Alice Coote

Established as a major star across both operatic and concert stages, mezzo-soprano Alice Coote CBE 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 25/26 season will see Coote sing La Zia Principessa Suor Angelica for the Tiroler Festspiele, Elgar Sea Pictures with Orchestre National d’Ile de France, Mahler Rückert Lieder with the Luxembourg Philharmonic and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and Elgar The Dream of Gerontius with the Symphonieorchester des BayerischenRundfunks conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. She will also take her 'Rebellious Recital' on tour to venues including Opera Frankfurt, Le Balcon in Paris and the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.

Coote’s recent operatic engagements include Juno in Handel Semele for the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and the Royal Opera House, 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 (Château de Versailles), Ravel  Shéhérazade with the Sinfonia of London and John Wilson at the Barbican and Mahler  Das Lied von der Erde with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.  

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. She brings that same philosophy to her work on the recital platform, an essential extension of Coote's musical life. Committed to audience development and redefining genre barriers, Coote premiered 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.

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