Rachel Yeo is a classically trained soprano and Los Angeles native who brings a wide range of experience to both solo and ensemble performance. This year, Ms. Yeo will sing in The Maestro by Source/Filter Music, a New Opera Pop-up with Opera Buffs, and perform the role of Young Woman in Kamala Sankaram's A.E. Reverie at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. She will also perform in Voices of Asia with Vibra Voce at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre as part of the Ebell's LA Voices concert series.
Recent roles include Ngon Hong in On Gold Mountain, Soeur Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites, and Cobweb in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She is a member of the Los Angeles Opera Chorus. She also originated the role of Kiyohime in the workshop of Dojyoji at Boston Court Pasadena and was a chorus member in the film adaptation of Gordon Getty's opera Plump Jack. She has performed with companies including LA Opera Connects, Opera Buffs, Lyric Opera of Orange County, and Pacific Opera Project.
A seasoned choral singer and recitalist, Rachel most recently performed as the soprano soloist for Bach's Magnificat, Bach's Gloria in excelsis Deo, and Charpentier's Messe de Minuit with I Cantori di Carmel. A member of the two-time GRAMMY®-winning vocal ensemble Tonality, she was a soloist in HomeCare: A Concert on Climate Change. She is also a member of Adoro Ensemble. Her recent recitals include performances at Northridge at Noon and POPtoberfest, part of Pacific Opera Project's Artist Recital Series. Rachel was a solosit with the Roger Wagner Chorale on their 2022 Japan tour and has been featured in the LA Korean Cultural Center's 2022 Ari Project and St. Andrew Church's Annual Bach to Broadway Concert Series.
Offstage, Rachel is the cofounder of NorthStar Studios LA, a boutique creative consultancy specializing in strategic marketing, branding, and design for arts organizations and independent artists. A systems-thinker with experience across municipal government, healthcare, and higher education, she holds a Master's in Project Management and brings a collaborative, values-driven approach to helping creative organizations tell their stories with clarity and authenticity.