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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 concerts producer. She is the founding Artistic Director of the festival, Celebrate Voice. Welcome to her website, where you can find information on Lynsey's vocal activities and make contact through the relevant page.
In 2020, she has been heavily engaged in producing and developing online content for Celebrate Voice, Iford Opera Festival, Dorset Opera Festival and South Wilts Mencap amongst others, during the COVID-19 lockdown. She also produced one of the first live professional shows in the South West with an outdoor spectacular variety show at Little Durnford Manor in August, as lockdown eased. Lynsey is also a Director on the Board of the Dorset Opera Festival, and a judge for the Wiltshire Life Magazine Awards. |
Performances & Projects[above: a short film documenting our COVID-19 work]
2020 Online shows for Celebrate Voice: 22 March Celebrate Voice Sings... for Mother's Day! Special guest singer is baritone Philip Smith 29 March Celebrate Voice Sings... Music Theatre Night! Special guest singer is West End star Janie Dee! 5 April Celebrate Voice Sings... Music at the Movies! Special guest singer is Amy Blake joining from France 12 April Celebrate Voice Sings... Uplifting Hits! Special guest singer is Anthony Flaum 19th April Celebrate Voice Sings... Opera! Joining Lynsey & Philip from their homes will be Pauls Putnins from Latvia, Carleen Ebbs from New Zealand and Amy Blake from France 26 April Celebrate Voice Sings... Vintage Classics! Iconic classics from yesteryear Special guest performers are Stefan Bednarczyk and Jamie Hannah 3 May Celebrate Voice Sings... All Request Sunday! Special guest singers: French jazz artist, Claude Tedesco, and local songwriter Georgina Agombar 10 May Celebrate Voice Sings... Series Grand Finale! Guests John Hudson, Robert Gildon, Amy Blake, Philip Smith 26 May Islington Choral Society Online show with conductor & pianist Michael Waldron June to September Weekly Online workshops with South Wilts Mencap co-led with Robert Gildon June to July Weekly online course Explore Your Voice Celebrate Voice Festival July 27-31 Online vocal course for Dorset Opera Festival Working with students from 6 Dorset Secondary Schools www.dorsetopera.com July -August Creative Producer of Gingerbread! A co-production with Iford Arts & Celebrate Voice Creating, devising and performing in a 3-part online production of Humperdinck's Hansel & Gretel for families August 22 The Lockdown Shows: Unlocked Live at Little Durnford Manor, Salisbury Celebrate Voice Festival with Carleen Ebbs, Graeme Danby, John Hudson, Philip Smith, Miranda Westcott, Jamie Hannah, and artists from Plain Arts Salisbury Sept 6 The Grange, Oborne, Dorset Live concert with Jon Valender Sept 12 L'Elisir d'Amore by Donizetti Adina Live Outdoor Performance Woodbridge, Suffolk 2019 Dec 18 Christmas at the Plume, Sherborne Gala concert with Philip Smith & Jung Soo Yun Dec 12 Dec 13 The Medieval Hall, Cathedral Close, Salisbury Christmas Nights at the Opera - Gala concerts with Amy Blake, Philip Smith & Jung Soo Yun Dec 6 St. Michael's Church, Winterbourne Christmas Concert The Riverside Singers Music Director Nov 22 Godolphin School Singing Competition Adjudicator Oct 27, 29, 30 Nov 1 Marcellina Le Nozze di Figaro Celebrate Voice www.celebratevoice.co.uk Oct 25-Nov 2 Celebrate Voice Festival Opera, jazz, folk, cabaret & Music theatre performances Founder & Artistic Director July 22 July 23 Bloomsbury Theatre, London Orpheus in the Underworld Diana Opera Della Luna Jul 15-19 Purbeck School Opera Project | Nabucco Dorset Opera Festival Jul 8 Jul 11 Jul 17 Buxton Opera House Buxton Opera Festival Orpheus in the Underworld Diana Opera Della Luna Jul 3 Writhlington School, Radstock Culmination of Song Project Jun 29 A Summer's Night at the Opera Little Durnford Manor, Salisbury Celebrate Voice Festival Jun 23 Southwold Festival, Suffolk Soprano Soloist | Gala Concert with Stephen Aviss (tenor), Robert Gildon (baritone) Jun 16 Royal Opera House: ROH Late Premiere of ‘Stretched’ A reimagining of Puccini’s Tosca 6pm Jun 4 Salisbury International Arts Festival Orpheus in the Underworld Diana Opera Della Luna May 11 Soprano Soloist Mozart Requiem Andover Choral Society St. Mary's Church, Andover May 4 Pocket Traviata | Violetta Sherborne Abbey Festival - 25th Anniversary in association with Dorset Opera Festival Sherborne, Dorset May 2 Opera at The Plume | Soprano Sherborne Abbey Festival - 25th Anniversary in association with Dorset Opera Festival Sherborne, Dorset Jan 26 Jan 27 Royal Opera House Traviata Reimagined Violetta A condensed version of the opera |
2018
Dec 13 Dec 14 The Medieval Hall, Salisbury A Christmas Night at the Opera - Gala concerts for Celebrate Voice Dec 7 St. Michael's Church, Winterbourne Christmas Concert The Riverside Singers Music Director Dec 1 Royal Opera House in Luton Traviata Reimagined Violetta A condensed version of the opera Nov 25 Nov 18 Royal Opera House Traviata Reimagined Violetta A condensed version of the opera Nov 11 Royal Opera House Traviata Reimagined Violetta A condensed version of the opera Nov 10 Royal Opera House in Slough Traviata Reimagined Violetta A condensed version of the opera Nov 4 Royal Opera House Traviata Reimagined Violetta A condensed version of the opera Oct 23rd - Nov 2nd Celebrate Voice Festival 2018 Salisbury, Wiltshire Artistic Director Oct 24, 26, 28, Nov 1 The Medieval Hall, Salisbury Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Celebrate Voice Festival 2018 Aug 25 Town Place, Throwley Gala concert - Soprano Featuring Jung Soo Yun (tenor), Mark Walters (baritone) and Elizabeth Tredent (soprano) Jul 2-6 Dorset Opera La Boheme Education Project - St. Edward's School, Poole Lead Animateur June 16 A Sea Symphony - Vaughan Williams Soprano Soloist Portsmouth Choral Union June 5-8, 11-12, 18-19 Iford Opera Hansel & Gretel Education Project 7 Wiltshire Schools Vocal Animateur June/July Training the children's chorus for Dorset Opera's production of La Boheme Apr 20, 21 Beggar's Opera Polly Peachum Opera Cameratina, Oborne |