British-American Mezzo-Soprano Louisa Stuart-Smith is currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for the masters in Vocal Performance under the tutelage of Professor Yvonne Kenny. Louisa is grateful to hold a Guildhall School Trust Scholarship and to be generously supported by the Josephine Baker Trust.

Louisa has performed widely in concert, including as a soloist with the Carnegie Ensemble from the BBC Symphony Orchestra in their Baroque Concerts, as well as at the Reform Club and City of London Livery Companies. Her concert work also includes performing as a soloist in oratorios including Dixit Dominus in St John’s College Chapel (2022), in concert with Green Opera (2022) and solo recitals.

Recent operatic performances include the title roles in Serse (2022), Rinaldo (2021) and Giulio Cesare in Egitto (2019), as well as the roles of Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro (2021), L’Architecture in Les Arts Florissants (2019) and La Damigella in La Liberazione di Ruggiero (2020). Louisa’s operetta and acting roles have included Little Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore (Minack Theatre, 2021), Tessa in The Gondoliers (2022), Peep-Bo in The Mikado (2019) and Joan in Saint Joan (ADC Theatre 2019), as well as performing regularly in comedy sketch shows with the Cambridge Footlights.

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