Philippa Boyle Soprano

26/06/2026

Some photographs from Wednesday’s lovely opera gala with Kings Arts in Wimbledon, with my friend and incredible mezzosoprano Katie Bray. I sang arias and ensembles from Fidelio, Lohengrin, Le Nozze di Figaro, La Traviata and die Fledermaus, and the programme also included excerpts from Carmen, Turandot (a terrific Nessun Dorma sung by my friend and wonderful tenor Tom Elwin) and Eugene Onegin - in which the talented students from Kings College Wimbledon performed solo roles. A really lovely concert. Thank you to everyone who braved the heat to join us!

23/06/2026

Looking forward to this lovely opera gala in Wimbledon tomorrow alongside terrific fellow soloists Katie Bray, Thomas Elwin and Ashley Riches, King’s Festival Chorus, pianists Ashley Fripp and Daniel Phillips, and conductor Matthew Gibson.
The programme will include excerpts from Fidelio, Lohengrin, Traviata and Figaro, and much more besides! Tickets and further information via the link below:

https://kingsarts.org.uk/operagala/

23/05/2026

Looking back to Thursday’s wonderful gala concert at Wycliffe Hall with soprano Eliana Pretorian, tenor Matthew Rengert and pianist Horacio López Redondo.
I first met Eliana in 2015 at Glyndebourne, when she was singing Frasquita in Carmen and I was in the chorus. I have admired her singing and artistry ever since, and it was a real pleasure to be invited to join her for this recital - a joyful evening of music, celebration and friendship.

18/05/2026

I am very much looking forward to this lovely concert at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford on Thursday, with soprano Eliana Pretorian, tenor Matthew Rengert and pianist Horacio López Redondo. We will perform repertoire spanning from Bach and Handel to Puccini and Tosti, and it promises to be a lovely concert. Please do join us if you can.

Tickets can be purchased here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opera-gala-with-eliana-pretorian-and-guests-tickets-1985916222882?aff=oddtdtcreator

13/05/2026

06/05/2026

05/05/2026

Looking forward to joining my friends at St Paul's Sinfonia next week to sing in the last movement of Vaughan Williams’ Pastoral Symphony, conducted by John Andrews.
The programme also includes Grace Williams’ Penillion, and Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s piano concerto with soloist Samantha Ege.
I last performed with St Paul’s Sinfonia back in 2024, when I sang Sibelius’s epic tone poem Luonnotar and Tom Coult’s exquisite song cycle Beautiful Caged Thing, and I will be performing with them again this autumn - more on that in due course! 👀 In the meantime, do join us next week for this lovely programme if you can.

27/04/2026

This is the last three minutes of Britten’s War Requiem, filmed during our rehearsal on Saturday with Lewisham Choral Society. It’s the most ravishingly beautiful music. The tenor and baritone soloists repeat the words “let us sleep now”, the last line of Wilfred Owen’s poem Strange Meetings, while the children’s chorus, main chorus and soprano soloist sing the Latin text of In Paradisum - "May the angels lead you into paradise; may the martyrs receive you at your arrival and lead you to the holy city Jerusalem. May choirs of angels receive you and with Lazarus, once a poor man, may you have eternal rest."
It’s really worth watching all the way to the end - the final chord is simply magical, as you’ll see by the look on my face!
Seen and Heard International reviewed the performance, saying “Lewisham Choral Society and a first-rate trio of soloists delivered a fine War Requiem..this performance left its mark”.
https://seenandheard-international.com/2026/04/lewisham-choral-society-and-a-first-rate-trio-of-soloists-deliver-a-fine-war-requiem/

16/03/2026

I am really looking forward to this very special concert in April!

Lewisham Choral Society is proud to present Benjamin Britten’s magnificent War Requiem, one of the choral masterpieces of the 20th Century. This deeply moving work was commissioned for the consecration of Coventry Cathedral in 1962, built to replace the original 14th Century building which was destroyed in World War 2.

Britten, an ardent pacifist and conscientious objector, chose to intersperse the text of the Latin Requiem Mass with the heart-rending anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen, a soldier who died in battle just one week before the end of World War 1.

The music is electrifying, with punchy rhythms and complex melodic lines. This powerful and poignant work takes us through a gamut of emotions - from its opening sense of foreboding and menace through pity, sorrow and anger culminating in a final moment of tranquility.

A work of this size and complexity requires a vast array of musicians: while the Mass is performed by Lewisham Choral Society, KölnChor and Rheinischer Kammerchor Köln, The Emerald Choir and soprano soloist, the poetry is performed by tenor and baritone soloists. The singers are also accompanied by two orchestras from Forest Philharmonic Orchestra, organist James Orford and no less than three conductors - definitely an event not to be missed.

Tickets: lewishamchoralsociety.org.uk/concerts/spring26