Claudia Huckle

Anglo-German contralto Claudia Huckle has appeared with opera companies across Europe and the USA, including the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Glyndebourne, Opéra National de Paris, Festival d’Aix en Provence, Teatro alla Scala, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Real Madrid, Oper Zürich, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Oper Leipzig, Bregenzer Festspiele, Washington National Opera, and Santa Fe Opera. Her many roles have included Hänsel; Lucretia; Dalila; Erda, Flosshilde, Schwertleite and 1st Norn (The Ring); Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte); Suzuki (Madama Butterfly); and Marfa (Khovanshchina). She has sung in concert with many leading orchestras including the LSO, LPO, RPO, Hallé Orchestra, BBC NOW, BBC SSO, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Runkfunks, Boston Symphony Orchestra, NSO Washington, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the Academy of Ancient Music, in repertoire ranging from Bach and Handel to Elgar and Mahler. She has recorded Die Zauberflöte for Deutsche Grammophon under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Das Lied von der Erde for Champs Hill Records.