Biography
Rachel Davies, DFW dramatic soprano and and musical director, Semifinalist in Classical Singer Magazine’s National Vocal Competition, is a skilled interpreter of works musical and literary. As comfortable in Musical Theater repertoire as she is in opera, she brings a voice whose spinning grace and flexibility is matched only by its power, and an interpretive sensiblity that finds the story in every musical moment.
Recently moving into dramatic soprano repertoire, she has recently tackled Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos, covered Freia in Das Rheingold and Gerhilde in Die Walkure at the Wagner in Vermont Festival with TUNDI productions. Previously her notable roles included: Prince Charmant in Massenet’s Cendrillon with the Miami Music Festial, Mrs. Andersen in A Little Night Music with Theatre Frisco, Alcina with Comet Opera, Prince Charmant in Cendrillon and Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito as part of immersive operas with Promenade Opera Project, Dame Ragonde in Le Comte Ory and Dryad in Ariadne auf Naxos with Lowell House Opera, Jade Boucher in Dead Man Walking with Miami Music Festival, and Juditha in Vivaldi's Juditha Triumphans with Eudaimonia Music.
As a mezzo at Longy School of Music of Bard College, where she received her Masters in Operatic performance, she undertook Madame Flora in The Medium, and Nicklausse/The Voice of the Mother in Les Contes d'Hoffman. She has also enjoyed performing the partial roles of Dorabella (Cosí fan tutte), Carmen (Carmen), Jo March (Little Women), Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Hänsel (Hänsel and Gretel), Ma Moss (The Tender Land), and Mother (The Consul), among assorted musical theatre roles. Rachel is active in the DFW music community and has recently sung Chorus in Apollo et Hyacinthus with Emmanuel Music, as well as the Musical Theatre group American Classics.
She graduated Magna cum laude from University of Dallas in Irving, TX with an Bachelor's in English Literature with honors and a Concentration in Vocal Performance. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In her time at the University of Dallas, she studied with Marilyn Walker, and performed the roles of Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, and Dido in Dido and Aeneas, as well as Laurey in Oklahoma!, Guinevere in Camelot, and Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.
Ms. Davies has participated in master classes with Sandra Lopez Neill, Jamie Barton, Stephen Salters, Sandra Piques Eddy, Caren Levine, Christine Brewer, Anthony Manoli, Manny Perez, Noblezza Pilar, Louis Berkot, Paul Brust, Jane Struss, and Stephanie C. Braun. She is an experienced soloist in concert repertoire, opera, musical theater, and the American songbook. She is also committed to education and has taught music history, voice, drama, and English. As a performer, a teacher, and the Co-Founder & Artistic Director of the immersive and innovative Promenade Opera Project, she is committed to creating performances that invite people to the conversations about the Truth through thoughtful and honest story-telling.
