"Without doubt, one of the great wagner conductors"
Le monde

British conductor Alexander Soddy ranks among the most sought-after conductors of his generation, and is regularly engaged by top orchestras and opera houses around the world.In the 2024/25 Season Soddy will debut at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with Salome and return to some of the houses where he has become a regular fixture, including to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with Fidelio; the Berlin State Opera with Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Il Trovatore and Kurtag’s Fin de Partie; the Metropolitan Opera with Aida and La Bohème; and for the first time in a number of years to the Hamburg State Opera with Salome. Concert engagements this season will see him debut with the Orchestra Sinfoncia di Milano and return to the Netherlands Philharmonic and the Bournemouth Symphony. Some of the highlights of Soddy’s recent season include premiering Kirill Serebrennikov's new production of Lohengrin at the Opéra national de Paris, returning to Londons’ Philharmonia for a concert performance of Strauss’ Capriccio at the Edinburgh International Festival, and making his Concertgebouw debut conducting the Netherlands Philharmonic in Mahler’s 5th Symphony.

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One of the most eminent conducting talents in opera for years

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Debut at Teatro alla Scala with Das Rheingold

Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner

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Upcoming Schedule

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Fidelio, Ludwig Van Beethoven
London

Featuring Jennifer Davis, Eric Cutler, Peter Rose, Christina Gansch and Michael Gibson

9-26 October
2024
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Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner
Milan

La Scala Debut jumping in to replace Christian Thielemann. Sharing conducting duties with Simone Young.

7-10 November
2024
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Berlin State Opera

Die Meistersinger, Richard Wagner
Berlin

Featuring Christopher Maltman, Klaus Florian Vogt, Hannah-Elisabeth Müller, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Christof Fischesser and Siyabonga Maqungo

1-22 December
2024
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Berlin State Opera

Fin de Partie, György Kurtag
Berlin

Premiere with stage direction from Johannes Erath and featuring Bo Skovhus, Stephan Rügamer, Dalia Schaechter and Laurent Naouri

12 January - 2 February
2025
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Edward Elgar - Symphony No.1 and Cockaigne Overture

Recorded live by the Nationaltheater Orchestra of Mannheim

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"SODDY'S CONDUCTING OF SALOME WAS AN EVENT THE LIKES OF WHICH HAS NOT BEEN EXPERIENCED AT THE VIENNA STATE OPERA IN RECENT DECADES"

Der Standard

"the dissonant lyricism and searing nostalgia that surged out of the pit were simply breathtaking. This is wonderful Strauss conducting, and a most auspicious Covent Garden debut"

the Guardian