“…[we] were then bowled over by the glorious voice of the world’s leading mezzo-soprano, the amazing Emma Brown.”
Gyles Brandreth, X, 30th November, 2023
Alto / Mezzo-soprano
I’ve performed across Europe and Asia in opera, oratorios, concerts, events, and remembrance ceremonies.
My work in opera includes the Dutch National Opera, Yo! Opera, the Dutch New Opera Academy and Present Opera.
I sing as an alto or mezzo-soprano soloist in many oratorios, including Karl Jenkins’s The Armed Man, Duruflé’s Requiem, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, and Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater and Magnificat in the U.K., the Netherlands, and Italy.
My recordings include “Echoes of War” with pianist Han-Louis Meijer, and “Fantasia” with the symphonic rock band Simple Harmonic Motion, both produced by Floating World Records.
I also give recitals and lecture recitals.
I enjoy working with philanthropic organisations. I sing for the Christina Nobel Children’s Foundation in Mongolia and Vietnam, for the Gurkha Welfare Trust in Nepal, and for remembrance ceremonies and veterans across the U.K. and Europe.
I read music at the University of Cambridge and studied classical singing and composition at Utrecht Conservatoire and the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague. I live in Leiden, near Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
For programme biographies and photographs, please see my press pack.
Mezzo-soprano | A Poem Against War | Harrie Janssen
VLAMO | Zwaneberg | Belgium
Het Fanfare Collectif | Jurgen Nab
Alto | Gloria | Vivaldi
Chiesa di Sant'Agostina | Cremona | Italy Holland Concert Choir and Orcestra | Nico Hovius
Symphonic Rock | Lazarus Variant | SHM
Fantasia | Simple Harmonic Motion Floating World Records | London | U.K.
Traditional | The Poor Wayfaring Stranger
SoundCam Productions | Budapest | Hungary Robert Sinha, guitar
Lied | Liebst du um Schönheit | Gustav Mahler
Marktsteeg 10 | Leiden | The Netherlands Han Louis Meijer, pianist
Mezzo-soprano | Lascia cho’io Pianga | Handel
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing | Somme | France Band of the Hampshire Constabulary | Simon Morgan
Alto | The Armed Man | Karl Jenkins
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ | Amsterdam | The Netherlands
Hoofdstadkoor | Promenade Orkest | Martin van der Brugge
Mezzo-soprano | Requiem | Duruflé
Hooglandse Kerk | Leiden | The Netherlands Theo Visser | Ruud Meester