Rachel Redmond, Soprano – Helen Sykes Artists' Management

Rachel Redmond

SOPRANO

Described as an “impressively silken soprano…with a voice to listen out for”.

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Rachel Redmond began her career with Les Arts Florissants under William Christie with whom she gives regular concert performances and made her début at the Opera Comique as Iris in Lully’s Atys, followed by Irene, Léontine and Flore in Robert Carsen’s production of Les Fetes Venitiennes at the Opera Comique, The Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse and Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Read Rachel Redmond’s full biography below.

Current Highlights

Dalinda Ariodante Göttingen with International Handel Festival

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Haydn’s Creation for début with the Academy of Ancient Music at London’s Barbican

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Clorinda in Monteverdi’s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and Belinda Dido and Aeneas for début with Helsinki Baroque Orchestra

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Samson and St John Passion with The English Concert

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St John Passion and L’allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato with Les Arts Florissants

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“…Rachel Redmond’s little spitfire of a Susanna is the star – please can we have her back as Despina in Cosi fan tutte and Zerlina in Don Giovanni?…”
HUGH CANNING  SUNDAY TIMES

“…and there’s real tenderness in his scenes with Redmond’s self-assured Susanna: she’s exceptional, singing with a beguiling, silvery tone and an exquisite sense of line.”
TIM ASHLEY  THE GUARDIAN

“She’s a real find as Susanna: energised, quick-witted, and singing with delectable tuning, clarity and sweetness.”
RICHARD MORRISON  THE TIMES

“In “Caecilia” (Virgo et Martyr) the soprano Rachel Redmond was resplendent in the title role…”
STEVE SMITH  THE NEW YORK TIMES

“As Susanna, Rachel Redmond picks her way around the Count’s traps with wit and aplomb. She handles her vocal line like a string of pearls, with perfect elements arching into a beautifully defined and shaped whole. This is a voice to listen out for…”
CLAUDIA PRITCHARD
CULTUREWHISPER.COM

“The stand out soloist of the group, however, was Glaswegian soprano Rachel Redmond, whose full, bright, soprano gave a radiancy to the music, most notably in the aria Ich will dir mein Herze schenken and its preceding recitative.”
MIRANDA HEGGIE  THE GLASGOW HERALD

Biography

Biography

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Described as an “impressively silken soprano” (The Times) and “resplendent” (The New York Times) Rachel Redmond began her career with the prestigious Jardin des Voix, performing with Les Arts Florissants under the direction of William Christie and Paul Agnew in France, Spain and New York.   At William Christie’s invitation she made her début at the Opera Comique as Iris in Lully’s Atys, and performed Irene, Léontine and Flore in Robert Carsen’s production of Les Fetes Venitiennes at the Opera Comique, The Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse and Brooklyn Academy of Music.  She subsequently made her début at the Théâtre du Châtelet as Loena in La belle Hélène. 

With William Christie and Les Arts Florissants Rachel Redmond has also performed Angel Jephtha, Captif in Charpentier’s David et Jonathas, Belinda Dido and Aeneas, and performances as Damon Acis and Galatea, First Witch Dido and Aeneas, Caecilia in Charpentier’s Caecilia, Virgin and Martyr, Artebuse in Charpentier’s Actéon, Monteverdi Madrigals, Bach St John Passion and Cantatas, Grands Motets by Rameau and Mondonville, Couperin’s Leçons de ténèbres and works by Purcell and Boismortier.

Rachel Redmond’s concert performances have included Messiah, Purcell’s Fairy Queen and Vagaus Juditha trumphans with Jordi Savall and the Centre Internacional de Música Antiga, works by Handel, Jomelli, Galuppi, Vivaldi and Pergolesi with Collegio Ghislieri, L’Amour, Une Bergère, Climène and Une Nymphe in Mondonville’s Isbé for the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers with Ensemble Correspondences, Bach’s St John Passion with Ensemble Aedes, and Angel Israel in Egypt with Les Cris de Paris at the Beaune, Lessay and La Chaise-Dieu Festivals.  

Her concert repertoire also includes Bach St Matthew Passion, and Cantata 199, Beethoven Mass in C, Bernstein Chichester Psalms, Brahms Requiem, Graupner Diese Zeit ist ein Spiel der Eitelkeit, Handel Esther, Saul and Deutsche Arien, Karl Jenkins Gloria, Orff Carmina Burana and Rameau Pygmalion.  She has performed as a soloist with the European Union Baroque Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Glasgow Chamber Orchestra, and in Aldeburgh, at the ‘Se’ in Lisbon, London’s Wigmore Hall and the Auditorio Manuel de Falla in Granada. 

