About

Soprano Lisa Moffat is an experienced opera singer and recitalist, described as “a real acting singer”, who loves to perform music from baroque oratorio to premiering new music.

Born and brought up in Scotland, Lisa made her operatic debut at 16 years old singing Barbarina in a touring production of The Marriage of Figaro (English Pocket Opera), and the Ryedale Festival.

She graduated from Huddersfield University with a BMus(Hons) in performance and musicology, taking part in the many performance and soloist opportunities with the University Choir and local choirs. She performed in a community project with The Shout and Orlando Gough at the world famous Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

After University, Lisa began teaching privately and at Gordonstoun School, rehearsing choirs, and began receiving singing lessons from Patricia MacMahon, whom she continues to study with.

She won an entrance scholarship to the Royal Northern College of Music to study for a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal and Operatic Studies with Barbara Robotham. There she won an Eva Turner Scholarship, the Marjorie Squires Bursary, sang in the Mozart and Schubert Festivals, and was a finalist in the Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the singing of Strauss. She sang professionally with many local choral societies, including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Ensemble 10/10 Ensemble premiering Small Tales, tall tales Kenneth Hesketh, and Really? Judith Weir, conducted by Clark Rundell.

Recent concert work in Devon includes Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with the Exeter Symphony Orchestra, Brahms Requiem with the Exeter Festival Chorus, and numerous charity opera galas with Staircase Opera and Red Earth Opera.

Opera roles in staged productions include Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice (fundraising for Ukranian Volunteers, Exeter Castle 2024), Juliet The Capulets and the Montagues (Red Earth Opera 2023), The Plaintiff Trial by Jury (Duchy Opera and Park House Opera 2023), Lola Cavalleria Rusticana (Duchy Opera and Park House Opera both 2023, Haddo House Opera) Peep-Bo Mikado (Co-Opera Co. cover), Varvara Katya Kabanova and Le Feu L’enfant et les Sortileges (covers at RNCM), Ida Die Fledermaus, Michaela Carmen (Garioch Opera) and Frasquita Carmen(Haddo House Opera).

She has enjoyed many oratorio appearences working with choral societies on works including Messiah Handel, Gloria Vivaldi, Christmas Oratorio Bach, Schubert Mass in G and Mass in A, Mass in C Mozart, Nelson Mass Haydn, Mass in C Beethoven, and Serenade to Music Vaughan Williams.

Lisa has performed at opera galas and weddings, at sea on a cruise ship, and in concert venues and cathedrals from Inverness to the Isle of Wight. Her performance work has included fund raising for charity in concerts with The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, and singing new work Eternal Voices by Adam Gorb in cathedral choral concerts.

Lisa has taught singing for almost 20 years, privately and in schools and colleges, teaching beginners to professional singers. This has included teaching pupils for auditions, ABRSM Diploma exams, choral singers, and working for Pimlico Opera’s Primary Robins charity teaching whole class singing.

You can find out more about Lisa’s teaching and performance work in her blog and her online social media profiles.

Please see the Diary page for upcoming performances.

Diary

For a more comprehensive list of works performed, please read the Repertoire page.

contact lisa@lisamoffat.co.uk to enquire about availability, or for an up-to-date biography and photo for your concert.