Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano

Noted for her “dazzling, virtuoso singing” (Boston Globe), soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon is a dynamic musician whose repertoire spans the Renaissance to the present. She believes that creating new works and recreating those lost in centuries past makes room for the multiplicity and diversity of voices integral to classical music’s future, and is committed to performing and teaching works outside of the traditional canon. 

As a recitalist Ms. Fitz Gibbon has appeared with her husband and collaborative partner, pianist Ryan McCullough, in such venues as London’s Wigmore Hall; New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Park Avenue Armory, and Merkin Hall; and Toronto’s Koerner Hall. Their growing discography includes Descent/Return, featuring works by James Primosch and John Harbison (Albany Records, May 2020). In concert, Lucy has appeared with such ensembles as the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; the Lucerne Academy Orchestra; Tafelmusik; the Albany, Eureka, Richmond, and Tulsa Symphonies, and the American Symphony Orchestra in her Carnegie Hall debut. She has also premiered major works by John Harbison and Shirish Korde with Boston Musica Viva, collaborated with the Argus and Aizuri Quartets, and will tour with Musicians from Marlboro through 2022. Debuts with Seattle Opera, the Lexington and Kalamazoo Symphonies, Ireland’s West Cork Festival, and Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival were all delayed because of COVID-19. During the pandemic, she has given virtual concerts for Yellow Barn, VIVO music Festival, Live from the Stissing Center, The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Avaloch Farm, and the Albany Symphony.

A graduate of Yale University, Ms. Fitz Gibbon has spent summers at the Tanglewood Music Center and Marlboro Music Festival. She is the Interim Director of the Vocal Program at Cornell University and on the faculty of Bard College-Conservatory’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program, and served as voice faculty for Kneisel Hall’s 2020 season. For more information, see www.lucyfitzgibbon.com.