LucyCrowe

Widley regarded as one of the most versatile and respected singers of her generation, Lucy Crowe was awarded an OBE in the 2023 King's birthday honours.

Globally renowned as a leading Handelian, she delighted audiences last season singing the role of Rodelinda on tour with The English Concert and Harry Bicket in Asia and the U.S.A., culminating in a stunning performance at Carnegie Hall. She previously sang the role in staged performances in Madrid, Frankfurt and Amsterdam and will revive it at the Garsington Festival in 2025.

In 2024/25 she will also make her role debut as Malinka/Etherea/Kunka in Janáček's The Excursions of Mr Broucek at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle.

In concert she sings Mozart arias with the San Francisco Symphony and Bernard Labadie, Brahms German Requiem with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, and numerous recitals at Wigmore Hall, as part of her artist focus there this season.

In concert last season she sang with Sir Simon Rattle, Sir András Schiff, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Labadie, Harry Bicket and Maxim Emelyanychev in Munich, Esterhazy, Gdansk, Tampere, Paris, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Beijing, Seoul and London.

With repertoire ranging from Purcell, Handel and Mozart to Verdi's Gilda and Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen, she has sung with opera companies throughout the world. Highlights of the last two seasons include Musetta La bohème at the Royal Opera House, Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro at The Metropolitan Opera and Pamina Die Zauberflöte at the Liceu Barcelona.

Her discography is extensive and in 2021 she received a Grammy nomination for Best Opera Recording for Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen (title role) with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, a BBC Music Magazine award nomination for Rodelinda (title role) with The English Concert and Harry Bicket, and released her debut recital recording for Linn Records featuring Berg, Strauss and Schoenberg.