Scottish-born, Paris based soprano Rachel Redmond is establishing herself as a most sought-after interpreter of baroque repertoire. Appearing at major venues and festivals throughout Europe, her recent Handel roles have attracted particular praise.

Having started her earlier career with Le Jardin du Voix, the young artist’s programme of Les Arts Florissants, Rachel has performed extensively with the group in programmes of the French baroque masters as well as Purcell, Handel and Bach directed by both William Christie and Paul Agnew.

Rachel Redmond made her stage début at the Opéra Comique in Lully Atys. Her other opera appearances include the Aix-en-Provence Festival (Second Woman Dido & Aeneas), Théâtre du Châtelet (Loena La Belle Hélène), the Göttingen International Handel Festival (Dalinda Ariodante), Opéra du Rhin (Fortuna L’Incoronazione di Poppea), the Edinburgh International Festival (Papagena Die Zauberflöte), English Touring Opera (Susanna The Marriage of Figaro) and Irish National Opera and the Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre (Aminta in Vivaldi L’Olimpiade). In concert she has also sung the roles of Dorinda Orlando with the Academy of Ancient Music / Laurence Cummings, Doña Isabel The Indian Queen at the Salzburg Festival with the Utopia Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis.