Schedule
The OAE Night Shift in Brixton
Bethany joins lutenist Sergio Bucheli focusing on the works of Bayard Rustin who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr and was the main organiser of the March on Washington in 1963. He was also involved with the early music revival in New York during the 1950s and 1960s having learnt the lute whilst in jail in California for the “crime of sodomy” (as it was at the time). Tonight’s setlist features baroque songs that he recorded and performed in New York by Purcell, Cornysh and Dowland, as well as his own pastiche Elizabethan song ‘I saw her as I came and went’.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://oae.co.uk/event/the-night-shift-at-brixton-blues-kitchen-february-2026/
THE FOOD OF LOVE
“If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it…”
Or how about just over an hour? This February, join us at Fidelio Cafe for two intimate evenings of love-themed music inspired by Duke Orsino’s immortal words from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. After meeting at an Italian wedding feast in 1600, we’ll then pay homage to the master of melancholy John Dowland, summon gods and dancefloors through the music of Henry Purcell, indulge in a sorbet of folk music, then get très romantique with gallant music by Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Telemann, and autres. Expect heart-rending melodies, impassioned virtuosic flair, and tender moments of stillness. Texts and translations will be provided.
Mezzo soprano Bethany Horak-Hallett
Violin Sophia Prodanova
Recorder/flute Thomas Pickering
Theorbo/guitar Sergio Bucheli
Viola da gamba Jacob Garside
Musical director/harpsichord Jonathan Darbourne
Further information and tickets can be found here:
THE FOOD OF LOVE
“If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it…”
Or how about just over an hour? This February, join us at Fidelio Cafe for two intimate evenings of love-themed music inspired by Duke Orsino’s immortal words from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. After meeting at an Italian wedding feast in 1600, we’ll then pay homage to the master of melancholy John Dowland, summon gods and dancefloors through the music of Henry Purcell, indulge in a sorbet of folk music, then get très romantique with gallant music by Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Telemann, and autres. Expect heart-rending melodies, impassioned virtuosic flair, and tender moments of stillness. Texts and translations will be provided.
Mezzo soprano Bethany Horak-Hallett
Violin Sophia Prodanova
Recorder/flute Thomas Pickering
Theorbo/guitar Sergio Bucheli
Viola da gamba Jacob Garside
Musical director/harpsichord Jonathan Darbourne
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Come and Sing Messiah: London
This extraordinary project will bring together 100 community singers, vocal students from Trinity Laban, and members of The Sixteen choir and orchestra under the baton of Eamonn Dougan. Bethany joins them as guest soloist.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Bach, the Universe & Everything: Don’t Panic!
Bethany joins the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and guest speaker Simon Brett for the next installment of Bach, the Universe, and Everything.
Further information can be found here:
https://oae.co.uk/event/bach-the-universe-everything-february-2026/
Verdi Requiem
Bethany joins Barts Choir and the Philharmonia Orchestra as guest soloist for Verdi’s Requiem.
Hear one of the great masterpieces of Western music and a core piece of the choral repertoire, whose power to move and shake remains undiminished.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/verdi-requiem-with-barts-choir/
Shall We Dance? Finzi in the 1930s
Ludlow English Song Festival.
Lily Mo Browne – mezzo
Bethany Horak-Hallett – mezzo
James Atkinson – baritone
Ian Tindale – piano
The 1930s was the most fruitful time of composer Gerald Finzi’s creativity. Pianist Ian Tindale curates a varied programme, contrasting his songs with other music of the decade from Gerschwin to Shostakovich, with mezzos Bethany Horak-Hallett and Lily Mo Browne, and baritone James Atkinson.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://ludlowenglishsongweekend.com/whats-on/shall-we-dance/
Shakespeare at Home
Ludlow English Song Weekend 2026 closes in style, with Shakespearean settings by English composers including Finzi Parry, Tippett, Dring and many more. Plus, all sixteen of the weekend’s extraordinary singers come together for a special performance of Vaughan Williams’ immortal Serenade to Music.
The singers of Ludlow English Song Weekend 2026*
Iain Burnside – piano
Ian Tindale – piano
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://ludlowenglishsongweekend.com/whats-on/shakespeare-at-home/
PURCELL: DIDO AND AENEAS
An immersive production of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, conducted by Jonathan Sells and directed by Andrew Staples.
Purcell Dido and Aeneas
Purcell Funeral Sentences
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Jonathan Sells Conductor
Andrew Staples Director
Soloists
Further information and tickets can be found here:
PURCELL: DIDO AND AENEAS
An immersive production of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, conducted by Jonathan Sells and directed by Andrew Staples.
