British mezzo-soprano Phoebe Rayner is a H R Taylor Charitable Trust Scholar studying at the Royal College of Music with Amanda Roocroft, supported by the Brooks-Anderson Award. She is a Stoller Hall Emerging Artist and a 2022-23 Britten Pears Young Artist specialising in contemporary music and the development of new works. Roles and scenes performed include L’écureuil/La Chatte in L’enfant et les sortilèges (RCM Opera Studio), Stewardess in Flight (RCM Opera Studio), Hansel in Hansel and Gretel (Westminster Opera Company), Nancy in Albert Herring, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte (RCM Scenes), and Soeur Saint Charles in Dialogues des Carmelites (Royal Northern College of Music).