FLEUR BARRON, Mezzo-Soprano

Hailed as “a knockout performer” by The Times, Singaporean-British mezzo Fleur Barron is a passionate interpreter of opera, symphonic works, and chamber music ranging from the Baroque to the contemporary.  She is currently Artistic Partner of the Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias in Oviedo, for which she will curate and perform multiple projects across several seasons.  The artist is mentored by Barbara Hannigan. 

The 2024-25 season sees Fleur Barron emerge as an exciting, leading voice in Mahlerian repertoire across a series of important symphonic debuts: Das Lied von der Erde with Daniel Harding and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra on tour across Germany, with Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm and on tour to Spain, with Kent Nagano and the Hamburg Staatsorchester at the Elbphilharmonie, and at the Oregon Bach Festival; Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Nathalie Stutzmann and the Atlanta Symphony; Mahler Second Symphony with the Orquesta de Valencia; Rückert Lieder with PhilZuid; and the Kindertotenlieder at Het Concertgebouw’s Mahler Festival with Julius Drake.  Other orchestral engagements include Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs with the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra, Saariaho’s Adriana Songs with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, and orchestrated Schubert songs with the Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias.  She takes on three new opera roles: Concepción in Ravel’s L’Heure Espagnole with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra under Ludovic Morlot, as well as a studio recording; Comrade Chin/Shu Fang in Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly at the Barbican Centre directed by James Robinson; and Galatea in Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo with La Nuova Musica at Wigmore Hall.  

The season heralds the commercial release of Fleur Barron’s debut orchestral disc with the Barcelona Symphony and Ludvoic Morlot, featuring Ravel’s Shéhérazade and Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé.  A celebrated recitalist, this season she undertakes a six-city North American recital tour with pianist Kunal Lahiry, including a Carnegie Hall debut, as well as further American tour dates with the Parker Quartet in a program of Brahms, Mahler, and Anthony Cheung.  She also joins her frequent collaborator Julius Drake for concerts in London, Amsterdam, Stuttgart, Madrid, Manchester, and Oviedo.  Beyond the performance stage, Fleur Barron conducts masterclasses at academic institutions such as Harvard, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Royal Northern College of Music, Boston University, and the Manhattan School of Music.