Kayleigh McEvoy

British soprano Kayleigh McEvoy completed the Artist Masters course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, under the tutelage of Janice Chapman. She was delighted to have been the winner of the 2017 Essex Young Musician of the Year Competition, as well as winning the Freda Parry Scholarship Competition in 2016. Kayleigh is a keen advocate of concert and oratorio repertoire, her recital work having taken her throughout the UK, Africa and Europe. Over the last year Kayleigh has performed an extensive number of vocal recitals, exploring many opera roles, German lied, French melodie, traditional art song and contemporary music. She made her London operatic debut in 2016 as the Fox in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen GSMD (abridged.) Since then she has gone on to perform roles such as; Musetta in La Boheme on tour with Barefoot Opera, and Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, with St.pauls Opera. Within opera scenes she has performed roles such as Rosalinde - Die Fledermaus, Mother - Hansel und Gretel, Witch 1 - Dido and Aeneas. Other previous roles include; Maria - The Sound of Music, The Plaintiff - Trial by Jury, Constance - The Sorcerer, Peep Bo- The Mikado and Tessa - The Gondoliers. In London, Kayleigh has had the opportunity to work with renowned coaches and conductors such as; Daniel Barenboim, Gustav Dudamel, Graham Johnson, Sarah Walker, Edith Wiens, Jane Manning, Eugene Asti and Mary Plazas. She has performed in a number of highly sought after venues, including; Barbican Hall, The Royal Albert Hall, Milton Court, Buxton Opera House, The Royal Festival Hall, The Vatican and St. Mark’s Basilica. For further information, visit my webpage by searching: Kayleigh McEvoy Soprano