Harry Bicket (born 1961) is a British conductor, harpsichordist and organist. He is particularly associated with the baroque and classical repertoire.
Harry Bicket British conductor born 1961
Bicket was educated at Radley College, Christ Church, Oxford, where he was organ scholar, and the Royal College of Music. Before Oxford he was organ scholar at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, and afterwards he was sub-organist at Westminster Abbey, during which time he performed at the wedding of Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew.
As a conductor, Bicket became known when he stood in as a replacement to conduct Peter Sellars’ production of Handel’s opera Theodora with Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and David Daniels, at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1996. In 2003, Bicket made his Covent Garden debut conducting Handel’s Orlando with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE). In 2004, Bicket made his first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in a production of Rodelinda with Renée Fleming in the title role.
In October 2006, Bicket was named music director of The English Concert, and formally assumed the post in September 2007, his first orchestral directorship. He first worked with The English Concert as a harpsichordist in 1984. Bicket has conducted commercial recordings with The English Concert for harmonia mundi.
Bicket first conducted at Santa Fe Opera (SFO) in 2004, in a production of Agrippina. He returned to SFO as conductor for subsequent productions of Platée (2007) and Radamisto (2008). In April 2013, SFO named Bicket its next chief conductor, effective 1 October 2013. Although the formal press release did not indicate a specific time length of Bicket’s initial contract, SFO general director Charles MacKay stated an informal duration of 4–5 years.
In addition to recording with The English Concert, Bicket has conducted commercial recordings with other ensembles for various labels, including Decca, Avie, and EMI.
Bicket and his wife Audrey de Nazelle, an environmental scholar at Imperial College London, have a daughter, Amelia. The family reside in London.
Metropolitan Opera
[Met Performance] CID:351094 ![]() Metropolitan Opera Premiere Rodelinda {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/02/2004 Debuts: Kobie van Rensburg, Zachary Vail Elkind, Harry Bicket, Stephen Wadsworth, Thomas Lynch, Peter Kaczorowski Review |
[Met Performance] CID:351098 Rodelinda {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/06/2004 |
[Met Performance] CID:351102 Rodelinda {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/2004 |
[Met Performance] CID:351107 Rodelinda {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/15/2004 |
[Met Performance] CID:351111 Rodelinda {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/18/2004 Debut: David Walker |
[Met Performance] CID:351114 Rodelinda {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/2004 |
[Met Performance] CID:351118 Rodelinda {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/2004 |
[Met Performance] CID:351121 ![]() Rodelinda {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/01/2005 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:351128 Rodelinda {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/06/2005 |
[Met Performance] CID:351962 ![]() Giulio Cesare {17} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/06/2007 Debuts: Patricia Bardon, Lawrence Zazzo, Wayne Tigges, Michael Maniaci, Trevor Scheunemann |
[Met Performance] CID:351970 Giulio Cesare {18} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/10/2007 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:351977 Giulio Cesare {19} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/2007 |
[Met Performance] CID:351985 Giulio Cesare {20} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/2007 |
[Met Performance] CID:351992 ![]() Giulio Cesare {21} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/2007 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352002 ![]() Giulio Cesare {22} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/24/2007 Debut: Gerald Thompson Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:352008 Giulio Cesare {23} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/27/2007 |
[Met Performance] CID:352526 ![]() La Clemenza di Tito {36} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/03/2008 |
[Met Performance] CID:352531 La Clemenza di Tito {37} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/06/2008 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:352540 La Clemenza di Tito {38} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/10/2008 |
[Met Performance] CID:352550 La Clemenza di Tito {39} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/15/2008 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354154 ![]() Rodelinda {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/14/2011 Debuts: Iestyn Davies, Moritz Linn Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:354164 Rodelinda {16} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/19/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354174 Rodelinda {17} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/23/2011 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354177 Rodelinda {18} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/26/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354184 Rodelinda {19} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/30/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354191 ![]() Rodelinda {20} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/03/2011 Debut: Matthew Diamond HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354199 Rodelinda {21} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/07/2011 Debut: Anthony Roth Costanzo |
[Met Performance] CID:354204 Rodelinda {22} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/10/2011 |
[Met Performance] CID:354661 La Clemenza di Tito {40} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/16/2012 Debuts: Lucy Crowe, Toni Rubio Broadcast /Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:354669 La Clemenza di Tito {41} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/20/2012 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354670 La Clemenza di Tito {42} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/2012 |