Purcell Dido and Aeneas
Purcell Funeral Sentences
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Jonathan Sells Conductor
Andrew Staples Director
Soloists
Further information and tickets can be found here:
PURCELL: DIDO AND AENEAS
An immersive production of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, conducted by Jonathan Sells and directed by Andrew Staples.
Purcell Dido and Aeneas
Purcell Funeral Sentences
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Jonathan Sells Conductor
Andrew Staples Director
Soloists
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Handel's Messiah
The London Handel Festival’s annual performance of Messiah is a truly unique opportunity to hear Handel’s timeless masterpiece in the very church where the composer himself worshipped.
This year, conductor Richard Gowers leads the combined forces of the Choir of St George’s, the London Handel Orchestra, and four remarkable soloists – all past finalists and winners of the International Handel Singing Competition.
Soprano: Jessica Cale
Alto: Bethany Horak-Hallett
Tenor: Ruairi Bowen
Bass: Florian Störtz
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Handel's Messiah
Bethany joins The Really Big Chorus as guest soloist, presenting the world’s most celebrated choral participation event – Messiah from Scratch.
Conducted by Brian Kay, further information and tickets can be found here:
The Railway Children at the Southbank Centre
Secrets, spies and adventure: a much-loved children’s classic becomes a thrilling new opera.
When their father disappears overnight, three siblings must make a new life – uncovering conspiracies, forging friendships and finding courage beside the railway tracks. Don’t miss this world premiere by Olivier Award-winning composer Mark-Anthony Turnage for a one off London performance.
Directed by Stephen Langridge and conducted by Richard Milone, Bethany will perform the role of Yolanda.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
The Railway Children at Glyndebourne Opera
Secrets, spies and adventure: a much-loved children’s classic becomes a thrilling new opera.
When their father disappears overnight, three siblings must make a new life – uncovering conspiracies, forging friendships and finding courage beside the railway tracks. Don’t miss this world premiere by Olivier Award-winning composer Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Directed by Stephen Langridge and conducted by Richard Milone, Bethany will perform the role of Yolanda.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
The Railway Children at Glyndebourne Opera
Secrets, spies and adventure: a much-loved children’s classic becomes a thrilling new opera.
When their father disappears overnight, three siblings must make a new life – uncovering conspiracies, forging friendships and finding courage beside the railway tracks. Don’t miss this world premiere by Olivier Award-winning composer Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Directed by Stephen Langridge and conducted by Richard Milone, Bethany will perform the role of Yolanda.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
The Railway Children at Glyndebourne Opera
Secrets, spies and adventure: a much-loved children’s classic becomes a thrilling new opera.
When their father disappears overnight, three siblings must make a new life – uncovering conspiracies, forging friendships and finding courage beside the railway tracks. Don’t miss this world premiere by Olivier Award-winning composer Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Directed by Stephen Langridge and conducted by Richard Milone, Bethany will perform the role of Yolanda.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Mozart's Women: A Musical Journey
Join the Orchestra of ENO at the London Coliseum for an evening of Mozart arias.
This one-off concert will be a tour-de-force of female talent directed by ENO’s Artistic Director Annilese Miskimmon. It will star international opera soloists including Bethany Horak-Hallett and Nardus Williams, celebrating the composer’s music, written for and inspired by the women in his life.
The concert will be hosted by TV and radio presenter Lauren Laverne and filmed for future broadcast on Sky Arts TV.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Verdi Requiem
This special performance unites East Bridge Chorale with the renowned Caritas Chamber Choir, under the direction of Benedict Preece. The 140-strong chorus are joined by a full symphony orchestra and four exceptional opera soloists to bring Verdi’s towering masterpiece to life.
Special Guest Soloists
Philippa Boyle – soprano
Bethany Horak-Hallett – mezzo-soprono
Peter Davoren – tenor
Edward Grint – bass
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/east-bridge-chorale-and-caritas-chamber-choir-verdi-requiem/
Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo | ISTANTE OPERA
After a highly successful performance at the 2024 Surrey Bach Festival, Istante Opera returns to Stoke d'Abernon to bring their new production of George Frideric Handel's Aci, Galatea e Polifemo.
Led by Matthew Brown, Bethany will perform th role of Galatea. Further information and tickets can be found here:
Semele
In the decadent world of the wealthy and powerful, hedonism rules supreme. Enter Semele, whose love for Jupiter introduces her to luxury – and total destruction.
