Lynette Alcántara
Australian-born mezzo-soprano, Lynette Alcántara leads a busy life as soloist in opera, oratorio, recital and on disc. She has sung for many of the leading ensembles in Britain including The BBC Singers, The Monteverdi Choir, The Sixteen, English National Opera, Opera North, the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, The Bach Choir and The King’s Consort. She appears regularly for BBC radio and TV, and frequently at the Royal Albert Hall and on the South Bank.
Concert diary
16 Nov 2012
Respighi- Lauda per la Nativita del Signore
Cambridge University Chamber Choir, conductor: David Lowe
Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
10 Nov 2012
Verdi - Requiem
All Saints Chorus & Orchestra, conductor: Jon Cullen
West Ham Parish Church, London
30 June 2012
Bliss - Pastoral
Rutter - Feel the Spirit
Barnet Choral Society conductor: Stephen Bullamore
St John the Evangelist, Barnet, London N11
28 April 2012 Ely Cathedral & 5 May 2012 Thaxted Church
Berlioz –Les Nuits dété
Mezzo Soloist: Lynette Alcántara
East Anglia Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Stephen Cleobury
18 March 2012 St Mark's Church, Barton Rd, Cambridge
J.S Bach - St John Passion
Choirs of Wolfson College and St Mark's Church
Conductor: Graham Walker
Mezzo Soloist Lynette Alcántara
4 Feb 2012 7pm The Barbican
Dvorak -The Jacobins
BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers
Lotinka - Lynette Alcántara
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 'Afternoon on 3' on 9 Feb at 2pm
29 October 2011, 1.30pm
An American Song Recital
Lynette Alcántara (mezzo) and Andrew Goldman (piano)
Lee Hall, Wolfson College, Cambridge
CB3 9BB
Admission Free
7 August 2011, 3.30pm
Macmillan Cancer Support (Cambridge) Centenary Concert
An American Song Recital
Lynette Alcántara (mezzo) and Andrew Goldman (piano)
Fitzwilliam College Chapel. By invitation.
5 August 2011, 6.45pm
Spanish songs for voice and guitar with guitarist, Craig Ogden.
Brightlingsea Festival, Essex. Admission Free.
2nd July 2011 7.30pm
Mendelssohn – Elijah
Alto soloist: Lynette Alcántara
All Saints Chorus & Orchestra, conductor: Jon Cullen
West Ham Parish Church, London
25 & 26 June 2011
Gilbert & Sullivan – Come and Sing ‘The Pirates of Penzance’
Edith – Lynette Alcántara
Glasgow City Halls & Media City Salford
BBC Singers/BBC Scottish Symphony &BBC Philharmonic
17 April 2011, 2.00pm Bach St Matthew Passion
Melbourne Recital Hall
The Consort of Melbourne, Ensemble Gombert and the Ironwood Ensemble Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
Alto Soloist: Lynette Alcántara
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Selected reviews
Bach St Matthew Passion, Melbourne Recital Centre
"Lynette Alcántara brought genuine emotion to the alto solo"
Chris Boyd, The Australian
Juliette/BBC Symphony Orchestra
"...and four members of the BBC Singers for their prowess... Lynette Alcántara..."
Andrew Porter, Opera
Selene Handel- Berenice, Cambridge Handel Opera Group
“Lynette Alcántara’s agreeably resinous mezzo...”
Rodney Milnes, The Times
Schubertiade - Queen Elizabeth Hall, conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
“Alcántara also excelled in Ständchen, her pure, light and wonderfully natural style...”
Stephen Pettit, The Times
