Rebecca Murphy - Soprano

Rebecca trained at the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, with Wilma MacDougall. She continues her studies privately with Kathryn Harries (founder of the National Opera Studio). Rebecca’s operatic roles include Liscione in La Dirindina for NI Opera, Rose Maurrant in Street Scene, Soprano 1 in Le Vin Herbé, Ella in If you can find me for NI Opera, Mabel in Pirates of Penzance for The Belfast Ensemble, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, and Maria in West Side Story. She has performed scenes as Vixen in The Cunning Little Vixen, Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites, and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. An advocate for contemporary opera, she has also recently performed with The Belfast Ensemble as The Vile Little Girl in Conor Mitchell’s The Musician, as well as debuting as Talia in Sean Doherty’s Waking Beauty. Her Chorus work includes Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel (Scottish Opera), Pamplemousse – a children’s opera by Gregg Caffrey (NI Opera), Theodora (Sestina/Irish Baroque Orchestra), and Götterdämmerug under Sir Andrew Davies at the Edinburgh International Festival. Upcoming chorus work includes La Traviata, Carmen, and Krol Roger, all at Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland. In 2016, she was a finalist in Northern Ireland Opera’s Festival of Voice Competition. Also a keen ensemble singers, Rebecca has appeared with ensembles including Sestina, Genesis Sixteen, The Kellie Consort, RCS Voices, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and Les Sirénes. In addition, she has made her recital debut at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (in association with the Irish Heritage Bursary) after gaining second place in their Wigmore Hall competition 2017. She was also recently invited by BBC Northern Ireland to record a recital as part of their ‘Rosemary Street Young Artist recital series’. Rebecca’s concert performances include Handel Messiah, Handel Alexander’s Feast, Bach Cantata BWV 199,, Bach Magnificat, Brahms Requiem, Rutter Magnificat, Beethoven Mass in C, Vivaldi Gloria, Stanford Requiem, Mozart Vespers, and Handel Dixit Dominus.