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The English soprano, Philippa Healey, is honoured music graduate of University College, Oxford. Whilst studying piano and composition at Chetham’s School Of Music, she became Principal Soprano of the National Youth Choir, featuring as a regular soloist and member of its prestigious chamber choir. She also became the youngest solo singer to perform and record with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields orchestra, under Sir Neville Marriner, at the age of 21.
Philippa Healey is a critically acclaimed West End leading lady. After graduating from Oxford, she was personally cast by Sir Cameron Mackintosh as Cosette in the record-breaking London production of Les Misèrables. Additional West End roles include Tess in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Savoy Theatre), and Young Heidi in Sondheim’s Follies (Royal Festival Hall). Recordings include solo oratorio and musical theatre pieces for BBC Radio 3, Sony Classical, and Hyperion Records.
In 2003, Philippa Healey was invited to produce and arrange her own headline show, which has resulted in years of successful performing around the world, covering a huge range of musical styles, with repertoire to suit any audience. At home in the UK, she is also a regular soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, and performs annually with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the BBC Proms, with whom she sang Haydn’s Creation under Sir Simon Rattle in 2014. |
