Biography

Born in Shropshire, British mezzo-soprano Lucy Gibbs made her operatic debut as ‘La Duchessa’ in Respighi’s La bella dormente nel bosco and covered ‘Un Pâtre’ in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges for Royal College of Music Opera, directed by Liam Steel. She went on to make her international debut singing for LaGeste in Vake Poes; of hoe God verdween at the Thalia Theater, Hamburg, directed by Lisaboa Houbrechts, and as 'Sesto' in a performance of Händel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto with B'Rock Orchestra, directed by Tom Goossens and conducted by Frank Agsteribbe.

In 2024, Lucy participated in l’Académie Ravel as part of the Festival Ravel in St Jean-de-Luz, and was a SongEasel young artist, alongside Daniel Adipradhana, and a member of the 10th cohort of Genesis Sixteen. She has also participated in public masterclasses with Michael Chance, Keval Shah, Dorothea Röschmann and Veronique Gens.

Lucy was a member of the ensemble of the National Gilbert & Sullivan Company and performed in The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, and The Yeoman of the Guard for the Buxton International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in 2023. She was also a member of the ensemble for RCM opera in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, Respighi’s La bella dormente nel bosco, and Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, and covered ‘Older Woman’ in Jonathan Dove’s Flight.

Recently, Lucy has performed as a soloist in Bach’s St. John Passion with the Oxford Bach Choir and Bach’s Mass in B minor with the Chichester Singers. Lucy has a passion for performing contemporary music and collaborating with composers. She has premiered works by Laurence Rosenthal, Oscar Ridout, Miguel de la Rosa, Pedro González Álvarez, Asher Joyce, Jonty Watt and Darren Sng.

Upcoming performances include ‘Diane’ in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and ‘L’enfant’ in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges in collaboration with the International Opera Academy and the Youth Orchestra of Flanders.

Lucy graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music in London, where she was gratefully supported by the Robert Lancaster scholarship and the Josephine Baker Trust. Prior to that, she read Music at Merton College, Oxford, where she was also a choral scholar in the Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Lucy now studies at the International Opera Academy in Ghent, Belgium.