[Met Performance] CID:354689 ![]() La Clemenza di Tito {43} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/01/2012 HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354701 La Clemenza di Tito {44} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/06/2012 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354706 La Clemenza di Tito {45} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/10/2012 Debut: Géraldine Chauvet |
[Met Performance] CID:354946 ![]() New Production Giulio Cesare {24} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/04/2013 Debuts: Guido Loconsolo, Rachid Ben Abdeslam, Christina Luzwick, Karla Dionne Victum, Justin Flores, Kei Tsuruharatani, Sean Chin, Matthew Cusick, Tony Guerrero, Arthur Lazalde, Shad Ramsey, Collin Ware, Philip Willingham, Christian Zaremba Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:354954 Giulio Cesare {25} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/09/2013 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:354958 Giulio Cesare {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/12/2013 Debut: Zephyrus White |
[Met Performance] CID:354971 Giulio Cesare {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/19/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:354975 Giulio Cesare {28} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/22/2013 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:354987 ![]() Giulio Cesare {29} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/27/2013 HD Simulcast |
[Met Performance] CID:354993 Giulio Cesare {30} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/30/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:354998 Giulio Cesare {31} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/03/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:355002 Giulio Cesare {32} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:355010 Giulio Cesare {33} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/10/2013 |
[Met Performance] CID:356813 Le Nozze di Figaro {483} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/06/2017 Debut: Christiane Kang Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:356817 Le Nozze di Figaro {484} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/09/2017 |
[Met Performance] CID:356819 Le Nozze di Figaro {485} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/12/2017 |
[Met Performance] CID:356821 Le Nozze di Figaro {486} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/15/2017 |
[Met Performance] CID:356825 Le Nozze di Figaro {487} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/19/2017 |
[Met Performance] CID:356828 Le Nozze di Figaro {488} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/2017 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:356834 Le Nozze di Figaro {489} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/29/2017 |
[Met Performance] CID:356841 Le Nozze di Figaro {490} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/04/2018 |
[Met Performance] CID:356847 Le Nozze di Figaro {491} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/10/2018 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:356851 Le Nozze di Figaro {492} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/13/2018 |
[Met Performance] CID:356859 Le Nozze di Figaro {493} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/19/2018 |
[Met Performance] CID:357090 Die Zauberflöte {443} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/19/2018 Debut: Emily D’Angelo, Julian Fertel, N. Casey Schopflocher Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:357091 Die Zauberflöte {444} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/2018 |
[Met Performance] CID:357094 Die Zauberflöte {445} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/24/2018 |
[Met Performance] CID:357096 Die Zauberflöte {446} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/2018 |
[Met Performance] CID:357098 ![]() Die Zauberflöte {447} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/29/2018 Debut: Nicole Birkland Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:357102 Die Zauberflöte {448} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/01/2019 |
[Met Performance] CID:357104 Die Zauberflöte {449} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/03/2019 Debuts: So Young Park, Peixin, Chen |
[Met Performance] CID:357109 Die Zauberflöte {450} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/05/2019 |
[Met Performance] CID:357409 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Agrippina {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/06/2020 Debuts: Brenda Rae, Nicholas Tamagna broadcast/streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:357415 Agrippina {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/09/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357418 Agrippina {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357421 Così Fan Tutte {199} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/15/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357422 Agrippina {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357429 Così Fan Tutte {200} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/2020 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:357425 Così Fan Tutte {201} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357427 Agrippina {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/22/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357423 Così Fan Tutte {202} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357430 Agrippina {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/25/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357432 Così Fan Tutte {203} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/27/2020 Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:357433 ![]() Agrippina {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/29/2020 HD Transmission |
[Met Performance] CID:357437 Agrippina {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/03/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357438 Così Fan Tutte {204} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/04/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357441 Così Fan Tutte {205} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/07/2020 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:357442 Agrippina {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/07/2020 |
[Met Performance] CID:357447 Così Fan Tutte {206} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/11/2020 |
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