Lucy Crowe
Nationality: British
British soprano Lucy Crowe was born in Staffordshire in 1978 and studied at the Royal Academy of Music; accolades whilst still a student included second prize in the 2005 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, and the Royal Overseas Gold Medal in 2002. Though her early career focused on baroque opera (she came to widespread attention after jumping in at short notice as Poppea for English National Opera’s production of Handel’s Agrippina in 2007 and made her Royal Opera House debut as Belinda in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas two years later), Crowe’s repertoire also includes Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Gilda in Rigoletto, the title-role in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia. Crowe’s discography includes a Debussy recital with Malcolm Martineau (‘Crowe’s bright, pure tone suits the music well: she is extremely precise and can spin out the lightest of silken vocal lines without any extraneous fuss’ – BBC Music Magazine), the title-role on Christian Curnyn’s recording of Handel’s Alceste (winner of the BBC Music Magazine Awards’ Opera category in 2013), Beethoven’s Missa solemnis and Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang with John Eliot Gardiner, and Pergolesi’s Stabat mater with La Nuova Musica and David Bates.
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Handel's Messiah from John Nelson
22nd Dec 2023
Devotion and drama work hand-in-glove on the American conductor's live recording from Coventry Cathedral with The English Concert and soloists Lucy Crowe, Alex Potter, Michael Spyres & Matthew Brook.
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Handel's Rodelinda from Harry Bicket and The English Concert
14th May 2021
Social distancing is no barrier to superb ensemble-playing on this terrific new recording of Handel's 1725 opera, with Lucy Crowe in the title-role and Iestyn Davies as her estranged husband Bertarido.
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Special offer. Handel: Alceste
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor) & Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone) Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th May 2012
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Opera Award Winner
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Coming soon. Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček
London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
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Special offer. Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta
Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), Jan Martiník (Badger/Parson), Peter Hoare (Mosquito/Rooster/Schoolmaster), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Harašta) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th September 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Handel's Unsung Heroes
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Paul Sharp (trumpet), Christine Rice (mezzo), Roger Montgomery (horn), Joe Walters (horn), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Leo Duarte (oboe), Thomas Gould (violin), Joe Qiu (bassoon), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Recording of the Month
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