“…[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

Contemporary | Mass | Jannum Kruidhof

Amare | The Hague | The Netherlands
David Vaamonde, pianist

Crossover | Ave Maria | Gregorian

Hooglandse Kerk | Leiden | The Netherlands
Heiko Dijker, RAV drum

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