About Lottie

Lottie Craven is a British soprano from Durham and a graduate of University College London, where she read Classics. She is currently studying for a Master of Performance in Vocal Studies at the Royal College of Music under Amanda Roocroft.

Her operatic roles include Abigail Williams in The Crucible (University College Opera, UK première), Susannah in Susannah (University College Opera), and Pamilie in Rameau’s La Naissance d’Osiris (University College Opera, UK première). She has also appeared in scenes as Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Irma (Louise), Madame Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor), and Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw). Recent engagements include Juliette in scenes from Roméo et Juliette at the Royal College of Music, as well as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte scenes and the First Lady in Die Zauberflöte with the National Opera Studio.

Lottie has been selected for several of the UK’s leading young artist training programmes. In 2025 she joined the National Opera Studio Academy, where she is one of twelve singers selected from across the UK for the programme’s advanced professional training. She was previously one of nine singers selected nationally for the Glyndebourne Academy in 2024, and was a member of the Samling Academy from 2018 to 2020.

In 2025, she was selected as a Young Artist for the Bayreuth Festival, supported by the London Wagner Society and the Bayreuth Festspiele.

In 2026, she was named a HarrisonParrott Foundation Artist. She is also generously supported by the National Youth Arts Trust, the Michael James Music Trust, the Hywel Davies Trust for Young Musicians, the Emma Newton Award, the Kathleen Trust, the Yorkshire Ladies’ Council of Education and Sophie’s Silver Lining Fund.