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Claire Barnett-Jones

Gingerbread Witch / Gertrude

British mezzo-soprano Claire Barnett-Jones is fast becoming one of the most sought-after voices on the operatic stage and concert platform, recently being named one of Operawire’s Top 10 Rising Stars since becoming a finalist and winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.

In 2025/26, Barnett-Jones makes company debuts at Canada’s Calgary Opera as Witch & Gertrude in Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel conducted by Jonathan Brandani, at the Bregenz Festival as Annina in a new Lake Stage production of Verdi’s La Traviata conducted by Kirill Karabits and with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome performing Waltraute in a staged production of Wagner’s Die Walküre conducted by Daniel Harding. She also sings Mrs Grose in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at the Royal Ballet & Opera’s Linbury Theatre directed by Natalie Abrahami and conducted by Bassem Akiki. Concert highlights include Mahler’s Das klagende Lied with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ryan Bancroft, Mozart’s Requiem at London’s Barbican Centre with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oramo Sakari, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius at King’s College Cambridge with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Daniel Hyde, Berg’s Altenberg Lieder and Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder in Espoo, Finland with the Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Ryan Bancroft and Handel’s Messiah with the Glyndebourne Sinfonia and Chorus conducted by Aidan Oliver both at Glyndebourne and at London’s Royal Albert Hall. She also appears in recital at London’s Wigmore Hall with pianist Rebecca Cohen. Future plans include a return to the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden and her debut at Garsington Opera.

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