Lotte Betts-Dean

Lotte Betts-Dean is an Australian mezzo soprano based in the UK. Praised by the Guardian for her “irrepressible sense of drama and unmissable, urgent musicality”, Lotte is equally at home in chamber music, art song, contemporary repertoire of all kinds, early music, opera and narration. Lotte was elected as Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2022, after completing an MA with Distinction in 2016. She previously completed a BMus at Melbourne University Conservatorium. In opera, Lotte’s credits include the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Bayerische Staatsoper and State Opera of South Australia, among others, and she is a regular at festivals across the UK, Europe and Australia, including Aldeburgh, Oxford Song, Leeds Lieder, St Magnus, Cheltenham, Buxton, West Cork, Musica Sacra Maastricht, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Lotte has also recorded for Delphian Records, NAXOS, Tall Poppies and BIS. Lotte is represented worldwide by Rayfield Allied.