Amy Lyddon

Heralded an ‘exquisite’ (BBC Radio 3) and ‘warmly expressive’ singer (The Guardian), British mezzo-soprano Amy Lyddon is a dynamic solo performer of oratorio, song and opera, and an acclaimed choral and recording artist. Classically trained, she enjoys an eclectic career performing everything from baroque to film music and teaching voice.

Amy graduated with first-class honours in Modern & Medieval Languages (Linguistics, French & Spanish) from Trinity College, Cambridge, where she was a Choral Scholar. She then studied vocal performance at the Royal College of Music in London, where she was an RCM Award Holder and H R Taylor Trust Scholar, graduating with a Masters with Distinction.

As oratorio soloist, she has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Snape Maltings, Palau de la Musica Valencia, Sheldonian Theatre and St John’s Smith Square with orchestras such as the Academy of Ancient Music, Dunedin Consort, Florilegium, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and London Mozart Players. On the operatic stage, she has performed and covered roles for Grange Park Opera, The Grange Festival and English Touring Opera.

Amy has performed internationally and recorded extensively with major UK-based ensembles such as Polyphony, Tenebrae, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Dunedin Consort, Eric Whitacre Singers, BBC Singers and Sinfonia of London, and on film soundtracks with London Voices and London Contemporary Orchestra such as ‘Dune: Part Two’, ‘Hamnet’, ‘The Matrix Resurrections’, ‘Stranger Things’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Barbie’.

Amy’s specialism in Linguistics at Cambridge University sparked her fascination with the human voice. Her teaching covers a Bel Canto approach to vocal technique, breathing, support, connection and line, interpretation of text both linguistically and dramatically, and psychology of performance.