Grace Nyandoro is an experienced soloist and versatile lyric soprano. Born in London, Grace has both Ugandan and Zimbabwean heritage. She read music at The University of Edinburgh where she specialised in composition and performance, before continuing her education at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She graduated from college with the generous support of the University of Edinburgh Bucher-Fraser scholarship, Oxford-Lieder Society bursary and Laurence Atwell Trust bursary.
Operatic roles include: Girlfriend 1/Nurse (Cover) ‘Blue’ (English National Opera), Bridget/Emelda ‘Migrations’ (Welsh National Opera), Musetta ‘La Bohème’ (Kings Head Theatre), Rooster & Jay ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ (Opera Holland Park), Belinda (cover) ‘Dido and Aeneas’ (Birmingham Opera Company). Other notable roles include Aksinya ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’ (Birmingham Opera Company) which won the Royal Philharmonic Society award and the title role of Treemonisha (Spectra Ensemble) at the Grimeborn Festival. Grace is a passionate advocate for new opera, she recently created the role of Anne in ‘Brontë’ (Keynote Opera) and portrayed Grace in ‘Herday’ an opera commissioned for Coventry’s City of Culture Festival.
Alongside her performance work, Grace is dedicated to making opera more accessible through outreach and community engagement projects. In this capacity she has worked with English National Opera, Birmingham Opera Company, Pegasus Opera, and Streetwise Opera. Grace is currently a Create & Sing artist for the Royal Opera House.
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