Soprano Lucy Crowe has parlayed a pair of big substitute-appearance breaks into a flourishing career that encompasses both Baroque and classic 19th century repertory. Crowe made her debut in a Scottish Opera production of Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. Her career got a major boost in 2007 when, on short notice, she stepped into a production at the English National Opera of Handel's Agrippina, in which she enlivened the production with striptease moves. In 2011, Crowe made her recording debut with Il Caro Sassone: Handel in Italy. Another major break came in 2012, when she was recommended by conductor John Eliot Gardiner as a sub in the role of Gilda for Verdi's Rigoletto. In 2021, Crowe issued the recital album Longing: Lieder by Strauss, Berg, Schoenberg. She was featured in 2022 on The English Concert recording of Handel's Passion oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47.