Rebecca leggett
mezzo-soprano
“Mezzo-soprano Rebecca Leggett...it was thrilling to see and hear a fine career blossoming before one’s eyes and ears.”
Introduction
Described as singing with ‘grace and beauty’ (The Telegraph), Rebecca Leggett is creating a name for herself in the music field.
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 Cuttings 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 et 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.
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REVIEWS
Cupid - Venus and Adonis - Blackheath Opera Halls
‘Rebecca Leggett made a charming (female) Cupid, stylish and witty...’
Planet Hugill, October 2nd 2021
Cantor - Responses - William Smith
'...one or two individuals stood out, above all Rebecca Leggett, who sang the Cantor's lines in William Smith's Responses with touching grace and beauty.'
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