Directed by Oliver Mears and conducted by Christian Curnyn, Bethany covers the role of Ino in the new Royal Ballet & Opera production of Semele. Cast to include Pretty Yende, Ben Bliss, Brindley Sherratt, Carlo Vistoli, and Alice Coote.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Mozart Requiem and Haydn Nelson Mass
An unfinished Requiem by a composer who died young, and a Mass by one enjoying a fruitful maturity – linked by friendship and the consolation, joy and hope that music can bring from personal or national troubles.
Barts Choir
Trafalgar Sinfonia
Ivor Setterfield Conductor
Claire Lees Soprano
Bethany Horak-Hallett Mezzo-Soprano
Julian Hubbard Tenor
Marcus Farnsworth Baritone
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://barts-choir.com/events/mozart-requiem-haydn-nelson-mass-at-cadogan-hall/
Mozart Requiem and Haydn Nelson Mass
An unfinished Requiem by a composer who died young, and a Mass by one enjoying a fruitful maturity – linked by friendship and the consolation, joy and hope that music can bring from personal or national troubles.
Barts Choir
Trafalgar Sinfonia
Ivor Setterfield Conductor
Claire Lees Soprano
Bethany Horak-Hallett Mezzo-Soprano
Julian Hubbard Tenor
Marcus Farnsworth Baritone
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://barts-choir.com/events/mozart-requiem-haydn-nelson-mass-at-cadogan-hall/
Semele
In the decadent world of the wealthy and powerful, hedonism rules supreme. Enter Semele, whose love for Jupiter introduces her to luxury – and total destruction.
Directed by Oliver Mears and conducted by Christian Curnyn, Bethany covers the role of Ino in the new Royal Ballet & Opera production of Semele. Cast to include Pretty Yende, Ben Bliss, Brindley Sherratt, Carlo Vistoli, and Alice Coote.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Semele
In the decadent world of the wealthy and powerful, hedonism rules supreme. Enter Semele, whose love for Jupiter introduces her to luxury – and total destruction.
Directed by Oliver Mears and conducted by Christian Curnyn, Bethany covers the role of Ino in the new Royal Ballet & Opera production of Semele. Cast to include Pretty Yende, Ben Bliss, Brindley Sherratt, Carlo Vistoli, and Alice Coote.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Semele
In the decadent world of the wealthy and powerful, hedonism rules supreme. Enter Semele, whose love for Jupiter introduces her to luxury – and total destruction.
Directed by Oliver Mears and conducted by Christian Curnyn, Bethany covers the role of Ino in the new Royal Ballet & Opera production of Semele. Cast to include Pretty Yende, Ben Bliss, Brindley Sherratt, Carlo Vistoli, and Alice Coote.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Semele
In the decadent world of the wealthy and powerful, hedonism rules supreme. Enter Semele, whose love for Jupiter introduces her to luxury – and total destruction.
Directed by Oliver Mears and conducted by Christian Curnyn, Bethany covers the role of Ino in the new Royal Ballet & Opera production of Semele. Cast to include Pretty Yende, Ben Bliss, Brindley Sherratt, Carlo Vistoli, and Alice Coote.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Semele
In the decadent world of the wealthy and powerful, hedonism rules supreme. Enter Semele, whose love for Jupiter introduces her to luxury – and total destruction.
Directed by Oliver Mears and conducted by Christian Curnyn, Bethany covers the role of Ino in the new Royal Ballet & Opera production of Semele. Cast to include Pretty Yende, Ben Bliss, Brindley Sherratt, Carlo Vistoli, and Alice Coote.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Semele
In the decadent world of the wealthy and powerful, hedonism rules supreme. Enter Semele, whose love for Jupiter introduces her to luxury – and total destruction.
Directed by Oliver Mears and conducted by Christian Curnyn, Bethany covers the role of Ino in the new Royal Ballet & Opera production of Semele. Cast to include Pretty Yende, Ben Bliss, Brindley Sherratt, Carlo Vistoli, and Alice Coote.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
The City of Oxford Choir – Haydn’s Nelson Mass
The City of Oxford Choir
Instruments of Time and Truth
Soloists: Charlotte Bowden, Bethany Horak-Hallett, Thomas Elwin, Edward Grint
A celebration of the City of Oxford Choir’s 20th anniversary under the direction of their Musical Director, Duncan Aspden, with the rich choral soundworlds of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Mozart's Vesperae solennes and Haydn's Maria Theresa Mass with Battersea Choral Society
The renowned Battersea Choral Society will be performing a special concert on Saturday 21st June 2025 to mark midsummer in the stunning setting of Holy Trinity, Sloane Square; and fittingly this happens to fall on World Music Day. BCS will be joined, yet again, by world-class soloists and musicians for an evening of exquisite classical music, under the baton of our acclaimed conductor Sam Evans.
