Versatile and radiant soprano, Rachel Querreveld, began her operatic career at the age of 16 at the Sarasota Opera House. She went on to perform throughout South Florida in operas such as Suor Angelica, Dido and Aeneas, and Golijov’s Ainadamar.
Rachel launched her concert work with her New York City debut at Carnegie Hall. She has since been featured as a soloist with the Central California Youth Wind Ensemble, Sarasota Church of the Palms Orchestra, Venice Performing Arts Series, and the Athena Music Foundation NYC. Her past international engagements include a touring concert series throughout Emilia-Romagna, Italy in theaters such as Novafeltria Teatro Sociale and Teatro Mariani in Sant’Agata Feltria. In Mozart’s birth city of Salzburg, Austria, Rachel was featured in a concert series of his works.
In addition to opera, Rachel is an established musical theater and operetta performer, praised for her bell-like voice with “tones that borough back to the singing of Snow White in the Disney classic” (Cape News). Her favorite roles include Gretchen in Victor Herbert’s The Red Mill and Betty Blake in Cy Coleman’s The Will Roger’s Follies. A strong believer in the impact of Outreach, Rachel co-wrote and performed the title role in OPERApunzel, an outreach children’s opera with Discover Opera! which was featured in the New York Times. She has also written and performed in various cabaret shows throughout New York City in locations such as Feinstein’s/54 Below and Don’t Tell Mama.
Rachel enjoys working with composers in the creation of new operas, and recently debuted the role of Enid in The Interaction Effect by Pamela Stein-Lynde with American Opera Projects. Her scenes work includes Lady With Handmirror in Dominick Argento’s Postcard from Morocco and The Controller in Jonathan Dove’s Flight.
Rachel holds degrees in Operatic Performance from the University of Miami, Frost School of Music (B.M.) and The Manhattan School of Music (M.M.). She serves as Soprano Section Leader and Choral Scholar at the esteemed Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City.
