Rebecca leggett
mezzo-soprano
“Mezzo-soprano Rebecca Leggett...it was thrilling to see and hear a fine career blossoming before one’s eyes and ears.”
Introduction
Described as singing with ‘grace and beauty’ (The Telegraph), Rebecca Leggett is creating a name for herself in the field of early music. Since joining the 11th edition of the prestigious Jardin des Voix of Les Arts Florissants, the young British singer has performed worldwide with the ensemble in a new production of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, in such prestigious halls as Philharmonie de Paris, The Lincoln Center NYC, Palau de Artes in Valencia as well as at festivals in Luzern, Bremen and Utrecht; upcoming venues include Teatro alla Scala and the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms 2024. She made her debut with Les Arts Florissants at the Festival de Printemps in 2023; future engagements with the foundation include William Christie’s 80th birthday tour in 2025 and singing Piacere in Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. In the UK, Rebecca is a ‘Rising Star’ of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with which she will appear in the UK throughout 2024/25.
Recent concert highlights as alto soloist include her debut at Het Concertgebouw with the OAE in Bach’s St John Passion lead by Mark Padmore, Haydn’s Nelson Mass’ at Cadogan Hall, a programme of Bach at the Wigmore Hall both with Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, Haydn’s Nicolaimesse with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen and Handel’s Messiah both with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and last year with Edward Higginbotttom and the Instruments of Time and Truth. She has also sung with other ensembles and orchestras including the City of London Sinfonia, London Handel Players and Le Concert d’Astrée with Emanuelle Haïm for which she covered the title role and First Witch in their 2022 production of Dido and Aeneas. In December, she sang the role of Irene in Handel’s Theodora with Collegium Musicum Bergen, Norway conducted by Nicholas Kraemer.
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CONTACT: CATHERINE LE BRIS | CATHERINE@CLBMANAGEMENT.CO.UK
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REVIEWS
Cupid - Venus and Adonis - Blackheath Opera Halls
‘Rebecca Leggett made a charming (female) Cupid, stylish and witty...’
Planet Hugill, October 2nd 2021
Cantor - Responses - William Smith
'...one or two individuals stood out, above all Rebecca Leggett, who sang the Cantor's lines in William Smith's Responses with touching grace and beauty.'
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