DePriest, Hannah

Hannah DePriest

Hannah De Priest is a fearless performer of a wide range of lyric soprano repertoire. Hailed a “breakout artist” (Boston Globe) with “a voice that is theater itself” (Classique News), recent credits include her Kennedy Center debut, (Opera Lafayette, La serva padrona), European debut at the Innsbruck Early Music Festival, (Gilde, L’amazzone corsara), and multiple productions with Boston Early Music Festival. The young soprano is set for more important debuts in the 2023-24 season, including role and house debuts with Chicago Opera Theater, Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, and Haymarket Opera, among others. On the concert stage, notable upcoming and recent engagements include Handel’s Messiah with Apollo Chorus & Orchestra and Billings Symphony Orchestra, Bach’s Johannes-Passion with Columbus Symphony and Elmhurst Symphony, and Handel’s Dixit Dominus with the Elgin Master Chorale & Symphony. De Priest’s “glittering, easy soprano” (Merkur) is equally at home on the opera stage and in chamber music and she enjoys close collaborative relationships with acclaimed baroque ensembles Les Délices and Ars Musica Chicago. An enthusiastic recitalist, she performs song repertoire that spans centuries with pianist Michael Pecak. De Priest has garnered attention at numerous important competitions, including 2nd Prize at the 2021 International Cesti Competition for Baroque Singing.