Lucy is fortunate to have performed as a soloist in many of London's most prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall and St John's Smith Square. She is ideally suited to zwischenfach operatic roles, and enjoys performing Mozart opera in particular. She is a committed interpreter of contemporary music and is a core member of EXAUDI vocal ensemble, with whom she regularly premieres works by exciting new composers.
Recent staged work includes Hänsel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Annio La Clemenza di Tito, Dorabella Così fan tutte, Meg Page Falstaff, Triptych with ERRATICA at the Print Room, Notting Hill, David Lang's The Little Match Girl Passion with Cryptic Theatre at King's Place, and chorus in Purcell's Fairy Queen with the Academy of Ancient Music at the Barbican. Recent concert engagements include second soprano solos in Mozart Mass in C Minor at Guildhall Cathedral/St Bride's Church, Bach Magnificat with Solomon's Knot in the Leipzig Bach Festival, Berlioz Roméo et Juliette at the Proms with the Monteverdi Choir, and an old and new madrigal programme with EXAUDI at the Wigmore Hall. Forthcoming engagements include Purcell King Arthur and Monteverdi Vespers (solos&chorus) with the Academy of Ancient Music, mezzo solos in Bach B Minor Mass and Beethoven Mass in C, and performances in the BBC proms with the Monteverdi Choir and the Dunedin Consort. She appears in Threnos on Emily Howard's debut NMC disc which was released in September ("Lucy Goddard shines in Emily Howard's Threnos." "Performed with fire and precision by Lucy Goddard and Simon Whiteley." BBC Music Magazine, December 2016). In February 2017 Lucy spent a week exploring French repertoire with Malcolm Martineau at his course in Crear, Scotland. Lucy is looking forward to Aldeburgh residencies in May and August 2017 to work on an American songbook project with pianist Siwan Rhys and composer Laura Bowler.
Other solo performances of note include Bach Cantatas at the Wigmore Hall with the Academy of Ancient Music (solos and chorus) and Vivaldi Gloria with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at the Cadogan Hall. Lucy has also performed as a soloist in Cage Four Solos for Voice at the Théâtre de Ville, Châtelet, in Cassidy A Painter of Figures in Rooms (world premiere and BBC broadcast) at the Purcell Room, and in Bartok Village Scenes (solos and chorus) conducted by Oliver Knussen at the Aldeburgh Festival, all with EXAUDI.
Lucy graduated with distinction for her Masters in Vocal Performance at the Royal Academy of Music in July 2011, where she was awarded the S and M Eyres Wilson Scholarship and supported by the Josephine Baker Trust. She previously read Modern Languages at Girton College, Cambridge, where she was a choral and instrumental scholar. She also played the violin in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and its Italian equivalent, L’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, and spent a year studying at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Italy. Lucy is extremely grateful to the Kathleen and the Seary Trusts for their generous support towards her career development.
Besides singing Lucy loves playing the fiddle in a string quartet and spending time in Italy, where she feels truly at home. She also loves the great outdoors and enjoyed replicating faithfully Jerome K. Jerome's Three [Wo]Men in a Boat this summer, rowing 85 miles up the Thames in a wooden camping skiff!
Recent staged work includes Hänsel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Annio La Clemenza di Tito, Dorabella Così fan tutte, Meg Page Falstaff, Triptych with ERRATICA at the Print Room, Notting Hill, David Lang's The Little Match Girl Passion with Cryptic Theatre at King's Place, and chorus in Purcell's Fairy Queen with the Academy of Ancient Music at the Barbican. Recent concert engagements include second soprano solos in Mozart Mass in C Minor at Guildhall Cathedral/St Bride's Church, Bach Magnificat with Solomon's Knot in the Leipzig Bach Festival, Berlioz Roméo et Juliette at the Proms with the Monteverdi Choir, and an old and new madrigal programme with EXAUDI at the Wigmore Hall. Forthcoming engagements include Purcell King Arthur and Monteverdi Vespers (solos&chorus) with the Academy of Ancient Music, mezzo solos in Bach B Minor Mass and Beethoven Mass in C, and performances in the BBC proms with the Monteverdi Choir and the Dunedin Consort. She appears in Threnos on Emily Howard's debut NMC disc which was released in September ("Lucy Goddard shines in Emily Howard's Threnos." "Performed with fire and precision by Lucy Goddard and Simon Whiteley." BBC Music Magazine, December 2016). In February 2017 Lucy spent a week exploring French repertoire with Malcolm Martineau at his course in Crear, Scotland. Lucy is looking forward to Aldeburgh residencies in May and August 2017 to work on an American songbook project with pianist Siwan Rhys and composer Laura Bowler.
Other solo performances of note include Bach Cantatas at the Wigmore Hall with the Academy of Ancient Music (solos and chorus) and Vivaldi Gloria with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at the Cadogan Hall. Lucy has also performed as a soloist in Cage Four Solos for Voice at the Théâtre de Ville, Châtelet, in Cassidy A Painter of Figures in Rooms (world premiere and BBC broadcast) at the Purcell Room, and in Bartok Village Scenes (solos and chorus) conducted by Oliver Knussen at the Aldeburgh Festival, all with EXAUDI.
Lucy graduated with distinction for her Masters in Vocal Performance at the Royal Academy of Music in July 2011, where she was awarded the S and M Eyres Wilson Scholarship and supported by the Josephine Baker Trust. She previously read Modern Languages at Girton College, Cambridge, where she was a choral and instrumental scholar. She also played the violin in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and its Italian equivalent, L’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, and spent a year studying at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Italy. Lucy is extremely grateful to the Kathleen and the Seary Trusts for their generous support towards her career development.
Besides singing Lucy loves playing the fiddle in a string quartet and spending time in Italy, where she feels truly at home. She also loves the great outdoors and enjoyed replicating faithfully Jerome K. Jerome's Three [Wo]Men in a Boat this summer, rowing 85 miles up the Thames in a wooden camping skiff!
