Rose Johnson is a Soprano based in Birmingham and West Midlands. She is a Young Artist on the Serena Fenwick programme with British Youth Opera. Rose graduated in 2022 with a distinction from the Advanced Performance Diploma (APD) course at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Throughout her studies Rose was generously supported by The Headley scholarship, Sophies Silver Lining Fund and the Broadway Arts fund. 

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From the end of 2022 to recently, Rose has been in post as the Opera Outreach Officer at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and recently started a job teaching at the Junior Department at RBC. Most of her performances this year have been to diverse communities with the RBC LEAP Ensemble and audiences of Primary School Children. Alongside this, Rose continues her work as a Soprano and is delighted to have been invited back to RBC to perform 'Lady Billows' in Britten's Albert Herring. Recently, she has also enjoyed being a soloist for Brahms' German Requiem and Mozart's Requiem. 

 

Whilst studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Rose was awarded the Anthony Cross Memorial prize for her fantastic degree results, first place in the Vocal Department Prize and Mario Lanza Opera Prize. She was also awarded second place in the 2022 Ashleyan Opera Prize and third place in the 2022 Edward Brooks English Song Prize. In 2021, she received second place in the Edward Brooks Lieder Prize. 

 

Rose thoroughly enjoys bringing complex and interesting female characters to life. During 2022, Rose had the privilege of bringing the role of ‘Sarah Roberts’ to life in Stephen Mcneff’s Banished, one of her most enjoyable and challenging roles to date. Previous roles at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire include; ‘Fiordiligi’ Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart), ‘Ariadne’ Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss), ‘Miss Spink’ Coraline (Mark-Anthony Turnage), ‘Mélisande’ Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy), ‘Miranda’ The Enchanted Island (Jeremy Sams) and ‘Donna Elvira’ Don Giovanni (Mozart).

 

Outside of RBC, Rose recently sang and recorded Chorus with the BBC National Chorus of Wales on their project ‘The Song of Songs’ by Walter Arlen with the English Symphony Orchestra. She also recently gave a recital in the Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 

 

Rose’s performance highlights include; Learning and rehearsing the role of ‘Confidante’ from Strauss’ Elektra with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (unfortunately, this wasn’t performed due to COVID), performing as a vocalist with the BBCNOW in the first ever BBC Relaxed Prom and singing in the Chorus of Tosca at the Abu Dhabi Festival. 

 

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