Emilie Renard

Anglo-French mezzo-Soprano Emilie Renard exploded onto the international performing scene by winning first prize in the 2013 Antonio Cesti Competition at the Innsbruck Festival. A Britten Pears Young Artist in 2010, Emilie Renard’s prowess as a recitalist was further demonstrated by her award of the Premier Prix de la Mélodie Française, at the 22nd Concours International de Chant de Marmande, where she also carried off the overall First Prize for Women’s Voices. Having already made her professional debut in Richard Jones’ famed production for English National Opera of Martinů’s Julietta, her repertoire embraces five centuries of music, from Amore in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (“… a remarkably convincing teenage boy”) and Purcell’s Dido (“… the pure musical expression of a hear