Soloists

Rebecca Leggett

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 and the Royal Albert Hall for the 2024 BBC Proms. Future engagements with the ensemble will see Rebecca sing for William Christie’s 80th birthday tour in 2025 and the role of 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 throughout 2024/25. 

Recent concert highlights as alto soloist include her debut with OAE led by Mark Padmore (Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam), Harry Christophers and the Sixteen (Wigmore Hall), Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen, Oxford Philharmonic, The Instruments of Time and Truth led by Edward Higginbottom, 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, alongside pianist George Ireland, received first place at the 2022 London Song Festival's British Art-Song Competition, selected by Sir Thomas Allen and reached the final of the Kathleen Ferrier Award 2023 at the Wigmore Hall. She has appeared as an Emerging Artist at the Oxford Lieder festival and since has been invited to perform the song repertoire for the Lewes Song Festival, London Song Festival, Thames Concert, Ludlow English Song and the Brighton Festival. 

She made her debut at Teatro Maggio Fiorentino in 2015 as Flora in Britten The Turn of the Screw, a role she understudied at Glyndebourne. More recent stage highlights include the role of Cupid in John Blow’s Venus and Adonis for Blackheath Halls Opera and a UK tour with ballet Rambert to venues such as Sadlers Wells and The Lowry performing Monteverdi’s Lamento della Ninfa with guitarist George Robinson. 

(2024/25 season)