Fiona Canfield read music at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music, the Britten–Pears School and the Geneva Conservatoire.

Previously at ENO: Barena Jenůfa, Peep-Bo The Mikado, Ceprano’s wife Rigoletto, Milliner Der Rosenkavalier and Claire de Lune On the Town.