Biography

Kirsty Hopkins read Music at Manchester University and then continued her post-graduate vocal training at Trinity College of Music in London where she won the Elizabeth Schumann Lieder Prize. She currently studies with Jenny Miller.

Operatic roles include Asphodéle in L’Etoile by Chabrier for Sir John Eliot Gardiner at the Opéra Comique in Paris and for François-Xavier Roth in Nimes, Galatea in Handel’s Acis & Galatea for Jerusalem Early Music, Cupid in Purcell’s King Arthur for New Chamber Opera, and Spirit in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen.

Recent concert performances include Handel’s Israel in Egypt for Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Haydn’s Creation at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and the Cornerstone Festival, Taverner’s Lament for Jerusalem at the British Library for The Choir of London, a programme of Venetian music in Russe, Bulgaria for QuintEssential, concerts in London, Ireland and Austria for consort soloist ensemble Alamire, Monteverdi Vespers for Richard Cooke at Chelmsford Cathedral, and singing the title role in Purcell's Bonduca for The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at King's Place, London.

Kirsty features on two recent recordings - "Making Waves" by Bob Chilcott released on Signum Classics and "A Child's Prayer" and "O Bone Jesu" by James MacMillan from the album "Bright Orb of Harmony" by The Sixteen, released on their label Coro. Future releases include another recording for Bob Chilcott, “Be Thou my Vision” and MacMillan’s “A Child’s Prayer”, this time for the Gabrieli Consort .

Forthcoming highlights include a programme of Venetian music with QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble at the Lake District Music Festival, concerts with Alamire in the UK and Austria and the Monteverdi Vespers for The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment throughout the UK and Europe.