Rachel Purvis, soprano, is a native of Indianapolis, IN. Most recently,
Purvis was a resident artist with the Indianapolis Opera where she
performed as Berta in The Barber of Seville, Mrs. Nordstrom in A
Little Night Music and Papagena in The Magic Flute. She was also the
soprano soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Carmel
Symphony Orchestra. She has also been seen in the chorus of
Puccini’s Tosca with Indianapolis Opera, and sang the title role in
Dvořák’s Rusalka under the direction of Luke Housner of the
Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. Purvis has performed
internationally with La Musica Lirica and the International Opera
Performing Experience performing the title role of Suor Angelica,
Mimì (La Bohème) and Alice Ford (Falstaff) as well as in choruses of
Verdi’s La Traviata and Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites.

Purvis earned her Performer Diploma (2021) and Master’s degree
(2020) in Vocal Performance under the tutelage of Jane Dutton at
the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. At IU, she performed
the role of Mrs. Grose in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and
appeared in the choruses of La Traviata and Wagner’s Parsifal and
was featured as Mimì (La Bohème), Vitellia (La Clemenza di Tito),
Pousette (Manon) and Nedda (Pagliacci) in IU’s graduate opera
workshops. During this time, she also was the second prize winner
with the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition. She earned
her undergraduate degree in voice at Butler University, where she
performed the roles of Edith (Pirates of Penzance), First Witch (Dido
and Aeneas), Madame Pompous (Too Many Sopranos), and the title
role in Suor Angelica.