Lorna Anderson

Lorna Anderson is a highly regarded British soprano whose career has centered on the concert and recital stage. A student of Patricia MacMahon at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, she excelled, winning several awards. In 1984, she won First Prize in the <a href="spotify:artist:2B4N612xGjNj2cAAYsP4MO">Peter Pears</a> and Royal Overseas League Competitions and in 1986 won the most highly regarded English vocal award, the <a href="spotify:artist:3tMLo1k3iUo82coMLWXzxq">Purcell</a>-<a href="spotify:artist:7MJ1pB5d6Vjmzep2zQlorn">Britten</a> Prize for Concert Singers.

A performer with a particular interest in early opera, Anderson sang <a href="spotify:artist:1QL7yTHrdahRMpvNtn6rI2">Handel</a>'s Theodora with the Glyndebourne Touring Opera, <a href="spotify:artist:3tMLo1k3iUo82coMLWXzxq">Purcell</a>'s Fairy Queen with the <a href="spotify:artist:2Oz3z7PPQUMU2KNYgcO1sA">English Concert</a>, the role of Morgana in <a href="spotify:artist:1QL7yTHrdahRMpvNtn6rI2">Handel</a>'s Alcina at the Halle Handel Festival, and the role of Servilia in <a href="spotify:artist:4NJhFmfw43RLBLjQvxDuRS">Mozart</a>'s La Clemenza di Tito with the Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra. The Netherlands Opera production in which she sang in <a href="spotify:artist:5iAhVgz6P8Nylxijb0C65v">Monteverdi</a>'s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda was recorded for video.

Anderson sings a wide range of the concert repertoire. Her British credits include appearances with the <a href="spotify:artist:2os8ZaeBvYxyVgTKrHtnvK">BBC Philharmonic</a>, the <a href="spotify:artist:23BiSNXm5UaRFuusoWisYO">BBC Symphony Orchestra</a>, the <a href="spotify:artist:1WWZAYN8d4n4iwjYALmmKB">Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5y9NnD1AZPcBVbDluRgiXS">The Sixteen</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:10Q6aA8MVfEP6v0WqDzf4q">The King's Consort</a>, the <a href="spotify:artist:1sylrdKARMDYTJbs8IPWGy">London Mozart Players</a>, St. James' Baroque, the <a href="spotify:artist:6I6fmQU7HGrUsCm4B5Nlk3">Royal Liverpool Philharmonic</a>, and the <a href="spotify:artist:45y5kS0Nhm3v7Do6W5dbcS">Scottish Chamber Orchestra</a>, with conductors such as Sir <a href="spotify:artist:4GQwgdcDQwqtcHICjUNndp">Simon Rattle</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2nXNvTKpp7LSEXNUMFOd1t">Roger Norrington</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3XHSTHtChESFEiOw1LqKuM">Andrew Parrott</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:27sxIn9cqlHftnewCLqEFd">Richard Hickox</a>.

Overseas, she has sung with the <a href="spotify:artist:3z7zjLLJmRmz3ZYHqrLWVd">New World Symphony</a> in Miami, the <a href="spotify:artist:60adCptqwRkANTtVja0bvf">Academy of Ancient Music</a> on its French and South American tours, the <a href="spotify:artist:6auEkE1nJDzSod1SE6aVmZ">Ensemble InterContemporain</a>, under <a href="spotify:artist:2prZJWfQMnIgwUKxKcBxH7">Pierre Boulez</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1C3XEupIPUifPP8v7Y0UPQ">La Chapelle Royale</a>, under <a href="spotify:artist:2ozcTa5tl8qhSbhJKM60I5">Philippe Herreweghe</a>, the Hague Residentie Orchestra, and the <a href="spotify:artist:1X68CoSey8YUdlVEDHqLh0">Stuttgart Chamber Choir</a>.

She has recorded frequently, including a performance in <a href="spotify:artist:3tMLo1k3iUo82coMLWXzxq">Purcell</a>'s The Fairy Queen with <a href="spotify:artist:6URHrQ8te9u9mD6Q2PjVnu">Harry Christophers</a> conducting, a series of <a href="spotify:artist:656RXuyw7CE0dtjdPgjJV6">Haydn</a> Masses under <a href="spotify:artist:27sxIn9cqlHftnewCLqEFd">Hickox</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1QL7yTHrdahRMpvNtn6rI2">Handel</a>'s L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. In 2008 Anderson and Jamie MacDougall completed sets of recordings of <a href="spotify:artist:656RXuyw7CE0dtjdPgjJV6">Haydn</a>'s Scottish songs with the <a href="spotify:artist:137K7r1vfWKbHyf3TkhaoR">Haydn Trio Eisenstadt</a>. This was followed by another multi-artist, multi-disc project of <a href="spotify:artist:4IAWVxo2fpTBPn6k7GZ3eY">Poulenc</a> mélodies with pianist <a href="spotify:artist:1i6erSbtyzD87TZVxLSiC2">Malcolm Martineau</a> begun in 2011.