Olivia Ray studied at the Royal Northern, the English National Opera’s The Knack, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, receiving a fellowship to Aspen, Colorado, to study with Susanne Mentzer.

Among her recent highlights are La CiescaGianni Schicchi, EmiliaOtello, Anna Polikovskaya in the world premiere of The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko (Grange Park Opera); Lady SpencerGeorgiana (Buxton International Festival); Letters from Lony (Three Choirs Festival) Elgar The Apostles (Gloucester Cathedral); Mahler Symphony No. 8 (Cheltenham Music Festival); and Bach Christmas Oratorio (Bath Choral Society).

Her operatic roles include GertrudeRoméo et Juliette, FloraLa traviata,Enrichetta di FranciaI puritani, Soeur MathildeDialogues des carmélites (Grange Park Opera); AlisaLucia di Lammermoor, CurraLa forza del destino,Mrs FoxFantastic Mr Fox and Suzy / LoletteLa rondine (all for Opera Holland Park); JunoOrpheus in the Underworld, OlgaEugene Onegin (Scottish Opera); Mrs NoyeNoyes Fludde (London Philharmonic Orchestra); RosinaThe Barber of Seville (Stanley Hall Opera); the title role in Offenbach’s La Périchole (Opera South); Angelina La Cenerentola (English Pocket Opera, Minotaur Productions, London Opera Productions); Maddalena in Rigoletto (Live Action Opera); IreneTheodora, PulcheriaRiccardo Primo (Opéra de Baugé); MotherThe Tales of Hoffmann, EsmeraldaThe Bartered Bride (Mid Wales Opera); Carmen (Pavilion Opera, Opera Brava, Mananan Arts Festival); AnninaLa traviata (Pavilion Opera); SmeraldinaThe Love for Three Oranges (English Pocket Opera); DidoDido and Aeneas (Minotaur Productions, Cannon Scholars); Mrs KneeboneBerkeley’s A Dinner Engagement (Opera East); and Nadine, John Lunn’s workshop production of Tangier Tattoo (Glyndebourne).

As an oratorio soloist Olivia has performed Bach St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion; Berlioz Les nuits d’ete; Britten Spring Symphony; Duruflé Requiem; Elgar Sea Pictures,The Music Makers; Handel Messiah, Theodora, Dixit Dominus; Haydn Nelson Mass, Harmoniemesse; Mozart Mass in C Minor, Coronation Mass, Requiem, Vesperes Solomnes; Scarclatti Miserere; and Vivaldi Gloria. Other engagements include Mahler Symphony No. 8 (Royal Festival Hall) and Symphony No.2 (Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra). She has performed recitals at the Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival, Ludlow English Song Weekend, the ASPECT Foundation, and for MusicUpClose.

Prizes include a Fellowship to Aspen Music Festival and School, Colorado; Lillian Baylis Bursary, The Knack (ENO); Clare Croiza Prize for French Song and John Cameron Special Lieder Prize (RNCM).