For her début in the role of Susanna The Marriage of Figaro for English Touring Opera Rachel Redmond was nominated for The Times Breakthrough Award at last year’s South Bank Sky Arts Awards.  Other recent opera engagements include her return to the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Second Woman Dido and Aeneas.

Recent engagements include Couperin’s Leçons de ténèbres with Les Arts Florissants and with Ensemble Caravanserail, Bach Mass in B minor, Christmas Oratorio and Messiah with the Dunedin Consort, Scarlatti Cantatas with Ensemble Caravanserail, Bellezza Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno with Barokkanerne (Norwegian Baroque Orchestra) and Les Accents under Thibault Noally, Bononcini Te Deum with Collegio Ghislieri under Giulio Prandi, Bach Cantatas with the English Concert and Odes by Purcell and Handel with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra – both under Kristian Bezuidenhout, Acqua Il diluvio universal with Cappella Mediterranea under Leonardo Garcia Alarcón, and Jomelli Beatus Vir with Collegio Ghislieri at the Göttingen International Handel Festival.

At Trevor Pinnock’s invitation she jumped in at short notice, to perform Messiah in London’s Barbican Hall, in Bern and in Geneva with Freiburg Baroque Orchestra resulting in an invitation to perform Messiah with the English Concert in Summer 2021.  Other recent engagements include performances at Saintes Festival with Ensemble Caravansérail and at the Lessay Festival with the Dunedin Consort, Brocke’s Passion by Reinhard Keiser in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw with Netherlands Bach Society/NTR Radio, and Bach Magnificat, and Couperin Leçons de Ténèbres and Handel L’Allegro il penseroso ed il moderato with Les Arts Florissants.

Engagements this Season include Dalinda Ariodante at the Göttingen International Handel Festival, Haydn’s Creation for her début with the Academy of Ancient Music at London’s Barbican, her début with Helsinki Baroque Orchestra singing Clorinda in Monteverdi’s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and Belinda Dido and Aeneas, Samson and St John Passion with The English Concert, St John Passion and L’allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato with Les Arts Florissants, The Fairy Queen (staged) with Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoign, Carl Heinrich Graun’s oratorio Der Tod Jesu with Netherlands Bach Society/NTR Radio, Dixit Dominus with Il Gardellino and Flemish Radio Choir, Juditha Trimphans with Norwegian Baroque Orchestra and St Matthew Passion and Acis and Galatea with Dunedin Consort.

Rachel Redmond was due to sing Beethoven Choral Fantasy at the 2020 BBC Promenade Concerts, and Galatea Acis and Galatea with Irish Baroque Orchestra at London’s Wigmore Hall in March 2021, but these performances was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rachel Redmond was born in Glasgow and sang in the Junior Chorus of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra before studying at the Music School of Douglas Academy, the Royal Scottish Conservatoire (RCS), and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.  She was awarded the Florence Veitch Ibler prize at the RCS for oratorio performance.

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Discography

Rachel Redmond – A Fancy: Fantasy On English Airs & Tunes

A Fancy: Fantasy On English Airs & Tunes


In their first recording for harmonia mundi, Bertrand Cuiller and the musicians of Le Caravansérail immerse us in the dreamlike world of the London theatre of the 17th century. Incidental music, airs, dances and inventive melodies combining the English tradition and French and Italian innovations are the ingredients that make up the five imaginary tableaux of this reconstruction of the period, illuminated by the voice of the soprano Rachel Redmond.

Rachel Redmond – Isbé by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa De Mondonville

Isbé by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa De Mondonville


Released by the label Glossa, here is the 1st recording of the opera Isbé by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa De Mondonville. The recording was conducted by György Vashegyi with the Purcell Choir and Orfeo Orchestra in collaboration with the Centre for Baroque Music Versailles in March 2016. Rachel Redmond interprets the roles of the Love, Clymène, a Shepherdess and Nymph.

Rachel Redmond – Händel & Jommelli by Amadeus

Händel & Jommelli


Recorded live at Festival d’Ambronay 2014, conducted by Giulio Prandi with the Ghislieri Choir & Consort and soprano Rachel Redmond, produced by Amadeus label.

Contact

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