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Rhian Davies

Primary Skill:

Mezzo-Soprano

Nationality:

British

Country:

United Kingdom

Languages (fluent):

English

Opera

Sorceress
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Thames Consort
2025
Mrs Sedley
Peter Grimes (Britten)
British Youth Opera
2025
Auntie
Peter Grimes (Britten)
British Youth Opera
2025
La Zia Principessa
Suor Angelica (Puccini)
Opera Greenwich
2023
Sorceress
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Opera Asteria
2023
Lucy
Outlier (Josh Kaye)
Tête à Tête
2022
Smeton
Anna Bolena (Donizetti)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2022
Suzy
La rondine (Puccini)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2022
Auntie
Peter Grimes (Britten)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2021
Storgé
Jephtha (Handel)
The Yorke Trust
2020
Hermia
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2020
Juno
Semele (Handel)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2019
Mistress Quickly
Falstaff (Verdi)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2019
Mother
Louise (Gustave Charpentier)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2019
Charwoman/Great Aunt Ermintrude
A Christmas Carol (Musgrave)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2018
Dritte Dame
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2018
Filipyevna
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2018
Marcellina
Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2018
Second Maid
Elektra (Strauss, R)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2018
Maman
L'enfant et les sortilèges (Ravel)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2017

Chorus

Alto
La Bohème (Puccini)
Philharmonia Chorus/Orchestre National de Lille
2024
2nd Alto
Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
2024
2nd Alto
Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)
Philharmonia Chorus/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2023
Alto
Samson (Handel)
Philharmonia Chorus/Academy of Ancient Music
2023

Oratorio/Concerts

Alto Chorus and Quartet Soloist
Chichester Psalms (Britten)
Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra
2025

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

“Rhian Davies brought remarkable theatricality to Mrs Sedley. The role lies low and distinguished mezzo-sopranos can struggle to convey the full nastiness of the lady, but here Davies used her full range of musical and dramatic skills to make this Mrs Sedley count.” – Peter Hugill, Planet Hugill (https://www.planethugill.com/2025/07/a-moving-immediacy-and-directness.html) (2025)

“Rhian Davies’s rich alto was characterful as the busybody and amateur sleuth, Mrs. Sedley.” – Clive Paget, Musical America (2025)

“The tension crackles from the start, sparking between Rhian Davies’ deliciously prudish Mrs Sedley, equally appalled and compelled by Oliver Heuzenroeder’s Keene – dispatching his consonants like lewd suggestions, his glinting baritone cutting through the texture with ease. Davies relishes her “Murder most foul”, a nicely grotesque counterweight to the glassy fragility of the female quartet.” – Alexandra Coghlan, The Critics Circle (https://criticscircle.org.uk/a-rich-haul-british-youth-operas-peter-grimes/) (2025)

Serena Fenwick Programme
British Youth Opera
2025
MA in Vocal Performance
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2017–2022
Music, BA (Hons)
University of Cambridge
2014–2017

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