Biography

Described as having ‘a compelling stage presence’ and ‘lovely rich tone,’ British mezzo-soprano Naomi Boot is a recent graduate of the Royal College of Music, London, where she was a Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Scholar, under the tutelage of Ben Johnson.

She makes her role debut as Baba the Turk in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress with British Youth Opera this Summer, and as Lucretia in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia with Brunswick Vocal Arts this Autumn.

Her concert repertoire includes Duruflé’s Requiem, Haydn’s Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Regina Coeli, and Bach’s St John Passion. She also performed as the soloist with the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s rarely heard Meg Blane, A Rhapsody of the Sea, conducted by Sofi Jeannin in Autumn 2025. She is a Young Artist with Leeds Song and Southrepps Music Festival.

Naomi sings with Eton College’s Lower Chapel Choir and has participated in masterclasses with artists including Dame Ann Murray, Aigul Akhmetshina, Bernarda Fink, Joseph Middleton, Matthew Rose, David Parry, James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook, and Markus Hadulla. Her previous operatic roles include Lucretia (The Rape of Lucretia), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Flora (The Enchanted Pig), and Orimeno (Erismena) in RCM Opera Scenes. She also performed with Scherzo Ensemble in Longhope Opera’s production of Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri last summer.

She was recently awarded Third Prize in the Patricia Routledge English Song Prize, as well as Second Prize and Best Undergraduate Performance Prize in the Brooks Van der Pump Competition. She is also a recipient of the Folkestone on Song Luxon Amit Singing Bursary. She was a semi finalist in the Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition, and a finalist in the Eastbourne International Singing Competition this year.