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Rebecca Clarke Song Competition - Applications

Alicia Mallace-Goulbourne

SINGER

Alicia Mallace-Goulbourne

NATIONALITY:

British

PIANIST

Jack Campbell

PIANIST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PRIZE?

Yes

SINGER BIOGRAPHY:

British soprano Alicia Mallace-Goulbourne has been praised for her “sensitive legato” and “outstanding poise and command.” She made her role debut as Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia with Opera Asteria. Other roles include cover Anna (La nonne sanglante, Gothic Opera), Dido (Dido & Aeneas, Opera Asteria), Naiad (Ariadne auf Naxos, Uncovered Opera Company), Cis (Albert Herring, New Palace Opera), Dama (Macbeth, Uncovered Opera Company) and Suor Osmina (Suor Angelica, Opera Greenwich). Her ensemble work spans companies such as Hampstead Garden Opera, Regents Opera, Scherzo Ensemble, Saffron Opera Group, and Gothic Opera’s Offie-winning La nonne sanglante. She has appeared as soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise. Alicia’s career highlights include reaching the semi-finals of the Trinity Laban Soloist Competition, being a reserve finalist for the MOCSA Young Welsh Singer of the Year, performing Alice in Falstaff with Welsh National Opera, and taking part in masterclasses with David Gowland and evening concerts with the ROH Jette Parker Artists. Also an active recitalist, she has performed across the UK in venues including the Lighthouse Arts Centre, the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Queen’s House and Charlton House. She next appears as the Witch in Uncovered Opera Company’s upcoming Hansel and Gretel.

APPLICATION VIDEO 1:

Liza Lehmann: There are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden - Fri 28 Nov 2025

APPLICATION VIDEO 2:

Madeleine Dring: It was a lover and his lass - Fri 28 Nov 2025

SEMI-FINAL AND FINAL PROGRAMME PROPOSED:

Semi-Final (Public performance at ROSL, 19 Jan 2026):
It was a lover - Madeleine Dring (2’00)
There are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden - Liza Lehmann (3’00)
Scotch Minstrelsy – The braes of Yarrow – Judith Weir (1’55)
God Made a Tree (2’25) – Rebecca Clarke
June Twilight (2’40) – Rebecca Clarke

Final (Public performance at ROSL, 24 Jan 2026 7pm):
Scotch Minstrelsy: The braes of Yarrow - Judith Weir (1’55)
Ophelia (3’00) - Elizabeth Maconchy
To Daffodils - Muriel Herbert (3’09)
Return of Spring (2’00) - Rebecca Clarke
God Made a Tree (2’25) - Rebecca Clarke
Ethel Smyth - Near the Linden Tree (2’41)
June Twilight (2’40) - Rebecca Clarke

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