appearances in 2019 include Rusalka's Song to the Moon, which she will reprise in 2024 along with Lakme’s flower duet and others and 2014, when she performed Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana. Lizzie is also a frequent soloist with the Charnwood Orchestra, where she most recently performed Shéhérazade by Maurice Ravel.

A passionate advocate for French chanson and German lieder, Lizzie has presented works such as Les Illuminations by Benjamin Britten (2019), Wesendonck Lieder by Richard Wagner (2018) with the Beauchamp Sinfonietta, and Sieben frühe Lieder by Alban Berg with Charnwood Orchestra

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