Artists

Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano
Joseph Middleton piano

Mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa has enjoyed a spectacular rise on the international music stage with celebrated performances in opera, concert and recital the world over, and we are fortunate to welcome her in what is her first UK recital outside of London. Her recital recordings have won her a plethora of accolades, including a Gramophone Award and together with Middleton they have performed at Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie and Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela. Their programme for Leeds Song is a sumptuous and stirring programme of French song including works by Debussy, Mompou and Ravel, as well as Mahler’s intense and poignant cycle Kindertotenlieder which set Rückert’s grief-stricken texts.  

“[Marianne Crebassa] brought an extraordinary and riveting ability to communicate through her voice…this wasn’t just a faultless performance by Crebassa – it was one which drew you in from the very first note.” (Opera Today) 

Programme

Claude Debussy
Trois chansons de Bilitis
La fille aux cheveux de lin 

Gustav Mahler
Kindertotenlieder

Claude Debussy
Bruyères 

Federico Mompou
Combat del somni 

Maurice Ravel
Cinq mélodies populaires grecques