„Euridice...wird gesungen von Rachel Pinevska mit leuchtender Sopranstimme“ - Tagesspiegel PNN 2025

“Canadian soprano Rachel Pines excelled as the Queen of the Night, her experience with the role shining through as she sang both arias with energy and presence” - Cut Commom Magazine 2018

Canadian soprano Rachel Pinevska, with her “sparkling, nuanced” (Cut-Common magazine) voice, sings a wide range of concert and operatic repertoire that has taken her career throughout North America, Europe, and Australasia. Also known by the anglicized version of her surname - Pines - Pinevska began her musical studies in her hometown of Toronto Canada, completed a Masters of Voice Performance in Queensland Australia, and currently lives in Berlin Germany.

Her 2026/2027 season includes the roles of Ersatz-Präsidentin/Koloratur-Sopranistin in the German premiere of Mittwoch aus Licht with Deutsche Oper Berlin, Eurydice/Orphée et Eurydice with the Sinfonieorchester Collegium Musicum Potsdam, Pamina and Erste Dame/Das Zauberflötchen with the Kammerorchester Unter den Linden at the Berlin Philharmonie, and Prima Cercatrice/Suor Angelica with Deutsche Oper Berlin. 

Among Rachel Pinevska’s recent performance highlights are her debut as soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with the Festival Symphony Orchestra Berlin, appearing in renowned concert halls including the Philharmonie Berlin, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Die Glocke Bremen, and the NDR Konzerthaus Hannover. She also sang Königin der Nacht/Die Zauberflöte with Prager Festspieloper, as well as with the Kammerorchester Unter den Linden in the Philharmonie Berlin.

Rachel Pinevska’s operatic repertoire includes Zerbinetta/Ariadne auf Naxos conducted by Simone Young with Ensemble Q, Königin der Nacht/Die Zauberflöte with Prager Festspieloper, Brisbane City Opera, Opera Australia Schools Tour and the Australian Contemporary Opera Company, Frasquita/Carmen with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alondra de la Parra, La Musica/l'Orfeo, Fiordiligi and Despina/Così fan tutte, Tytania/A Midsummer Night's Dream (Miami Music Festival) and Dafne/Apollo e Dafne, (Brisbane City Opera). A lover of new music, Rachel Pinevska premiered the soprano 1 solo in A church made of glass by Elliott Gyger with Opera Queensland, as well as covered the title role in Ruth by Jeffrey Ryan with Tapestry New Opera.

In concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra Ms. Pinevska has sung arias the arias of Königin der Nacht/Die Zauberflöte, Olympia/Les contes d'Hoffmann, and Adele/Die Fledermaus. Her solo concert repertoire includes Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Paukenmesse and Theresienmesse, Monteverdi's Vespers, Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium, Vivaldi's Gloria and Magnificat, Mozart's Exultate Jubilate, Ravel's Chanson Madécasses, and Beethoven's concert aria “Ah, Perfido!” (Cadenza Chamber Players).

Rachel holds a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Wilfrid Laurier University, where she also earned a Diploma in Chamber Music. She completed her Masters of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in Australia. After completing her studies, Rachel Pinevska received scholarships to study at the Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program in Australia. Rachel's awards include the Elizabeth Muir Memorial Prize, the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition, second prize in the New Zealand Aria Award Competition, and finalist in the International de Chant Georges Liccioni competition and Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria Competition. She holds a permanent position as Soprano 1 in Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus.