Alice Coote

Established as a major star across both operatic and concert stages, mezzo-soprano Alice Coote is regarded as one of the great artists of our time. Coote has performed major roles on stages such as the Metropolitan Opera, Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Salzburg Festival. Equally acclaimed on the concert stage, she has performed with orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, The Hallé and The Concertgebouw.

The 26/27 season will see Coote sing Juno Semele for the Komische Oper Berlin, and Irene Theodora with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra conducted by Christophe Rousset, in a major tour of South America and Europe. She will also appear as soloist in Mahler Symphony No.2 with WDR Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester conducted by Robin Ticciati, Verdi Requiem with the CBSO and Sir Mark Elder, and Beethoven Symphony No.9 with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Dinis Sousa.

Coote’s recent operatic engagements include Juno in Handel Semele for the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and the Royal Opera House, La Zia Principessa Suor Angelica for the Tiroler Festspiele, Dorabella Così fan tutte at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, Madame de Croissy Dialogues des Carmélites at the Metropolitan Opera, title role in Handel Agrippina at Staatsoper Hamburg and Mère Marie in Poulenc Dialogues des Carmélites at Opernhaus Zürich. On the concert stage, her recent engagements include Mahler Symphony No.2 with the London Symphony Orchestra, and the role of Cassandra in concert performances of Les Troyens with Dinis Sousa and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra at the BBC Proms, as well as further festival appearances at Salzburg, Berliner Festspiele, Festival Berlioz and Opéra Royal (Ch teau de Versailles), and Elgar The Dream of Gerontius with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

Driven by her passion for exploring and challenging gender stereotypes in characterisation, Coote is renowned for her interpretations of some of opera's most important male and female roles, including; including Dejanira Hercules, Leonore La Favorite, the title role in Carmen, Charlotte Werther, Dorabella Così fan tutte, Lucretia The Rape of Lucretia, Marguerite La damnation de Faust, Penelope Ulysses, Octavian Der Rosenkavalier , Composer Ariadne auf Naxos, Orfeo Orfeo ed Euridice, Idamante Idomeneo, Poppea and Nerone L’incoronazione di Poppea, Hänsel Hänsel und Gretel, Sesto and Vitelia La clemenza di Tito, Sesto Giulio Cesare, Maffio Orsini Lucrezia Borgia, Le Prince Charmant Cendrillon, Ruggiero Alcina and the title role in Ariodante.

The recital platform is central to her musical life, and she has performed throughout the UK, Europe and the US. Engagements have included; Wigmore Hall (where she has been a resident artist), the BBC Proms, Edinburgh International Festival, The Concertgebouw, Vienna Konzerthaus, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the The Stars of the White Nights Mariinsky Festival in St Petersburg among many other prestigious venues with regular recital partners such as Julius Drake, Graham Johnson and Christian Blackshaw. Committed to audience development and redefining genre barriers, Coote has presented her latest project, 'The Rebellious Recital', a song recital including works by Mahler, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Bach and John Lennon at the Wigmore Hall, Opera Frankfurt, Le Balcon in Paris, the Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau in Barcelona and the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.

A prolific and critically-acclaimed recording artist, Coote’s extensive catalogue includes: Mahler Song Cycles (Pentatone); Songs by Robert Schumann and Gustav Mahler (EMI); Händel’s Messiah and Mahler 2 (EMI); Angel The Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles (Hallé); Composer Ariadne auf Naxos (Chandos); Handel Arias (Hyperion), The Power of Love: An English Songbook (Hyperion), L'île heureuse: A French Songbook (Hyperion); Schubert’s Winterreise (Wigmore Hall Live); Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (Pentatone).

In 2026, she was awarded a CBE for services to music.