Soloists

Bethany Horak-Hallett

British mezzo-soprano Bethany Horak-Hallett is establishing strong credentials as a fine interpreter of Handel, Mozart and their contemporaries on both the opera stage and the concert platform.

She recently sang Cherubino Le Nozze di Figaro for Garsington Opera having previously performed Dorabella Così fan Tutte for the company. Bethany has appeared with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on numerous occasions most notably singing Galatea in Handel Aci, Galatea e Polifemo and made her BBC Proms début with the Monteverdi Choir under Sir John Eliot Gardiner singing Handel Dixit Dominus (broadcast on BBC TV and Radio.) She has sung Messiah with the English Chamber Orchestra under Nicholas Kraemer and filmed the work with Voces 8 for their Live from London festival.

Bethany’s verstility as a performer has seen her take the roles of Lady Psyche Princess Ida with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Prince Orlofsky Die Fledermaus for IF Opera alongside contemporary works such as Thomas Adès The Exterminating Angel (conducted by the composer) which marked her Opéra de Paris début.

Other concert projects include Bach with the Royal Northen Sinfonia under Dinis Sousa and Haydn Nelson Mass with the OAE under John Butt. She has also performed with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Dunedin Consort and the National Symphony Orchestra, Dublin.

Bethany includes pianists Natalie Burch, Ian Tindale and Dylan Perez plus harpsichordist Steven Devine amongst her recital partners. She has performed programmes at the London Handel Festival, the University of Leeds and the Oxford International Song Festival and looks forward to recital appearances at a number of festivals in the forthcoming season.

Bethany Horak-Hallett read Music at Leeds University and completed her training at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. She was a Rising Star of the Enlightenment and a Samling Artist and won Second Prize in the 2021 International Handel Singing Competition.

Photo: Emma Jane