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British singer Lynsey Docherty enjoys a wide and varied career as an operatic soprano, a leading vocal animateur and as a producer. She is the founding Artistic Director of the international voice festival, Celebrate Voice. Welcome to her website, where you can find information on Lynsey's activities and make contact through the relevant page.
In 2025, she continues to produce year-round content for Celebrate Voice Festival in its 12th year. Performances include The Mikado for Opera Della Luna at The Lowry Salford, Theatre Royal Bath, Wilton's in London and Salisbury International Arts Festival. Plus new creative projects for Grange Festival, IF Opera and Garsington Opera. For her work in the arts, Lynsey is a past recipient of the Pride of Wiltshire award, and has received commendations from the late Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II, and the Princess of Wales to attend the first Together at Christmas at Westminster Abbey. |
Performances & Projects
2025:
Jan-May
Birdsongs
La Folia
Vocal animateur
w. Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral School, Exeter House School
cond. Howard Moody
March
Happiness Project
Vocal animateur, led by Karen Gillingham
Garsington Opera
Garsington Studios
April - May
Creative Producer
The Comet Huntress
Project based on a new commission for IF Opera
IF Opera
May 2
Birdsongs
La Folia
Salisbury Cathedral
w. Howard Moody
May 8, 9, 10
Pitti Sing
The Mikado
The Lowry, Salford
Opera Della Luna
May 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Pitti Sing
The Mikado
Theatre Royal Bath
Opera Della Luna
June 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Pitti Sing
The Mikado
Wilton's Music Hall, London
Opera Della Luna
June 9-16
Vocal Animateur
Fledermaus project w. Rob Gildon
The Grange Festival
June 17 (matinee and eve)
Pitti Sing
The Mikado
Salisbury International Arts Festival
Opera Della Luna
June-July
Creative Producer
The Comet Huntress
Project based on a new commission for IF Opera
IF Opera
July 16
Compere and Soloist
Celestial Sounds: Little Durnford Summer Gala
Celebrate Voice Festival
August 4
Singer & Compere
Community Gala Concert
Wiltshire Music Centre
If Opera
September tbc
Tales of Offenbach
Opera Della Luna
October 22 - November 1
Artistic Director
Celebrate Voice Festival
Salisbury
December 11, 12, 13
Director & Singer
Celebrate Voice at Christmas
The Medieval Hall, Salisbury
Celebrate Voice Festival
2024:
January 18-20 Oxford Playhouse
January 24-28 Theatre Royal Bath
Opera Della Luna
Hebe
HMS Pinafore
Feb-July
La Folia
Evening Songs Project with conductor/ composer
Howard Moody
Apr-July
IF Opera
Fledermaus Schools' Project
Creative Producer
Apr 30
Sounds Better
Opera Concert - Dementia
May 8 & 9
Sherborne Abbey Festival
Opera at the Plume
w. Philip Smith (Baritone) & Anthony Flaum (tenor)
June 5, 6, 7
Sweeney Todd (A Victorian Melodrama)
The Lowry, Salford
Opera Della Luna
June 13-22
The Grange Festival
Education Project | Tosca
Vocal Animateur w. Robert Gildon
July 2
La Folia
Evening Songs project performance
Salisbury Cathedral
July 13
Celebrate Voice
Summer Gala Concert
Little Durnford Manor, Salisbury
July 23-27
Sweeney Todd (A Victorian Melodrama)
Theatre Royal Bath
Opera Della Luna
August 25
IF Opera
Little Red Riding Hood
Narrator
October 30 - 9 November
Celebrate Voice Festival
Artistic Director
Guildhall, Salisbury
December 7
Grange Festival
Christmas Concerts
Singer & Animateur
December 12, 13, 14
Celebrate Voice at Christmas
Medieval Hall, Salisbury
December 20
Celebrate Voice at Christmas
Theatre Royal, Winchester
2023
April 2
Brahms Requiem
St, Mary's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodbridge Choral Society
April 18, 19
Sweeney Todd (A Victorian Melodrama)
The Theatre, Chipping Norton
Opera Della Luna
April 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Sweeney Todd (A Victorian Melodrama)
Wilton's Music Hall, London
Opera Della Luna
Apr-May
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Education Project and Performances based on Will Todd's opera
IF Opera | Bradford-on-Avon
May 3, 4
Sherborne Abbey Festival
Opera at the Plume
w. Anthony Flaum (tenor), Stuart Pendred (baritone)
Sherborne, Dorset
May 22-25
Orfeo
Opera Education Project with Rob Gildon for
The Grange Festival, Hampshire
May-July
Dawn to Dusk: The Moon is Listening
Vocal Director
A new work by Richard Taylor
The Grange Festival, Hampshire
