Australian lyric soprano Siobhan Stagg returns to London for a spellbinding recital at Wigmore Hall on Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 7:30pm, joined by acclaimed American pianist Jonathan Ware.
Titled Origins, this richly imagined programme traces more than a thousand years of creation stories - from medieval mysticism to modern feminist reinterpretations - showcasing Stagg’s luminous tone and dramatic sensitivity in repertoire that spans centuries and styles.
At the heart of the recital lies a meditation on beginnings — spiritual, mythological and human. The programme includes:
Hildegard von Bingen – Enigmatic 12th-century chants
Gabriel Fauré – La chanson d’Ève
Jean Sibelius – Luonnotar
Nikolai Medtner – Der Engel
Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn and Australian composer Brett Dean
From Hildegard’s visionary sacred music to Sibelius’s dramatic evocation of creation in Luonnotar, the evening promises a journey through myth, theology and poetic imagination, illuminated by Stagg’s crystalline lyricism and Ware’s nuanced pianism.