Hailed as ‘a singer with uncommon theatrical sensibility and musical intelligence’, soprano Ingrid Attrot has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with conductors such as Dutoit, Marriner, Willcocks, Pinnok and Hickox. Her work with conductor Richard Hickox has included performances of the Britten War Requiem, Peter Grimes (Ellen Orford), and Beethoven’s Fidelio (Leonora). Opera companies with which she has worked include the English National Opera (as Miss Jessel in Turn of the Screw), Opera Northern Ireland (as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni), and Pacific Opera (as Abigaille in Nabucco and Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte).
Ingrid has recorded extensively for the Chandos label, including Respighi’s Deità Silvane and Stanford’s Stabat Mater, both with the BBC Philharmonic, Vaughan Williams’ Riders to the Sea, Holst’s The Wandering Scholar with the Northern Sinfonia (Hickox), Vivaldi’s Gloria with The English Consort (Pinnock) and Handel’s Floridante with Tafelmusik (Curtis).
Her particular affinity for contemporary repertoire was first recognized by her winning of the Eckhardt-Gramatte Competition. This led to many collaborations with composers such as Peter Maxwell Davies, Geoffrey Burgon, Hugh Wood, Nicola LeFanu, Julian Philips and John Greer. She has sung in major festivals including the Salzburg Festival, the Warsaw Autumn Festival, the Holland Festival in Amsterdam and the BBC Proms. In recital she has appeared at the Concertgebauw (Amsterdam), Le Monnaie (Brussels), Royal Opera House (London), and at the Wigmore Hall (London).
From 2003-2007, she was the Artistic Director of the “Summer Music on the Shannon” Youth Opera Theatre at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She was Music Director for Out of the Box Productions, 2004-2006, and is Co-artistic Director of Nelson Courses for Singers.
Ingrid is a former student of Selena James at the VCM. Her background includes a Post Graduate Opera Diploma from the University of Toronto, and training at the National Opera Studio, London, England.
Ingrid is head of the voice department, Opera Studio, and Director of the Voice Collegium program.