Sophie Kidwell
MEZZO SOPRANO
About
Mezzo-soprano Sophie Kidwell is the 2024 winner of the Young Welsh Singer of the Year competition. She made her critically acclaimed debut in the role of Carmen for the Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen in 2022, followed by her Austrian debut in the title role of La Tragédie de Carmen at Landestheater Linz with the Bruckner Orchestra. Praised in the German and Austrian press for her “impeccable voice”, distinguished by an "impressive usable range" and "sonorous lower register", Sophie has been described as "a name that opera fans should remember".
Since 2023, Sophie has been engaged at Theater Basel where her roles have included Maddalena (Rigoletto, Verdi), Alto Soloist (Requiem, Mozart), Flosshilde (Das Rheingold, Wagner), Grimgerde (Die Walküre, Wagner), Frédéric (Mignon, Thomas). In the upcoming season, Sophie looks forward to completing the full Ring Cycle, with Flosshilde (Götterdämmerung, Wagner), as well as Carmen (cover) (Carmen, Bizet), Flora (La Traviata, Verdi), among others. On the concert platform she will sing the mezzo-soprano solos in a new oratorio commissioned by FIFA (Die Tiefe des Raumes - Ein Fussballoratorium, Eggert) with the Sinfonietta Basel and the Theater Basel Chorus at the Stadtcasino Basel.
Sophie will also make her house debut at Stadttheater Bühnen Bern as Pauline (La Vie Parisienne, Offenbach) in January 2025.