Emily Dickens, soprano
Bethany Horak-Hallett, mezzo soprano
Samuel Jenkins, tenor
Dingle Yandell, bass-baritone
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mozart-and-haydn-tickets-1358256655219
Simple Gifts- Music in the Burnhams
Bethany joins forces with pianist Ben Horden to present a programme titled Simple Gifts at Music in the Burnhams Festival.
Together, Bethany and Ben explore some of humanity’s most simple desires and pleasures. Whether it be personal connection, curiosity to explore, or simply exist in peace and contentment, we delve in to what makes us human, what drives us, and the many ways that fill our cup.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://musicintheburnhams.com/whats-coming-up/ben-horden-bethany-horak-hallett/
A Lovers' Tiff
At the newly launched Bechstein Hall, Bethany joins baritone Dan D’Souza and pianist Dylan Perez to present a programme charting the wonderful, complicated mess of human connection.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
Berlioz Les nuits d'été
Part of the The Glasshouse WoCo (Women Conductors programme), across two days, Bethany and the Royal Northern Sinfonia will work alongside the 24/25 cohort of conductors, culminating in a performance of Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été.
Further information can be found here:
https://theglasshouseicm.org/royal-northern-sinfonia/orchestra/women-conductors-gateshead-2022-23/
The Night Shift Back at The Old Queen’s Head
A time travelling tour of the British Isles and Ireland with violinist Julia Kuhn, singer Bethany Horak-Hallet and friends.
Put on your musical hiking boots as we head to all corners (and beyond) to unearth the stunning variety our islands have to offer and have inspired. The setlists will include pieces from some of the better known names to have lived and worked on these shores – such as Handel, Tobias Hume and Joseph Haydn – to more unfamiliar figures such as Johann Christoph Pepusch, Thomas Roseingrave and Matthew Dubourg and traditional and folk songs from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland – including an arrangement of Irish songs by Rebecca Clarke.
No rollicking grand tour would be complete without some communal singing, of course.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://oae.co.uk/event/the-night-shift-back-at-the-old-queens-head/
Mozart's Requiem
Bethany joins the National Youth Choir as guest soloist for a performance Mozart’s Requiem. Conducted by Nick Chalmers, further information and tickets can be found here:
One that kept his word
Discover the life of A.E. Housman through letters and songs, in a unique programme devised by Ludlow Song’s Artistic Director Iain Burnside.
Bethany Horak-Hallett – mezzo
Liam Bonthrone – tenor
Jolyon Loy – baritone
Iain Burnside – piano
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://ludlowenglishsongweekend.com/whats-on/one-that-kept-his-word/
A Lovers' Tiff
At this year’s Ludlow English Song Festival, Bethany joins baritone Dan D’Souza and pianist Ian Tindale to present a programme charting the wonderful, complicated mess of human connection.
Further information and tickets can be found here
https://ludlowenglishsongweekend.com/whats-on/a-lovers-tiff/
Mendelssohn's Elijah
Bethany joins the Sheffield Oratorio Chorus and the South Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra as guest soloist for a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah.
Conducted by Alan Eost, further information and tickets can be found here:
Tales of Apollo and Hercules
Following the resent sell-out productions of Aci by the River (2024) and In Realms of Sorrow (2023), the Handel Opera Studio, in collaboration with La Nuova Musica and New English Ballet Theatre, presents Tales of Apollo and Hercules: a brand-new and original Handelian double bill.
Directed by Thomas Guthrie and conducted by David Bates, Bethany performs the role of Virtue in The Choice of Hercules.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://www.london-handel-festival.com/2025-fantasy-myth-legend-2/
Tales of Apollo and Hercules
Following the resent sell-out productions of Aci by the River (2024) and In Realms of Sorrow (2023), the Handel Opera Studio, in collaboration with La Nuova Musica and New English Ballet Theatre, presents Tales of Apollo and Hercules: a brand-new and original Handelian double bill.
Directed by Thomas Guthrie and conducted by David Bates, Bethany performs the role of Virtue in The Choice of Hercules.
Further information and tickets can be found here:
https://www.london-handel-festival.com/2025-fantasy-myth-legend-2/