The Leeds Lieder Festival 2023 has been announced.

The season opens with a gala featuring tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Ana Manastireanu. They will perform music by Schumann, Britten, Finzi, Clarke, Tippett, and Gurney, among others.

Performance Date: June 9, 2023

Soprano Louise Alder and pianist Joseph Middleton will perform music by Schubert, Schumann, and Mozart, among others.

Performance Date: June 10, 2023 

Mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean performs “Voice Electric,” featuring works by Schwitter, Caroline Shaw, Scelsi, Erin Gee, and Kaija Saariaho, among others.

Performance Date: June 10, 2023

Contralto Jess Dandy and mezzo-soprano Joanna Harris perform “Song Path.”

Performance Date: June 11, 2023

Tenor Ben Johnson and pianist Graham Johnson OBE will perform Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin.”

Performance Date: June 11, 2023

Soprano Véronique Gens and pianist Susan Manoff perform music by Gounod, Chausson, Hahn, Fauré, and Duparc.

Performance Date: June 13, 2023

Baritone Felix Gygli and pianist JongSun Woo perform music by Schubert, Wolf, Korngold, and Mahler.

Performance Date: June 14, 2023

Baritone James Newby and pianist Joseph Middleton perform music by Britten, Mahler, Beethoven, Schubert, and Bingham.

Performance Date: June 14, 2023

Tenor Nick Pritchard and pianist David Cowan will perform music by Ralph Vaugh Williams alongside members of the Orchestra of Opera North.

Performance Date: June 15, 2023

Soprano Kate Royal, mezzo-soprano Christine Rice MBE, and pianist Julius Drake perform music by Schumann, Brahms, and Weill.

Performance Date: June 15, 2023

Soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Joseph Middleton perform music by Parry, Bingham, Clarke, Wolf, and Herbert, among others.

Performance Date: June 16, 2023

There will be Young Artists Showcase.

Performance Date: June 17, 2023

Closing out the Leeds Lieder Festival will be mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly and pianist Joseph Middleton. They will perform music by Brahms, Mahler, Debussy, Errollyn Wallen, and Weill.

Performance Date: June 17, 2023

There will also be a number of major masterclasses by James Garnon, Sir Thomas Allen, Susan Manoff, Joan Rodgers, Julius Drake, and Graham Johnson, among others.