Amy Lyddon

A ‘warmly expressive’ singer (The Guardian), Amy graduated with first-class honours in Modern Languages from Trinity College, Cambridge before studying voice at the Royal College of Music. A former girl chorister of Bath Abbey, she also attended the Junior Royal Academy of Music.

Solo engagements have included Bach’s St Matthew Passion for the Academy of Ancient Music (c. Edward Higginbottom) at Palau de la Musica de Valencia, Handel’s Messiah at Snape Maltings and also for Oxford Philharmonic (c. Marios Papadopoulos) at The Sheldonian Theatre, Handel’s Israel in Egypt at Cadogan Hall, Bach’s Magnificat at St John’s Smith Square, and the UK première of Per Norgard’s Symphony No. 3 (c. Thomas Dausgaard) for BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Amy features on the Dunedin Consort’s critically acclaimed recording of Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine and has sung worldwide with ensembles such as Tenebrae, Polyphony, the Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Philharmonia Voices, London Voices, London Contemporary Orchestra and Arcangelo.

Amy has given recitals of Schumann, Fauré and Dove in the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall, Brahms’ Liebeslieder-Walzer at the RCM in collaboration with the Wigmore Hall, Ravel’s Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé with chamber orchestra, and has made appearances at the Ryedale Festival and for the Incorporated Association of Organists. 

An Opera Prelude Young Artist and semi-finalist of the National Mozart Singing Competition, Amy has performed in public masterclasses with Sir John Tomlinson, Dame Sarah Connolly and Sir Simon Keenlyside. Her opera engagements have included Pastuchyna/Jenůfa for Grange Park Opera, Nicklausse (cover)/The Tales of Hoffmann for English Touring Opera, Nancy/Albert Herring for Shadwell Opera at Opera Holland Park, Meg Page (cover)/Falstaff for The Grange Festival, and Dorabella/Così fan tutte and Flora/La traviata for Devon Opera at Dartington Hall.