‘Among the best young singers in Britain today’ (Bachtrack), Bethany Horak-Hallett visits Devon Song to join festival director Natalie Burch in an exquisite hour of musical contemplation. With music from Hildegard von Bingen, to Gustav Mahler and a new piece written for Beth and Natalie by the outstanding Deborah Pritchard, this is sure to be an absolute treat. Switch off your phones, forget the stresses of modern day life, and find peace in this beautiful programme of Quiet Music.

Further information can be found here:

https://www.devonsong.co.uk/devonsongevents

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/

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/

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/

Capturing the immediacy of the story and the lyricism of the original Italian libretto, Cambridge Handel Opera’s staged production follows Handel’s own first foray into opera by performing in two languages. Gloriously tuneful and enlivened with duets and choruses, Handel’s rarely performed penultimate opera is edgy, intimate, and bittersweet.

Cast & Production Team:
Timothy Nelson Imeneo
Bethany Horak-Hallett Tirinto
Ellie Neate Rosmene
Lisa Dafydd Clomiri
Trevor Eliot Bowes Argenio
Sounds Baroque
Julian Perkins Artistic Director
Guido Martin-Brandis Stage Director
Margaret Steinbach Set & Costume Designer and Stage Manager
Trui Malten Lighting Designer

Further information and tickets can be found here:

https://cambridgehandel.org.uk/

Capturing the immediacy of the story and the lyricism of the original Italian libretto, Cambridge Handel Opera’s staged production follows Handel’s own first foray into opera by performing in two languages. Gloriously tuneful and enlivened with duets and choruses, Handel’s rarely performed penultimate opera is edgy, intimate, and bittersweet.

Cast & Production Team:
Timothy Nelson Imeneo
Bethany Horak-Hallett Tirinto
Ellie Neate Rosmene
Lisa Dafydd Clomiri
Trevor Eliot Bowes Argenio
Sounds Baroque
Julian Perkins Artistic Director
Guido Martin-Brandis Stage Director
Margaret Steinbach Set & Costume Designer and Stage Manager
Trui Malten Lighting Designer

Further information and tickets can be found here:

https://cambridgehandel.org.uk/

Capturing the immediacy of the story and the lyricism of the original Italian libretto, Cambridge Handel Opera’s staged production follows Handel’s own first foray into opera by performing in two languages. Gloriously tuneful and enlivened with duets and choruses, Handel’s rarely performed penultimate opera is edgy, intimate, and bittersweet.

Cast & Production Team:
Timothy Nelson Imeneo
Bethany Horak-Hallett Tirinto
Ellie Neate Rosmene
Lisa Dafydd Clomiri
Trevor Eliot Bowes Argenio
Sounds Baroque
Julian Perkins Artistic Director
Guido Martin-Brandis Stage Director
Margaret Steinbach Set & Costume Designer and Stage Manager
Trui Malten Lighting Designer

Further information and tickets can be found here:

https://cambridgehandel.org.uk/

Capturing the immediacy of the story and the lyricism of the original Italian libretto, Cambridge Handel Opera’s staged production follows Handel’s own first foray into opera by performing in two languages. Gloriously tuneful and enlivened with duets and choruses, Handel’s rarely performed penultimate opera is edgy, intimate, and bittersweet.

Cast & Production Team:
Timothy Nelson Imeneo
Bethany Horak-Hallett Tirinto
Ellie Neate Rosmene
Lisa Dafydd Clomiri
Trevor Eliot Bowes Argenio
Sounds Baroque
Julian Perkins Artistic Director
Guido Martin-Brandis Stage Director
Margaret Steinbach Set & Costume Designer and Stage Manager
Trui Malten Lighting Designer

Further information and tickets can be found here:

https://cambridgehandel.org.uk/

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/

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:

https://thesixteen.com/event/come-and-sing-messiah-london/

“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:

https://vachebaroque.com/whats-on/

“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:

https://vachebaroque.com/whats-on/

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 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:

https://www.london-handel-festival.com/show/2025-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:

www.trbc.co.uk

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:

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/glyndebourne-x-turnage-the-railway-children/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacfQUDPVTzNlUly7OWSCBP_6FnvVDWkXhFN3sv3H0sDTzTPeyPgXuukIbprXQ_aem_pXepyvqGgui5HjqE4oKeqA

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:

https://www.glyndebourne.com/events/the-railway-children/

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:

https://www.glyndebourne.com/events/the-railway-children/

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:

https://www.glyndebourne.com/events/the-railway-children/

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:

https://www.eno.org/whats-on/mozarts-women/

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/

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:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/surrey/st-marys-church-stoke-dabernon/handel-aci-galatea-e-polifemo-istante-opera/e-xzklxb

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:

https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/semele-dates

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/

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/

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:

https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/semele-dates

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:

https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/semele-dates

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:

https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/semele-dates

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:

https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/semele-dates

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:

https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/semele-dates