Soloists

Hilary Cronin

Praised by Classical Voice North America for her “shining, rounded timbre,” Hilary Cronin won both First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2021 London Handel International Singing Competition and was selected by BBC Music Magazine as a “Rising Star of 2022.”Conductors with whom she has worked include Sofi Jeannin, David Bates, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Harry Bicket, Harry Christophers, Jonathan Cohen, Laurence Cummings, Christian Curnyn, Maxim Emelyanychev, John Eliot Gardiner, Robert King, Stephen Layton, Paul McCreesh, Trevor Pinnock, Christophe Rousset, Andras Schiff, Dinis Sousa and Peter Whelan.

She made her BBC Proms debut in 2025 singing Handel’s Alexander’s Feast, and her current engagements include her debut at MusikTheater an der Wien singing the title role in a new production of Cesti’s L’Orontea and Melissa Amadigi with The English Concert at Buxton International Festival. With Polyphony, she sings J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio and Messiah; with Springhead Constellation, she tours J. S. Bach Easter Oratorio and Mendelssohn Lobgesang; with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, she sings Brahms A German Requiem; with Royal Northern Sinfonia, she sings Mahler Symphony No. 4; and with Gabrieli ROAR, she appears in Baroque Masterpieces. She also joins Arcangelo to sing Handel’s Nine German Arias at London Handel Festival; and The King’s Consort to sing Coronation of King George and Messiah. 

Her growing discograph includes J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio (DGG); Charpentier A Baroque Christmas (SDG CD); Handel Chandos Anthems (Alpha Classics) and Messiah (Linn CD); Howells Sine nomine (Hyperíon); Dido and Aeneas (Pentatone); and Telemann Donner-Ode (cpo).

Photo: Helena Cooke