Soloists

Rebecca Leggett - Mezzo-soprano (10 March, 3 April)

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, Utrecht, Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Albert Hall for the 2024 BBC Proms and, more recently, during a South American tour. Further engagements with the ensemble saw Rebecca sing for William Christie’s 80th birthday tour in 2025, including a concert at Carnegie Hall and tour with Les Arts Florissants singing Piacere in Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno to great critical acclaim. She will appear again at the Wigmore Hall in a tailored programme together with countertenor Hugh Cutting and William Christie on the harpsichord.

In 2025/2026, Rebecca has been invited to sing with the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra (under the baton of Masaaki Suzuki, Peter Whelan and Jakob Lehmann), Gabrieli Consort, The Sixteen, Les Arts Florissants, and will make her debut with Academy of Ancient Music at the Barbican Centre (role of Arsamene) and Opéra Impératrice in Switzerland (role of Gismonda in Handel’s Ottone). She will also be touring Europe making her debut with renowned Italian ensemble, Il Pomo d’Oro, in the role of Sesto in Giulio Cesare, sharing the stage with Jakub Orlinski and Sabine Devieilhe.

Other concert highlights include Bach’s Easter Oratorio at London’s Southbank Centre with the OAE, as part of their ‘Rising Stars’ programme 2023/25, her debut with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra under the baton of Christophe Rousset, Harry Christophers and the Sixteen (Wigmore Hall), Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen, Oxford Philharmonic, Oxford Bach Soloists, The Instruments of Time and Truth, City of London Sinfonia, London Handel Players and Le Concert d’Astrée with Emmanuelle Haïm for which she covered the title role and First Witch in their 2022 production of Dido and Aeneas. She also sang Irene in Handel’s Theodora with Collegium Musicum Bergen, Norway conducted by Nicholas Kraemer.

Rebecca was a finalist at the Kathleen Ferrier Award 2023 at the Wigmore Hall. At the RCM she won the 2020 Brooks-van der Pump English Song Competition. Alongside pianist George Ireland, she received first place at the 2022 London Song Festival's British Art-Song Competition, selected by Sir Thomas Allen. Song is high on the agenda for Rebecca and in recent years she has given recitals for both the Lewes Song Festival and London Song Festival. In 2022, Rebecca and pianist Dylan Bewley-Perez performed in an Emerging Artist slot for the Oxford Lieder Festival. She has also given joint recitals for the Ludlow English Song Festival with Brindley Sherratt and the Thames Concert Series with countertenor Hugh Cutting. Rebecca, Hugh and George gave a Sussex themed recital titled 'The South Country' for the Brighton Festival in May 2024 which received 5 star reviews.

Rebecca is a graduate of the Royal College of Music where she was an Ian Evans Lombe Scholar. Prior to this, Rebecca completed her undergraduate degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, graduating with First Class Honours, the TCM Trust Silver Medal for Voice, and the Alan J Kirby Conducting Prize.