Rebekah Smith

Soprano Rebekah Smith trained at Royal Academy of Music, recently graduating with a distinction in her Master of Arts studying with Mary Nelson and Joseph Middleton. Whilst studying at the Academy, Rebekah won the Major Van Someren-Godfrey Prize for English Song and was generously supported by a student bursary and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. Rebekah's operatic roles include Helena A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Trinity Laban Opera), First Lady The Magic Flute and Dot/Day The Enchanted Pig (Hampstead Garden Opera), Camille Louise (OperaCoast) cover Chief Hen/Grasshopper The Cunning Little Vixen (British Youth Opera), Annette Brundibar and Gossip Noye's Fludde (Blackheath Children’s Opera). She has also performed the role of Fiordilligi Cosi fan tutte in concert with the Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra. Rebekah created the role of Sarah in the world premier of 'Banished' by Stephen McNeff, a "striking new work" for Trinity Laban. In Royal Academy of Music opera scenes, Rebekah has taken the roles of Micaela Carmen, Pamina The Magic Flute and Poppea L'incoronazione di Poppea. She has participated and in masterclasses with distinguished artists such as Lucy Crowe, Dame Felicity Palmer and Bengt Forsberg. Rebekah has performed as soprano soloist for choral works such as Mozart Requiem, Vivaldi Gloria, Schubert Mass in G, Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle and other solo repertoire, working with orchestras and choirs such as the Hertfordshire Philharmonia Orchestra, Trinity Laban Chamber Orchestra, Sussex Symphony Orchestra, Paddock Wood Choral Society and the Mid-Sussex Choir.