Liv Redpath
Hailed as possessing “such a radiant voice, effortless even in the highest register with breathtaking coloratura, the likes of which have not been heard for a long time” (Berliner Umschau), Liv Redpath is a leading soprano leggero who is quickly establishing herself in diverse operatic and symphonic repertoire around the world.
In the 2024-25 season, Liv Redpath will make debuts with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia to sing Agnès in Written on Skin under the baton of composer George Benjamin and Opera Omaha as Anne Truelove in Stravinky's The Rake's Progress. She returns to Santa Fe Opera as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Laurent Pelly directing and Harry Bicket on the podium; Bayerische Staatsoper in her signature role of Sophie in the Barrie Kosky production of Der Rosenkavalier reuniting with conductor Vladimir Jurowski; La Monnaie/De Munt as the Stimme eines Waldvogels in Siegfried directed by Pierre Audi and conducted by Alain Altinoglu, where she will also present a recital and gala concert. Orchestral engagements include the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for Debussy's La Damoiselle élue reuniting with Maestro Benjamin; San Francisco Symphony and Seattle Symphony for the Fauré's Requiem led by Kazuki Yamada; Lucerne Festival to perform Boulez's Le Soleil des Eaux with Karina Canellakis leading the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest; Kansas City Symphony for Mozart's Requiem conducted by Bernard Labadie; Danish Symphony Orchestra singing the Mozart Great Mass in C minor under the baton of Manfred Honeck; Les Violons du Roy as soloist in Handel's Messiah with Maestro Labadie; Elbphilharmonie Hamburg with NDR Vokalensemble in Mozart's Davide penitente conducted by Klaas Stok; Radio Filharmonisch Orkest for Grieg's Peer Gynt joining conductor Stéphane Denève; and LA Master Chorale for the North American premiere of Rufus Wainwright's Dream Requiem with Grant Gershon on conducting duty. Additional appearances include the Orchestra of St. Luke's season opening concert of their Chamber Music Series at Weill Hall in music of Strauss, Grieg, and Schubert; Boston Youth Symphony to sing the Voce dal ciel in Don Carlo; a Pacific Palisades concert with pianist David Kaplan and violinist YuEun Gemma Kim in music of Brahms, Copland, and Shaw; and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival for the season opening night concert and a recital with pianist George Fu.
The previous season was filled with company debuts including the Royal Opera House in the title role of Katie Mitchell's revelatory production of Lucia di Lammermoor conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti; Metropolitan Opera as Oscar in the celebrated David Alden production of Un Ballo in Maschera led by Carlo Rizzi; Berliner Philharmoniker as Die Seele in Schoenberg's Die Jakobsleiter with chief conductor Kirill Petrenko; Staatsoper Hamburg for the Amélie Niermeyer production of Lucia di Lammermoor led by Lorenzo Passerini; The English Concert singing Drusilla in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Auditorio Nacional De Musica (Madrid) and Palau de la Música (Barcelona) led by Harry Bicket; and the Atlanta Opera where Ms. Redpath reprised Tytania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream under the direction of Louis Lohraseb. She also returned to the Metropolitan Opera to sing Pamina in the celebrated Julie Taymor production of The Magic Flute and the Santa Fe Opera for performances of Zerlina in Don Giovanni where she was reunited with Harry Bicket and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier conducted by Karina Canellakis. Other concert engagements included Mahler’s Symphony #4 and a world-premiere piece by Betsy Jolas with The Cleveland Orchestra and Daniel Harding; Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall with Bernard Labadie; the Brentano Lieder of Richard Strauss with Federico Cortese and the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra, an appearance with the Sag Harbor Song Festival in New York, and her Wigmore Hall debut with pianist Harry Rylance.
Highlights of recent engagements include Ms. Redpath singing the title role in the new Simon Stone production of Lucia di Lammermoor at Los Angeles Opera with Lina González-Granados on the podium; making debuts at Komische Oper Berlin as Ophélie in a new production of Hamlet by Nadja Loschky with Marie Jacquot and Erina Yashima sharing conducting duties, the Glyndebourne Festival where she essayed the role of Tytania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream in director Peter Hall’s historic production with Dalia Staseveska conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and La Monnaie/De Munt in Brussels where she returned to the role of Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier working with director Damiano Michieletto and conductor Alain Altinoglu. Concert appearances included Handel's Messiah with National Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Biondi; Nielsen's Symphony #3 with The Cleveland Orchestra and Alan Gilbert; Beethoven’s Symphony #9 with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra; Nielsen's Hymnus Amoris and Symphony #3 with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi; and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis at Aix en Provence with Balthazar Neumann Ensemble and Choir led by Thomas Hengelbrock. Ms. Redpath joined the Chamber Ensemble for the Orchestra of St. Luke's to sing music of Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn with guest pianist David Fung and gave a recital at Oscarshall Palace in Oslo for Queen Sonja and invited guests.
In previous seaons, Ms. Redpath sang “Das himmlische Leben” from Mahler’s Symphony #4 with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl for their presentation of Icons on Inspiration with introduction by Julie Andrews; made debuts with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest in a program comprised of the Saint-Saëns Oratorio de Noël and Schubert Mass in G under Vasily Petrenko as well as the Bregenzer Festspiele as Woglinde in Das Rheingold with the Wiener Symphoniker led by Andrés Orozco-Estrada and directed by Johannes Erath; returned to the Edinburgh International Festival to sing Naiad and cover Zerbinetta in concert performances of Ariadne auf Naxos with Lothar Koenigs on the podium; made her role and house debut at Deutsche Oper Berlin singing Marguerite de Valois in David Alden’s production of Les Huguenots under the baton of Alexander Vedernikov; covered the role of Sophie in Robert Carsen’s production of Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera conducted by Sir Simon Rattle; sang the role of Crobyle in concerts of Thaïs with Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and recorded for release on the Chandos label subsequently winning a 2021 Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year.
Ms. Redpath has also collaborated with conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin, James Gaffigan, William Christie, Emmanuel Villaume, Barbara Hannigan, and Christophe Rousset, as well as stage directors Tim Albery, Mark Lamos, James Robinson, Francesca Zambello, Paul Curran, Ed Berkley, John Neumeier, Omer Ben Seadia, Louisa Muller, and Thaddeus Strassberger. Her wide-ranging operatic repertoire includes Le nozze di Figaro, Hänsel und Gretel, Ariadne auf Naxos, Béatrice et Bénédict, Orphée et Eurydice, Dido and Aeneas, Cendrillon, Die Zauberflöte, Lakmé, Les contes d’Hoffmann, Die Fledermaus, Les mamelles de Tirésias, The Golden Cockerel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Candide, and L’enfant et les sortilèges. Her orchestral and chamber assignments have included Messiah (Handel), Choral Fantasy (Beethoven), “Lord Nelson” Mass (Haydn), Mass in C major (Beethoven), Songs of Ascent (Kirchner), Requiem (Mozart), La resurrezione (Handel), String Quartet #2 (Schoenberg), Philomel (Babbitt), Gloria (Poulenc), and Hodie (Vaughan-Williams).
Ms. Redpath was one of twelve finalists worldwide at the 2019 Operalia competition and sang under the baton of Plácido Domingo in Prague for the final round concert. She received second prize, as well as the special French opera prize and audience favorite, at the 56th Tenor Viñas International Contest at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and subsequently sang the winners concert held at Teatro Real in Madrid.
A graduate of Harvard University and The Juilliard School, Ms. Redpath is a former Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist with the Los Angeles Opera.
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