Generously supported by The Elizabeth Barnard Memorial Bursary and a Glyndebourne New Generation Programme Young Artist Development Award
Samantha Quillish is a lyric soprano and Young Artist at the National Opera Studio.
Samantha is a graduate from the Royal Academy of Music’s Opera School and also took part in the Royal Opera House’s mentorship scheme 2021/2022.
Samantha has performed in multiple operatic works including the title role in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, Iris (Semele), Nina (Chérubin) and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte).In 2022 Samantha performed with British Youth Opera performing the role of Mistress Page in Vaughan Williams’ Sir John in Love at Opera Holland Park. Opera scenes performed include Eurydice (Orfeo ed Eurydice), Countess (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Anne Truelove (The Rake’s Progress). This Summer, Samantha joined the Glyndebourne Chorus to perform in their critically acclaimed production of The Wreckers.
As a concert soloist Samantha has performed in Verdi’s Requiem, Mahler’s 2nd Symphony and Vivaldi’s Gloria. Her debut at the Wigmore Hall was in a concert of Clara Schumann Songs followed by a performance at the Leeds Lieder Festival. She revisited the Wigmore Hall the following year as a soloist in Independent Opera’s young artist showcase.
In 2022 Samantha was awarded first prize in the VIII Odin International Music Competition and runner up in the Mimas International Music Competition. Samantha is the recipient of an Independent Opera Voice Scholarship and Fellowship, a DipRAM for outstanding performance, the G Embley Memorial Prize and the 2017/18 Clifton Prize for Singing.
Updated January 2023. This biography should not be reproduced without asking permission from the National Opera Studio.