Olivia Safe
Musical Theatre - singing
“Olivia is our very own Pocket Rocket” – Robbie Williams
Olivia studied at the prestigious Wells Cathedral School in Somerset (having been awarded their first ever full scholarship for voice) She has the highest Soprano Vocal Range in the United Kingdom, as voted by the British Voice Association 2016 .
At the tender age of 19, Olivia was cast to play the leading role of Christine in the Cameron Mackintosh production of Phantom of the Opera.
Trevor Horn, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Beck, Robbie Williams are just a few admirers of her incredible vocal talent. Guitar legend Jeff Beck invited Olivia to sing on the track entitled ‘Elegy for Dunkirk’produced by Stephen Lipson (exec produced by Trevor Horn). The album entitled ‘Emotion and Commotion’ went on to be nominated for 5 Grammy awards and won two.
Soon after, Olivia received a phone call from Hans Zimmer asking her to perform as a featured artist on The Amazing Spider-Man 3, directed by Marc Webb, and then again for the film Interstellar.
After hearing Olivia sing, Robbie Williams asked her to feature on his album, and invited her to open his Roundhouse performance in Camden (broadcast live in over 250 cinemas across 23 countries).
Olivia also sang on one of Pete Tong’s iconic Ibiza tracks for Radio 1 Ibiza Proms, with the London Heritage Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley, at the Royal Albert Hall.
This was followed by performances with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Sir Colin Davis) and solo performances at Birmingham Symphony Hall (conducted by Sir Simon Rattle).
Olivia has also toured in A Night At The Opera, having been selected from 3,000 hopefuls and winning the public vote on The Alan TitchmarshShow. The tour took in 18 venues including the Cardiff Millennium Centre, Birmingham Symphony Hall and the London Palladium.
2022 sees Olivia concentrate on live performances, and her own studio album working with Aled Jones (Welsh Singer and Tv Presenter). She is working with song writers Eg White(Celine Dion, Adele, James Morrison) and Jeff Cohen (Barbra Streisand, Josh Groban and The Shires).
Olivia will be performing at Blenheim Palace in May for the Queen and the Derby for the Platinum Jubilee in June.
Olivia has also had the privilege of performing at many prestigious private and corporate events, including:
A private concert for the Prince of Monaco and Elton John at the Ritz
Soloist at the Great Hall of The People, Beijing, China
Opening and closing the Dubai World Cup, performing to an audience of 100,000 people in the auditorium and broadcast live on TV around the world to half a billion people
Performing at Richard Caring’s son’s wedding, accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Solo performance at a private concert for HRH the Prince of Wales
Invited to sing at Chequers for the Prime minister David Cameron
Solo performance of the National Anthem at Twickenham Stadium for EDF Rugby
Olivia specialises in the Bel Canto technique which is a classical technique but works with all forms of singing from Musical theatre to classical to pop (Whitney Houston sang with Bel canto for example).
She is a fully qualified teacher with BMUS and has a teaching diploma from the GSMD 2.1.
Olivia teaches ABRSM singing exams and Trinity with 100% success rate.
She has students already in NYMT of Great Britain and National Youth Choir Great Britain.
Students do festivals and competitions if they want to. She also has the resources to put students in for auditions in musical theatre.