About

British soprano Rachel Ridout is currently pursuing advanced studies in the Meisterklasse program at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig. She previously completed her Master’s degree in Opera at the same institution, studying under Professor Carola Guber. Rachel also holds a First-Class Honours degree from the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she was awarded the Van Smit Prize for Excellence in 2021. During her studies, she was mentored by Mary Nelson and James Baillieu. Rachel gratefully acknowledges the support of the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Deutschlandstipendium.

Since relocating to Germany, Rachel has made her house debuts as a soloist with Oper Leipzig, Oper Halle, and Theater Erfurt. Her performed roles include Sophie Scholl (Die Weiße Rose – U. Zimmermann), Taumännchen (Hänsel und Gretel – E. Humperdinck), Fee 1 (Amadis, der Ritter – J.C. Bach), Delia (Il viaggio a Reims – G. Rossini), Olympia (Les contes d’Hoffmann – J. Offenbach), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas – H. Purcell), and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte – W.A. Mozart).

A passionate interpreter of Lied, Rachel was selected as a Young Artist at the International Lied Festival Zeist in 2022 and received the Hester Dickson Duo Prize at Oxenfoord International. She has performed at the Oxford Lieder Festival and the Victoria International Arts Festival in Gozo, Malta. Rachel has taken part in numerous public masterclasses, working with renowned artists such as Elly Ameling, Nicky Spence, Robert Holl, Wolfgang Holzmair, Helmut Deutsch, Graham Johnson, Hans Eijsackers, Joseph Middleton, and Malcolm Martineau. In 2022, she was invited to join Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli’s Bel Canto Academy at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival.

Rachel is eagerly anticipating the release of her debut recording on a CD of all of Hugo Wolf’s Goethe Lieder, commissioned by the Bicentenary at the Royal Academy of Music.

Schedule

november 2025

23nov3:00 pmRepeating EventHänsel und GretelEngelbert Humperdinck

29nov6:00 pmRepeating EventHänsel und GretelEngelbert Humperdinck

december 2025

06dec6:00 pmRepeating EventHänsel und GretelEngelbert Humperdinck

14dec3:00 pmRepeating EventHänsel und GretelEngelbert Humperdinck

15dec11:00 amRepeating EventHänsel und GretelEngelbert Humperdinck

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Press

“Mit enormer Glaubwürdigkeit verkörpern Rachel Ridout und Julian Dominique Clement die Geschwister Scholl. […] sie verkörpern die Scholls in traumwandlerischer Seriosität, singen ihre heiklen, sehr hoch notierten Partien mit ätherischer Contenance.”

Thüringer Allgemeine Zeitung

“Beherzt übernimmt Didos Vertraute Belinda (Rachel Ridout) die musikalische Initiative und bringt ihr leuchtendes Timbre für die besungene Aufmunterung, die auf herrliche Liebesfreuden ein.”

Leipziger Volkszeitung

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