BIOGRAPHY
Daisy Livesey is a soprano based in London. She is supported by the Josephine Baker Trust, with recent solo engagements including Britten The World of the Spirit (Ben Vonberg-Clark, London Mozart Players, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 2025), Haydn The Seasons (Iain Ledingham, St Mary’s Church, Amersham, 2025), Handel Messiah (Jonathan Willcocks, Chichester Cathedral, 2025), Bach Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (Max Barley, St John’s Church, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon International Music Festival, 2024), Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle (Luke Fitzgerald, Coventry Cathedral, 2024) and Purcell The Fairy Queen (Seb Gillot and Eloise Lally, Jacksons Lane Theatre, Hampstead Garden Opera, 2024). Daisy was a finalist in the 2025 Ashburnham English Song Awards with pianist Ben Markovic.
Also an experienced choral singer, Daisy has worked in the UK and Europe with Arcangelo (Helsinki, 2023; London, 2025) the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Queen Elizabeth Hall, Brno (Czechia), Lucerne (Switzerland), 2025; Saffron Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Polish National Radio Symphony Hall, 2023) the Gabrieli Consort (Iturbi Hall, Valencia, 2025), the Monteverdi Choir (Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, 2024) and La Nuova Musica (Shoreditch Town Hall, 2025).
Daisy graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2025. She was taught by Alex Ashworth and Iain Ledingham, and was awarded the Philip Hattey prize and the Jennifer Vyvyan scholarship in her final year. During the Academy’s Bicentenary in 2022, Daisy was a soprano soloist in Purcell The Fairy Queen directed by Laurence Cummings. In January 2025, she won First Prize in RAM’s Nancy Nuttall Early Music Prize adjudicated by Robert Hollingworth with a programme of Buxtehude soprano cantatas.
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PROFILES AND REVIEWS
Hampstead Garden Opera
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “HGO with a talented cast, a tight orchestra and superb direction put on a spectacle in praise of love, joy and a little bit of kinky experimentation.” The Reviews Hub
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The ensemble company of fourteen young opera singers work tirelessly well together, invested and focused throughout, creating lovely classical tableaux, with each performer getting their chance to shine and sing Purcell’s glorious songs…a vibrant and, yes, charming production.” The Spy in the Stalls
Oxford Bach Soloists
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