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Rachel Fenlon is a soprano and pianist who is finding a unique voice on the classical music stages of the world. Drawing from a singer-songwriter approach, Rachel performs song recitals as both singer and pianist accompanying herself. Praised for her “unusually shaped recitals in keeping with her extraordinary talent” (Places des Arts/Festival de Lanaudière), Rachel Fenlon performs internationally as a recitalist, as solo pianist and singer, and on the opera stage. Rachel was born in the UK, raised on the west coast of Canada, and is now based in Berlin.

Rachel began her career as an opera singer and continues to perform as an opera singer and concert soloist. On the opera stage, Rachel most recently performed as soloist in the world premiere of Chaya Czernowin’s Heart Chamber at Deutsche Oper Berlin. In April 2022, Rachel jumped in to cover the role of Zerlina in Don Giovanni at Pacific Opera Victoria. Rachel debuted as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance at Vancouver Opera, when she was a member of the Vancouver Opera young artist programme. Rachel has since returned as a guest to sing leading roles with Vancouver Opera, such as Pamina in The Magic Flute, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. Rachel has appeared in leading roles with Pacific Opera Victoria: as Nannetta in Falstaff, and Queen Guinevere in Camelot; Ensemble Nylandia as Galatea in Acis and Galatea; the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as Lisa in Das Land des Lächelns, and with the Bard on the Beach Festival as Mimi in La Boheme, and appeared as a young artist at the Rossini Opera Festival, leading to performances as soprano soloist with Alberto Zedda in Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle. She has performed solo recitals at Vancouver Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, and Oper Leipzig. Having performed as soprano soloist with orchestras such as the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony, the Northern Czech Philharmonic, Finnish Baroque Ensemble Nylandia, and the Vancouver Bach Choir, Rachel’s concert work includes soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Brahms’ Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s B Minor Mass, and Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah, Arvo Pärt’s Stabat Mater, Haydn’s Nelson Mass. This season, Rachel sings the soprano soloist in Bach Cantatas BWV 106, BWV 151, BWV 61 as soprano soloist at the Sophienkirche Berlin, where she is a regular soprano soloist under conductor Maximilian Schnaus in their Bach ensemble for the past three years.