One of Scotland's leading sopranos has joined the staff of its leading talent school.

Lisa Milne, MBE, is to teach at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow.

An alumna of the RCS, Milne has performed in many of the world's most prestigious opera houses, opera companies and festivals including the Metropolitan Opera, New York, English National Opera and at the Saltzburg and Glydeborne Festivals.

She joins the RCS teaching staff for the start of the new academic session as a vocal coach.

Milne said: "I am delighted to be joining the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

"I'm looking forward to working in such a vibrant and world-leading musical environment.

"As an alumna of the RCS, I appreciate the training that goes on behind the scenes and I cannot wait to get started, working colleagues and students to ensure the continued visibility of the RCS's reach nationally and internationally."

Ms Milne, who grew up in Aberdeen, studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, as it was then called.

She was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2005.

She has appeared at the Aix-en-Provence, Edinburgh and City of London festivals, the Oxford Lieder Festival, London's Wigmore Hall, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and at the Schumannfeste in Dusseldorf.

Professor Jeffrey Sharkey, principal of the conservatoire, said: "Lisa is one of the world's leading opera singers with an enormously distinguished international career.

"She is an inspirational performer and teacher and her passion for her art will motivate the next generation of opera singers from the RCS.

"I am delighted she will be returning to her alma mater where students can learn from one of the finest singers in the world."