Patrick Fyffe - Dame Hilda Brackett Award (Sadler's Wells) (2018)

Winifred Agnes Disney Award - Royal Academy of Music (2016)

RAM Club Prize (2018)

E.A. Redman Prize for the Interpretation of Schubert Lieder - RWCMD (2013)

'Frances Gregory's Frauenliebe, Opus 60, partnered sensitively by Richard Gowers, impressed at many levels: characterisation, personality, style. In particular, through the nine songs, her subtly changing inflections and body language conveyed a believable thirty-minute journey from girlhood and obsession to bereavement and old age. There was real beauty and artistry in this performance ... and a wealth of musical roads to share: 'Du Ring an meinem Finger' stays with me, a little dream of fragrant perfection.' - Classical Source (2019)

'...the excellent Frances gregory' - The Evening Standard (2018)

'...the Sycorax of Frances Gregory, whose ample richly toned voice gives pathos as well edge to her several arias.' - Bachtrack (2018)

'As Egeo, Frances Gregory used her firm, rich sound impressively - always responsive and expressive - to convey regality and indignation in equal measure...' - Opera Today (2018)

'Frances Gregory as Egeo revealed an extremely sumptuous mezzo-soprano...' - Music OMH (2018)

'Frances Gregory is dependable as his jealous wife Juno, compared with her somewhat squally accomplice of Emilie Cavallo's Iris, though both achieve notable vocal agility, making them natural Handelian singers (both made fine contributions to the concert performance of Teseo at this year's London handel Festival).' - Classical Source (2018)

'Frances Gregory maintained cool dignity throughout, providing a point of dramatic steadiness...' - Classical Source (2018)

'Frances Gregory offered a Juno not to be trifled with, who yet certainly maintained and projected feelings of her own.' - Boulezian (2018)

'Frances Gregory's rich mezzo evinced Sycorax's regal righteousness, but she also conveyed the sorceress' pain with bittersweet poignancy.' - Opera Magazine (2018)

'Gregory is fearless and commanding in an incredibly difficult role' - The Guardian (2018)

'Here Egeo was sung by mezzo-soprano Frances Gregory, who has a lovely, well-modulated voice and finely musical technique.' - Planet Hugill (2018)

'The stand-out turn though, is mezzo-soprano Frances Gregory as the wronged witch Sycorax. Hers is the performance that draws us in.' - The Times (2018)

British mezzo-soprano Frances Gregory is currently studying with Royal Academy Opera, where she is taught by Elizabeth Ritchie and Iain Ledingham. Winner of the 2018 RAM Club Prize, she is also a RAM/Kohn Foundation Bach cantata soloist, and a member of the Academy’s prestigious Song Circle.

Recent engagements include Bach’s St. Matthew Passion conducted by Trevor Pinnock as part of the Bach the European series at RAM, and her Wigmore Hall recital debut, promoting the Balladen of Carl Loewe for Song Circle. Last summer she debuted with British Youth Opera as Sycorax, in Jeremy Sams’ pastiche The Enchanted Island, to critical acclaim. She was also recipient of the Dame Hilda Brackett award from Sadler’s Wells for her performance in the role.

Further operatic performances comprise Laura Iolanta, La tasse chinoise, un pâtre and la libellule L’enfant et les sortilèges, Juno Semele, Véronique Docteur Miracle, Minskwoman Flight (Royal Academy Opera), Egeo Teseo (London Handel Festival), Idamante Idomeneo (2018 Amersham Festival of Music), and Hansel Hansel and Gretel, directed by Sarah Walker CBE. Chorus work includes the 2017 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the 2016 Glyndebourne Festival.

This summer she will be an Alvarez Young Artist at Garsington Opera, covering the role of Flamel in Offenbach’s Fantasio, before joining the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar, where she will sing Marcellina Le nozze di Figaro. Plans for 2020 include returning to the Amersham Festival of Music to sing Dorabella Così fan tutte, and Laura in the world premiere of Tom Coult's Violet for Music Theatre Wales, a co-production with Snape Maltings and Theater Magdeburg, which will also run at the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Frances is generously supported by Joseph Karaviotis, Howard de Walden Estates, and the Josephine Baker Trust.