Louise Alder

Louise Alder, soprano (Cleopatra)

One of the most in-demand artists today, British soprano Louise Alder has firmly established herself as “an instinctive singing-actress” (The Arts Desk) and “a terrific talent, combining a big, lustrous voice with flawless intonation and keen intelligence” (The Times). A hugely versatile artist she is equally at home on the world’s most important stages, including at the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Vienna State Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, Bavarian State Opera, Carnegie Hall, and Wigmore Hall, where she held a widely acclaimed residency in 2024.

During the 2024–25 season, Alder is making several anticipated role debuts: as Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Vienna State Opera; Micaëla in Carmen at San Francisco Opera, and her first Contessa in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro at Glyndebourne; as well as returning to the role of Susanna in the same opera, in the production she premiered at the Bavarian State Opera last season. On the concert platform, Alder’s appearances include Strauss’ Vier Lieder, Op. 27 with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; a concert of Mozart arias at the Royal Danish Theater; and Haydn’s The Creation with the Gulbenkian Orchestra. Handel also features heavily this season with engagements such as Alexander’s Feast at the Mozartwoche in Salzburg and the current tour of Giulio Cesare with the English Concert at the Barbican and in North America, culminating with a performance at Carnegie Hall. In recital, Alder joins forces with tenor Mauro Peter and pianist Joseph Middleton for Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch, which the duo will present in venues across Europe.

Her engagements last season included Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Susanna in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro at the Bavarian State Opera, and Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. On the concert platform, she sang Mozart concert arias with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; arias by Mozart and Rossini with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; the title role in Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri with the Royal Northern Sinfonia; Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Bavarian State Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski; Haydn’s Creation with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner; and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Philippe Jordan. Alder also gave recitals in Schwarzenberg, Vienna, Helsinki, and Stockholm, and curated a season-long residency at London’s Wigmore Hall.

Concert highlights include Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle and the composer’s Symphony No. 4 with the Bavarian State Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski; Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Jakub Hrůša; Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Kirill Petrenko; Strauss’ Four Last Songs with the Ulster Orchestra and Daniele Rustioni at the BBC Proms; the title role in Handel’s Theodora at the BBC Proms and at the Konzerthaus in Vienna with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen; the title role in Handel’s Semele on tour with the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner; Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Messiah with the New York Philharmonic and Harry Bicket; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Tokyo Philharmonic; and Mozart arias at the Salzburg Mozartwoche with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding.