Angharad Rowlands

Mezzo-Soprano

Welsh mezzo-soprano Angharad Rowlands is a Rising Star of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for 2025-27. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Raymond Connell and Iain Ledingham, with her studies generously supported by the Carr-Gregory Trust, the Norman Ayrton Award, and the Josephine Baker Trust. Angharad is a 2024 International Handel Singing Competition finalist and the winner of the 2022 Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Award Song Prize.

In 2024, Angharad joined the Glyndebourne Chorus, covering Praskowia (The Merry Widow), and returned in 2025 to cover Zweite Knappe (Parsifal). At Royal Academy Opera, Angharad performed the title role in Handel’s Ariodante, Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Florence Pike (Albert Herring), Agnes/Troll 3 (WITCH), 2nd Witch (Dido & Aeneas), and cover Mother Goose (The Rake’s Progress). Other roles include 2nd Bridesmaid (Le nozze di Figaro - Royal Ballet & Opera), cover Juno (Semele - Opéra de Lille), Quince/Fairy (The Fairy Queen - Longborough Festival Opera), and Dido (Dido & Aeneas - Hurn Court Opera).

Angharad’s concert highlights include Schumann’s Requiem für Mignon at the Salzburg Festival; Bach’s St Matthew Passionwith John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, with debuts at Philharmonie de Paris and Palau de la Música, Barcelona; Bach’s St John Passion with Philippe Herreweghe; Handel’s Israel in Egypt at St John’s Smith Square, and Handel’s Messiahwith the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Forthcoming engagements include Handel’sSolomon with John Butt and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with debuts at KKL Lucerne and Filharmonie Brno, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Steven Layton and the Britten Sinfonia.

In recital, Angharad has performed at the Oxford International Song Festival, Leeds Song, International Lied Festival Zeist, Wigmore Hall, and Handel Hendrix House. She is an alumna of both the Oxford International Song Festival and Leeds Song Young Artist Programmes.