Garsington Opera collaboration
Dir. Karen Gillingham
June 8 (matinee & eve)
Salisbury International Arts Festival
Hebe
HMS Pinafore
Opera Della Luna
June 24
Guildford Fringe Festival
Opera Gala with Anthony Flaum
June/ July
Opera Outreach Workshops | London
London Choral Sinfonia
w. Michael Waldron & Anthony Flaum
July 7
Dawn to Dusk: The Moon is Listening | Performance
Vocal Director
A new work by Richard Taylor
The Grange Festival, Hampshire
Garsington Opera collaboration
Dir. Karen Gillingham
July 15
Celebrate Voice | Live at Little Durnford
Summer Serenade | Outdoor Opera Gala
Little Durnford Manor, Salisbury
Celebrate Voice Festival
October 19-28
Celebrate Voice Festival
Artistic Director
December 2, 3
Grange Festival
Christmas Community Concerts
Singer & Animateur
2022
November 12
Epworth Choir & Orchestra
Hebe | HMS Pinafore
Trinity Methodist Church, Woking
Conductor: Michael Waldron
October 20-29
Celebrate Voice Festival
Artistic Director &
Edith | The Pirates of Penzance
August 3, 6 | Buxton Opera House
August 14, 17, 20 | Harrogate
Sept 10 Malvern (2pm, 7.30pm)
International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival
Opera Della Luna
Hebe HMS Pinafore
July 16
Celebrate Voice | Live at Little Durnford
The Sound of Summer | Outdoor Opera Gala
Little Durnford Manor, Salisbury
Celebrate Voice Festival
July 6-15
IF Opera (formerly Iford Opera)
Vocal Animateur
Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
June 29
Epworth Choir
Opera Gala | Soprano Soloist
Conductor: Michael Waldron
June 13-22
The Grange Festival
Education Project | Yeoman of the Guard
Vocal Animateur w. Robert Gildon and 8 Hampshire Schools
June 15
Opera Up Close
Vocal Animateur
Flying Dutchman Education Project
MAST Southampton
June 6-11
London Festival Opera
Soprano Soloist | Opera Gala performances
Parksanilla Resort | The Kingdom of Kerry, Ireland
June 5
Salisbury Cathedral Close
Queen's Jubilee Garden Party Celebration
56a The Close 12-4pm
with Philip Blake-Jones (baritone)
June 2
The Grange at Oborne
Opera Gala with Jon Valender and Sarah Pring
Dorset
May 19
Raina | The Chocolate Soldier
Opera Della Luna | Wilton's Music Hall
A new version of Oscar Straus' operetta with original Bernard Shaw libretto
May 4 & 5
Sherborne Abbey Festival
Opera at the Plume
w. Robyn Lyn Evans (tenor), Philip Smith (baritone)
Sherborne, Dorset
Feb-May
Celebrate Voice & Wiltshire Music Connect
Primary Schools' Education Project with 7 Wiltshire Schools. With Michael Waldron (Conductor/ piano), Philip Smith (baritone), Laurence Williams (baritone), Anthony Flaum (tenor)
Feb-Apr
Wiltshire Youth Choir | Half-Term & Easter Courses
Singing Leader
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon
with Felicity Courage and Tim Gilvin
Jan-May
Birdsongs
La Folia
Vocal animateur
w. Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral School, Exeter House School
cond. Howard Moody
March
Happiness Project
Vocal animateur, led by Karen Gillingham
Garsington Opera
Garsington Studios
April - May
Creative Producer
The Comet Huntress
Project based on a new commission for IF Opera
IF Opera
May 2
Birdsongs
La Folia
Salisbury Cathedral
w. Howard Moody
May 8, 9, 10
Pitti Sing
The Mikado
The Lowry, Salford
Opera Della Luna
May 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Pitti Sing
The Mikado
Theatre Royal Bath
Opera Della Luna
June 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Pitti Sing
The Mikado
Wilton's Music Hall, London
Opera Della Luna
June 9-16
Vocal Animateur
Fledermaus project w. Rob Gildon
The Grange Festival
June 17 (matinee and eve)
Pitti Sing
The Mikado
Salisbury International Arts Festival
Opera Della Luna
June-July
Creative Producer
The Comet Huntress
Project based on a new commission for IF Opera
IF Opera
July 16
Compere and Soloist
Celestial Sounds: Little Durnford Summer Gala
Celebrate Voice Festival
August 4
Singer & Compere
Community Gala Concert
Wiltshire Music Centre
If Opera
September tbc
Tales of Offenbach
Opera Della Luna
October 22 - November 1
Artistic Director
Celebrate Voice Festival
Salisbury
December 11, 12, 13
Director & Singer
Celebrate Voice at Christmas
The Medieval Hall, Salisbury
Celebrate Voice Festival
2024:
January 18-20 Oxford Playhouse
January 24-28 Theatre Royal Bath
Opera Della Luna
Hebe
HMS Pinafore
Feb-July
La Folia
Evening Songs Project with conductor/ composer
Howard Moody
Apr-July
IF Opera
Fledermaus Schools' Project
Creative Producer
Apr 30
Sounds Better
