...impressive control, an irrepressible sense of drama and extraordinary self-assurance...Betts-Dean manoeuvred unflustered between registers and vocal modes with an unbroken sense of line and an unmissable, urgent musicality...she’s certainly one to watch.

-Flora Willson, The Guardian


b.1990

Berlin, Germany

 

Based

London, UK

/

Melbourne, Australia

 

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She is a force in music to be reckoned with - Jane Manning must be glowing from heaven.

-NICHOLAS DANIEL OBE

Welcome to the website of Australian vocalist Lotte Betts-Dean.

Lotte is a mezzo soprano and vocalist who has established herself as a leading interpreter of contemporary repertoire, art song and chamber music. She is equally at home in early music, vocal ensemble, opera, experimental music and non-classical collaborations, and has a passion for curation, programming, and interdisciplinary projects.

Lotte was recently elected as Ambassador for Donne UK, and in 2022 was made Associate (ARAM) of the Royal Academy of Music, an honour reserved for alumni who have contributed significantly to the music profession.

Lotte is a Young Artist alumnus of Britten Pears Arts, City Music Foundation and Oxford Lieder, having won the 2019 Oxford Lieder Platform alongside Joseph Havlat. Other competition successes include the 2020 Overseas Prize as well as the Audrey Strange Prize for an outstanding singer at the Royal Over-Seas League Competition, the inaugural New Elizabethans Award in 2019, and the 2018 Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Prize.

Lotte is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music (Master of Arts- 2016) and the Conservatorium of Music at Melbourne University (Bachelor of Music- 2012), and is an Australian National Academy of Music Fellowship Alumna (2014).

Read her full biography here, or scroll down for the latest news.


2020-21 FILMS

Since March 2020, Lotte has taken part in and produced over 25 concert filmings, broadcasts and pieces of content, many of which are available to view for free online. Head to the VIDEO PAGE to check out some of the past two years’ content!

Lotte would like to thank several organisations for their support during 2020, especially Freelance Artist Relief Australia, HelpMusicians UK, Australia Council for the Arts and Olgarhythm.

Lotte performing Stravinsky’s Persephone with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis, July 2019.Dress by Melbourne designer Gwendolynne

Lotte performing Stravinsky’s Persephone with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis, July 2019.

Dress by Melbourne designer Gwendolynne

Betts-Dean’s lovely mezzo and winning stage manner managed to enter entirely into the character of each of her songs.

-Hugh Canning, The SUNDAY TIMES


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