Biography

Daisy Mitchell is a 25-year old mezzo-soprano from Staffordshire Moorlands. She is currently a student at the Royal Northern College of Music, studying with Sam Queen. Daisy also continues to be taught by Amanda Roocroft.

On stage, recent roles include: Kate Owen Wingrave (Britten) RNCM, Lazuli L’etoile (Chabrier) RNCM, Nicklaus The Tales of Hoffman (Preston Opera). Daisy was a Young Artist at Buxton Opera Festival 2025 and Waterperry Opera Festival 2023. Daisy has also performed in the chorus at the Grange Festival 2021. In scenes, Daisy has performed the roles of Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Nancy (Albert Herring), Idamante (Idomeneo), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte) & Sally (A Hand of Bridge).

Daisy was a finalist in the RNCM Joyce & Michael Kennedy Award for Strauss in 2024 & 2025. She was also a finalist in the Frederick Cox Prize in 2024. Daisy was a Junior Finalist in the Charles Wood Song Competition 2022. Daisy has performed in masterclasses with Ailish Tynan, Dame Ann Murray and Sarah Connolly as a performer in the inaugural Bailey Consort Singers’ Symposium 2024.

As a soloist for oratorio, notable engagements include Bach’s St John Passion with Skipton Camerata, Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen at the RNCM with the Academy of Ancient Music and The Dream of Gerontius with Stockport Symphony Orchestra. Other solo oratorio repertoire includes Schubert’s Mass in Ab, Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai, Durufle’s Requiem.

Daisy looks forward to performing in a new work by Ben Crick: The Last Machine Breaker, as part of Bradford Opera Fetival in the Autumn. In Spring 2026, Daisy will join the chorus of Opera North in their production of Britten’s Peter Grimes.