Opera Concert - Dementia
May 8 & 9
Sherborne Abbey Festival
Opera at the Plume
w. Philip Smith (Baritone) & Anthony Flaum (tenor)
June 5, 6, 7
Sweeney Todd (A Victorian Melodrama)
The Lowry, Salford
Opera Della Luna
June 13-22
The Grange Festival
Education Project | Tosca
Vocal Animateur w. Robert Gildon
July 2
La Folia
Evening Songs project performance
Salisbury Cathedral
July 13
Celebrate Voice
Summer Gala Concert
Little Durnford Manor, Salisbury
July 23-27
Sweeney Todd (A Victorian Melodrama)
Theatre Royal Bath
Opera Della Luna
August 25
IF Opera
Little Red Riding Hood
Narrator
October 30 - 9 November
Celebrate Voice Festival
Artistic Director
Guildhall, Salisbury
December 7
Grange Festival
Christmas Concerts
Singer & Animateur
December 12, 13, 14
Celebrate Voice at Christmas
Medieval Hall, Salisbury
December 20
Celebrate Voice at Christmas
Theatre Royal, Winchester
2023
April 2
Brahms Requiem
St, Mary's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodbridge Choral Society
April 18, 19
Sweeney Todd (A Victorian Melodrama)
The Theatre, Chipping Norton
Opera Della Luna
April 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Sweeney Todd (A Victorian Melodrama)
Wilton's Music Hall, London
Opera Della Luna
Apr-May
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Education Project and Performances based on Will Todd's opera
IF Opera | Bradford-on-Avon
May 3, 4
Sherborne Abbey Festival
Opera at the Plume
w. Anthony Flaum (tenor), Stuart Pendred (baritone)
Sherborne, Dorset
May 22-25
Orfeo
Opera Education Project with Rob Gildon for
The Grange Festival, Hampshire
May-July
Dawn to Dusk: The Moon is Listening
Vocal Director
A new work by Richard Taylor
The Grange Festival, Hampshire
Garsington Opera collaboration
Dir. Karen Gillingham
June 8 (matinee & eve)
Salisbury International Arts Festival
Hebe
HMS Pinafore
Opera Della Luna
June 24
Guildford Fringe Festival
Opera Gala with Anthony Flaum
June/ July
Opera Outreach Workshops | London
London Choral Sinfonia
w. Michael Waldron & Anthony Flaum
July 7
Dawn to Dusk: The Moon is Listening | Performance
Vocal Director
A new work by Richard Taylor
The Grange Festival, Hampshire
Garsington Opera collaboration
Dir. Karen Gillingham
July 15
Celebrate Voice | Live at Little Durnford
Summer Serenade | Outdoor Opera Gala
Little Durnford Manor, Salisbury
Celebrate Voice Festival
October 19-28
Celebrate Voice Festival
Artistic Director
December 2, 3
Grange Festival
Christmas Community Concerts
Singer & Animateur
2022
November 12
Epworth Choir & Orchestra
Hebe | HMS Pinafore
Trinity Methodist Church, Woking
Conductor: Michael Waldron
October 20-29
Celebrate Voice Festival
Artistic Director &
Edith | The Pirates of Penzance
August 3, 6 | Buxton Opera House
August 14, 17, 20 | Harrogate
Sept 10 Malvern (2pm, 7.30pm)
International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival
Opera Della Luna
Hebe HMS Pinafore
July 16
Celebrate Voice | Live at Little Durnford
The Sound of Summer | Outdoor Opera Gala
Little Durnford Manor, Salisbury
Celebrate Voice Festival
July 6-15
IF Opera (formerly Iford Opera)
Vocal Animateur
Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
June 29
Epworth Choir
Opera Gala | Soprano Soloist
Conductor: Michael Waldron
June 13-22
The Grange Festival
Education Project | Yeoman of the Guard
Vocal Animateur w. Robert Gildon and 8 Hampshire Schools
June 15
Opera Up Close
Vocal Animateur
Flying Dutchman Education Project
MAST Southampton
June 6-11
London Festival Opera
Soprano Soloist | Opera Gala performances
Parksanilla Resort | The Kingdom of Kerry, Ireland
June 5
Salisbury Cathedral Close
Queen's Jubilee Garden Party Celebration
56a The Close 12-4pm
with Philip Blake-Jones (baritone)
June 2
The Grange at Oborne
Opera Gala with Jon Valender and Sarah Pring
Dorset
May 19
Raina | The Chocolate Soldier
Opera Della Luna | Wilton's Music Hall
A new version of Oscar Straus' operetta with original Bernard Shaw libretto
May 4 & 5
Sherborne Abbey Festival
Opera at the Plume
w. Robyn Lyn Evans (tenor), Philip Smith (baritone)
Sherborne, Dorset
Feb-May
Celebrate Voice & Wiltshire Music Connect
Primary Schools' Education Project with 7 Wiltshire Schools. With Michael Waldron (Conductor/ piano), Philip Smith (baritone), Laurence Williams (baritone), Anthony Flaum (tenor)
Feb-Apr
Wiltshire Youth Choir | Half-Term & Easter Courses
Singing Leader
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon
with Felicity Courage and Tim Gilvin