Gillian Webster has had a varied and diverse career since first coming to prominence as principal soprano with the Royal Opera Covent Garden where she established a reputation in such roles as Euridice, Pamina, Katya Kabanova, La Contessa, Michaela and Mimi, roles which she has also sung in houses throughout Europe.

Her repertoire ranges from Vivaldi to Mozart, Mahler and Wagner, but her real love is music of the baroque period. In recent years, she has sung many Handel oratorios and cantatas under the baton of Paul McCreesh, as well as operatic roles including Agrippina and Gismonda with English Touring Opera, and Ginevra with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre.

Webster’s other great musical passion lies in the chamber music repertoire and she has enjoyed various collaborations with the Wanderer Trio and the Arpeggione and Talich Quartets, singing works from Schubert to Schoenberg.