PRESS
‘Opera fans should remember the name’
Badische Neueste Nachrichten
“Mezzo-soprano Sophie Kidwell as Frédéric shone with her magnificent voice, which made the audience sit up and take notice.”
Mignon, Theater Basel, 2024
“Sophie Kidwell was an extremely attractive, erotic Maddalena, who turned her performance into a powerful moment with her voluminous, velvety-smooth and elegant voice. We already look forward to seeing Sophie Kidwell in a leading role at theater Basel.”
Rigoletto, Theater Basel, 2023
“Sophie Kidwell, the mezzo-soprano from England, sang the aria ‘Where shall I fly?’ by George Frideric Handel from the oratorio ‘Hercules’. A very demanding piece, both vocally and in terms of interpretation. All the subtleties of this aria were presented effortlessly and one was amazed at the flexible voice of this young singer.”
Concert at Theater Basel, 2023
“A YOUNG ENGLISHWOMAN SINGS THE TITLE ROLE: SOPHIE KIDWELL. AND SHE IS FANTASTIC. THE FREEDOM OF CARMEN, HER DEFIANCE, YOU HEAR IT IN HER IMPECCABLE VOICE, YOU SEE IT IN HER BODY LANGUAGE, YOU RECOGNISE IT IN HER GESTURES. OPERA FANS SHOULD REMEMBER THE NAME.”
Carmen, Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen
Amtsblatt Ettlingen
“Sophie Kidwell is the power of a Carmen in Ettlingen. The mezzo-soprano is the embodiment of a woman who is fully aware of her physical charms, her psychic power and the spiritual aura that surrounds her. Whether Kidwell is washing her feet or wrestling a general to the ground, a Carmen always shines through, rotating between pride, self-confidence and grandiosity like a roulette wheel.”
Carmen, Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen
“Sophie Kidwell is a freedom-loving Carmen torn between sergeant and bullfighter. Acting convincingly, she demonstrates brilliant vocal control especially in the aria 'Habanera'.”
La Tragédie de Carmen, Landestheater Linz
“Sophie Kidwell sings the Rheintochter Flosshilde with a magnificent voice.”
Das Rheingold - Theater Basel
“The singers Inna Fedorii (Woglinde), Valentina Stadler (Wellgunde), Sophie Kidwell (Flosshilde), dressed in black, accompany the puppets and perfect the illusion of bathing in the Rhine with fresh singing.”
Das Rheingold - Theater Basel
“Lucie Peyramaure (Helmwiege), Sarah Marie Kramer (Gerhilde), Sarah Brady (Ortlinde), Jasmin Etezadzadeh (Waltraute), Valentina Stadler (Siegrune), Camille Sherman (Rossweisse), Sophie Kidwell (Grimgerde) and Marta Herman (Schwertleite) are among the best Valkyrie Octets I have heard in many years. Pure musical Valkyrie power. The ladies rock the stage in the truest sense of the word - glorious!”
Die Walküre - Theater Basel
The Prickle - Smart Arts Reviews
“Sophie Kidwell's Cherubino was particularly adept at merging technical mastery with truth in storytelling.”
Le Nozze di Figaro - Berlin Opernfest
Oberösterreichisches Volksblatt
“Fenja Lukas (Almirena) and Angela Simkin (Rinaldo) fit very well vocally and dramatically into the top group, in which Sophie Kidwell as the "Christian magician" also wittily and surprisingly performs.”
Rinaldo, Landestheater Linz
“The smaller roles are also far more than "just" adequately cast: a Christian magician (may also appear as a bird dealer or a depressed cleaner) is Opera Studio member Sophie Kidwell; she is just as convincing as she was recently as Carmen in Peter Brooks' condensed version.”
Rinaldo, Landestheater Linz
“Treszka, the daughter of Field Marshal Lieutenant von Lohonay, was portrayed on stage by the young British mezzo-soprano Sophie Kidwell, who was impressive both vocally and in her acting. In each of her arias she effortlessly scaled all the heights!”
Ein Herbstmanöver, Landestheater Linz
“Sophie Kidwell enchanted with the Renaissance music: cheeky, playful, also melancholically soaring, driving.”
Wanda Walfisch, Landestheater Linz
