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".
For the past two years, Sophie has been engaged at Theater Basel where she most recently (in April 2025) jumped in as Carmen (Carmen, Bizet) with the Basler Sinfonieorchester. Her other roles at this theatre have included Maddalena (Rigoletto, Verdi), Alto Soloist (Requiem, Mozart), Flora (La Traviata, Verdi), Flosshilde (Das Rheingold, Wagner), Grimgerde (Die Walküre, Wagner), Flosshilde (Götterdämmerung, Wagner), Frédéric (Mignon, Thomas), among others.
In January 2025 Sophie made her house debut at Stadttheater Bühnen Bern in a jump-in as Pauline (La Vie Parisienne, Offenbach). She looks forward to singing with the Berner Symphonieorchester again in 2026 as the Mezzo soloist in Dvorák’s Stabat Mater.