Hannah De Priest

Hannah De Priest is a fearless performer of a wide range of lyric soprano repertoire. Hailed a “breakout artist” (Boston Globe) with “a voice that is theater itself” (Classique News), recent credits include her Kennedy Center debut (Opera Lafayette, La serva padrona), European debut at the Innsbruck Early Music Festival, (Gilde, L’amazzone corsara), and multiple productions with Boston Early Music Festival. The performances of Gluck—Orfeo ed Euridiceon September 14 & 15 mark her soloist debut with Music of the Baroque.

Hannah De Priest’s “glittering, easy soprano” (Merkur) is equally at home on the opera stage and in chamber music and she is especially renowned for her “masterful” (Olyrix) singing of Baroque repertoire. Her critically acclaimed debut performing French Baroque cantatas with Les Délices was hailed as “sensational” (Schmopera), and more engagements with the renowned ensemble have followed, including the ensemble’s debut concert at the Boston Early Music Festival. Other recent engagements include appearances with Chicago Opera Theater, Haymarket Opera Company, the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, Ars Lyrica Houston, The Newberry Consort, Madison Bach Musicians, and more. On the concert stage, she has interpreted numerous important oratorio works with orchestras including the Columbus Symphony, Elgin Symphony, Elmhurst Symphony, Bach Society of St. Louis, Billings Symphony Orchestra, Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra, and American Bach Soloists.

Hannah De Priest has garnered attention at numerous important competitions, recently winning 2nd Prize at the 2021 International Cesti Competition for Baroque Singing. She has been a finalist in the London Handel Competition (2024), The Handel Aria Competition (2021), Le Concours Corneille (2019), Audrey Rooney Bach Competition (2020), and the Bethlehem Bach Competition (2021). She is also a laureate of the prestigious Luminarts Cultural Foundation’s competition’s Encouragement Award (2022).