Rachel McLean

Bio

Rachel McLean is a Scottish soprano and a Young Artist at the National Opera Studio. A Samling Artist, she graduated in 2023 with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under Wilma MacDougall and currently studies with Rachel Nicholls.

Operatic roles include Contessa Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro, Donna Anna Don Giovanni, and Pamina Die Zauberflöte (all Lyric Opera Studio Weimar). Scenes at the National Opera Studio include Governess The Turn of the Screw, Mrs Julian Owen Wingrave, Drusilla L’incoronazione di Poppea, Mistress Ford The Merry Wives of Windsor, Elvira Ernani, and Maria Stuarda Maria Stuarda. Other scene work includes Fiordiligi Così fan tutte, Arabella Arabella, Ilia and Elettra Idomeneo, Rosalinde Die Fledermaus, Vitellia La clemenza di Tito, and Anne Trulove The Rake’s Progress.

Concert highlights include soprano soloist in Haydn Nelson Mass (Garleton Singers), Vivaldi Gloria (RCS Chorus and Orchestra), and Jenkins The Armed Man (National Youth Choir of Scotland).

Future engagements include covering Donna Anna Don Giovanni (Da Ponte Opera Festival) and Contessa Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro (Scottish Opera).

Rachel’s MMus studies were supported by the ABRSM, and she is a Sybil Tutton Opera Award holder.

Rachel’s time at the Studio is supported by the Paschal Allen Award.