British soprano Rachel Redmond is establishing herself as a most sought-after interpreter of baroque repertoire. Appearing at major venues and festivals throughout Europe, her recent Handel roles have attracted particular praise.
Having started her earlier career with Le Jardin du Voix, the young artist’s programme of Les Arts Florissants, Rachel has performed extensively with the group in programmes of the French baroque masters as well as Purcell, Handel and Bach directed by both William Christie and Paul Agnew.
Rachel Redmond made her stage début at the Opéra Comique in Lully Atys . Her other opera appearances include the Aix-en-Provence Festival (Second Woman Dido & Aeneas), Théâtre du Châtelet (Loena La Belle Hélène ), the Göttingen International Handel Festival (Dalinda Ariodante), Opéra du Rhin (Fortuna L’Incoronazione di Poppea ), the Edinburgh International Festival (Papagena Die Zauberflöte), English Touring Opera (Susanna The Marriage of Figaro ) and Irish National Opera and the Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre (Aminta in Vivaldi L’Olimpiade ). In concert she has also sung the roles of Dorinda Orlando with the Academy of Ancient Music / Laurence Cummings, Doña Isabel The Indian Queen at the Salzburg Festival with the Utopia Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis. Concert engagement include Bach B Minor Mass with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / John Butt at the BBC Proms; Purcell and Handel with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Kristian Bezuidenhout; Handel Esther and London Handel Festival/ Laurence Cummings and Bach and Handel with The English Concert / Harry Bicket. Aside from period ensembles Rachel has worked with the Northern Sinfonia, BBC Scottish Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras. She counts amongst her musical collaborators conductors Christophe Rousset, Trevor Pinnock, Leonardo Garcia Alarcón and Jordi Savall.
Recently released on the Linn label is Rachel Baptist: Ireland’s Black Syren a disc of repertoire sung by the 18th Century Irish soprano of African descent recorded with the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Peter Whelan. Rachel Redmond was born in Glasgow studied at the Music School of Douglas Academy, the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Born in Glasgow she lives in Paris and holds an Irish passport.