Scottish soprano Rosie Lavery graduated from the RCS Alexander Gibson Opera School in 2024, having studied with Wilma MacDougall. In the spring of 2024, Rosie was delighted to be chosen as an Oxford Lieder Young Artist alongside her duo partner Anna Michels. She is also a member of The Bubblyjock Collective, a trio dedicated to performing Scottish classical music.

Rosie has performed on operatic stages across the UK and most recently performed the role of Praskowia in a joint Scottish Opera / Opera Holland Park production of Lehar’s “The Merry Widow”. She is currently preparing the role of Zoey for the world premiere of brand new opera “The Galloping Cure” with Scottish Opera for the Edinburgh International Festival 2026, and is also preparing the roles of Mother and The Witch for a 2027 Scottish Opera Tour of Hansel & Gretel. Currently, she is performing in the chorus of The Marriage of Figaro on the Scottish Opera tour and will be performing in their production of Turandot later this year.

During her time at RCS, Rosie won the prestigious Governor’s Recital Prize and was awarded the Florence Veitch Ibler Prize for Oratorio Singing. She is the recipient of the Salomon Seelig Musicians Company Award, Sybil Tutton Opera Award and the Rising Star Award from the John Mathers Trust. Rosie has performed across Europe, recently performing Strauss’ ‘Vier Letze Lieder’  in Germany with the Jungephilarmonie Karslruhe in February 2026. She has also performed in the chorus of Donizetti’s ‘L’elisir d’amore’ in the Palazzo Corsini in Florence, and recitals in the Assembleia Legislativa in Madeira and the Royal Tuschinski Theatre and Draiiorgelmuseum in Amsterdam. In Scotland, Rosie has performed opera and recital in many prestigious venues including the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh Playhouse and Festival Theatre, Caird Hall and the Usher Hall as a 23/24 Emerging Artist. She has also performed with the Dunedin Consort and The Cumnock Tryst and has previously been the Chorus Master for Paisley Opera with productions of Verdi’s Macbeth and Gounod’s Faust in collaboration with Scottish Opera.

Operatic engagements include: Praskowia (The Merry Widow, Scottish Opera/ Opera Holland Park), Sally Huguhes (A Matter of Misconduct, Scottish Opera / Opera Holland Park), cover Sophie (Sophie & Bear, Scottish Opera), Katie (Displaced R&D, coalign & ENO), Maria (The Witnesses), Elettra (Idomeneo, RCS), Beatrice (Three Decembers, RCS), Mrs Gobineau (The Medium, RCS), Noemie (Cendrillon, RCS).