British soprano Isabelle Peters is recognised for her radiant lyric voice, expressive stage presence and versatility across a wide-ranging operatic and concert repertoire. A former English National Opera Harewood Artist and Welsh National Opera Associate Artist, she is an alumna of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Royal Northern College of Music.
Recent engagements include the Governess in Britten's The Turn of the Screw for the Royal Ballet & Opera, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel for Opera North, and Alonso in The Tempest for Vache Baroque. At Garsington Opera, she appeared as Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio, praised by London Unattached for her "light and charming" performance and "honeyed lyrical vocal tone", and as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore for the company's Opera First series.
Isabelle has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with English National Opera, where her acclaimed portrayal of Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance was praised for possessing "the vocal allure of a true bel canto specialist", with The Standard singling out her rendition of "Poor Wand'ring One" as a highlight of the production. Her other appearances with ENO include Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Daughter 2 (Akhnaten) and Kate (The Yeomen of the Guard).
Elsewhere, her operatic credits include Sigismondo in Handel's Arminio at the Royal Opera House, Nannetta in Falstaff for Opera North, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte for Nevill Holt Opera, and Esmeralda in The Bartered Bride for Garsington Opera. For Welsh National Opera, she has sung Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Jano (Jenůfa) and Nadine in Will Todd's Migrations. She also created the title role in the world premiere of Errollyn Wallen's Dido's Ghost with the Dunedin Consort at London's Barbican Centre.
Equally at home on the concert platform, Isabelle made her BBC Proms debut with English National Opera and has performed alongside Chineke! Orchestra and distinguished artists including Malcolm Martineau, Sholto Kynoch and Dylan Perez. Her recital appearances have taken her to the Royal Opera House Crush Room, BBC Hoddinott Hall and Oxford International Song Festival, reflecting a particular affinity for song and the intimacy of chamber music.
Alongside her operatic career, Isabelle is the founder of The Desiderata Consort, an early-music collective exploring the meeting of musical traditions, cultures and histories. The ensemble's forthcoming projects include European performances and an ACCR Odyssée residency at the Abbaye aux Dames in Saintes, France.
Isabelle was named among Classic FM's 30 Under 30 Rising Stars and has been a finalist in both the Voice of Black Opera Competition and the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition.