Lucy Crowe

Widely regarded as one of the most versatile and respected singers of her generation, Lucy Crowe was awarded an OBE in the 2023 King’s birthday honours.

Globally renowned as a leading Handelian, she has delighted audiences with interpretations of many of his heroines. In 2025 she revived the role of Rodelinda at the Garsington festival – a role she sang in 2024 with The English Concert and Harry Bicket in Asia and the U.S.A., culminating in a stunning performance at Carnegie Hall, and in staged productions in Madrid, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. She will re-visit the role in Santa Fe in 2026, marking her debut at the festival.

This season Lucy also returns to The Royal Opera and Ballet singing Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and to the English National Opera for her role debut as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte. Her prestigious concerts include Messiah with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal as well as with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and returns to the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater with Edward Gardner and to the London Symphony Orchestra for Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Mahler’s Symphony no 4. with Sir Simon Rattle.