Felicity received a BMus 1st Class Hons at the RNCM where she won�the Eunice Pettigrew Prize, and on ENO�s Opera Works programme. She studies with Mary Plazas.After welcoming her first child with her husband, tenor�Jonathan Cooke in September, Felicity was back onstage 4 weeks later with performances of Mendelssohn�Die Erste Wahlpurgisnacht, Handel�Messiah, and Tippett's�A Child of Our Time�across the UK. In Spring 2023 she will return to ENO and to Philip Glass as a Daughter of�Akhnaten�in Phelim McDermott's celebrated production.�Felicity has a keen interest in music education and community engagement. She has developed a relationship�with Baseless Fabric Theatre, a company specialising in creating free promenade opera in public community spaces, and opened their inaugural show as Sadie in new commission�Drifting Dragons�in 2016, returning in 2017 and 2018 as�Dorabella in�Cosi fan Tutte.�For English Touring Opera she�sang�Mama in�Dust Child, a specially-composed opera for children with special educational needs, and was a chorus mentor for Birmingham Opera's ambitious production of Tippett's�The Ice Break. She performed as Cherubino, Hansel and Orfeo in�Trouser Power�as part of Pride Family Sunday at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and�sits on the audition panel and as a vocal tutor for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. She�has sung in online concerts in care homes for Constella OperaBallet�s Connecting Stars programme,�and�has run opera taster workshops for thousands of young people in primary and secondary schools across the country.�Felicity�has taught at Blackheath Conservatoire since 2010.Though the Covid-19 pandemic stalled many of her 2020/21 plans, Felicity was still lucky enough to complete several exciting engagements: she spent the Autumn of 2020�in Vienna, singing the role of Lily alongside chorus in�Porgy and Bess�at the Theater an der Wien, and in 2021 sang Wellgunde in�The Rhinegold�for Birmingham�Opera. The 2021/22 season saw her make her English National Opera solo debut as Kasturbai in their critically acclaimed production of Philip Glass��Satyagraha. Other engagements included chorus in�Tosca�and�Peter Grimes�at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden,�Parsifal�for Opera North, and the title role in�Carmen�for Baseless Fabric Theatre/Grimeborn at the Arcola,�alongside several solo oratorio concerts including Verdi�Requiem�and�The Dream of Gerontius.Since performing in the Olivier Award-winning ensemble and covering Lily in ENO's smash-hit�Porgy and Bess, Felicity�has enjoyed many engagements at the Coliseum, including�understudying roles in�Carmen, The Valkyrie, the Mask of Orpheus�(Birtwistle),�and�Orpheus in the Underworld.Past operatic highlights include:�Carmen�(Kentish Opera), Rosina�The Barber of Seville�(Surrey Opera),�La Cenerentola�(High Time);�Cherubino�The Marriage of Figaro�(Opera Up Close);�Olga�Eugene Onegin�(Opera Up Close, Opera South East, and Mid Wales Opera cover); 3rd Lady�The Magic Flute�(Opera Up Close); Rossweisse�Die Walk�re�(Grange Park Opera); Maddalena�Rigoletto�(Park Opera); and Paquette�Candide�and cover Suzuki�Madama Butterfly�(West Green House Opera).�She has sung chorus for Opera North, Opera Holland Park, Grange Park Opera, English Touring Opera, Cantiere Internazionale D'Arte, and Op�ra de Baug�.Solo oratorio highlights inclue Elgar�The Dream of Gerontius, Handel�Messiah�&�Dixit Dominus, Mozart�Requiem, Verdi�Requiem,�Bach�St Matthew Passion, Rossini�Petite Messe Solennelle, Haydn�Nelson Mass�&�Theresien Mass,�Durufle�Requiem, Vivaldi�Gloria, Mendelssohn�Elijah, Rutter�Feel the Spirit,�Smythe�Mass in D�and Jenkins�The Armed Man, conducted by the composer at Royal Festival Hall.�She also performs and records as a professional consort and session singer, including appearing on Eric Whitacre�s Grammy Award-winning choral disc,�Light and Gold.


