Louise Alder
Louise Alder (born 1986 or 1987 in London ) is a British opera singer (soprano).
Life
Louise Alder comes from a family of musicians. As a child she danced and learned the violin. She attended Lady Margaret School in Fulham , London and played the violin in the London School's Symphony Orchestra. Alder studied at the University of Edinburgh , where she gained stage experience in student theater, and only began training as an opera singer at the International Opera School of the Royal College of Music .
In 2017 she received the Young Singer Award at the International Opera Awards and the Audience Award at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.
Alder has been singing in the ensemble of the Frankfurt Opera since 2014/2015 and performed there as Gilda ( Rigoletto ), Atalanta ( Xerxes ), Cleopatra ( Giulio Cesare in Egitto ), Füchsin Schlaukopf ( The Cunning Little Fox ), Sophie ( Der Rosenkavalier ), Susanna ( Le nozze di Figaro ), Gretel ( Hansel and Gretel ) and Juliette Vermont ( The Count of Luxembourg ) .
As a guest she sang at the London Royal Festival Hall and the Wiener Musikverein, at the BBC Proms and in Glyndebourne, as well as at the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff, at the Garsington Opera, at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London and in Bucharest.
In 2017 she produced a CD with songs by Richard Strauss with Joseph Middleton at Orchid Classics .
literature
- Hannah Nepil: It's not all about the music . Interview, in: Financial Times, S. L&A 13
Web links
- Literature by and about Louise Alder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Louise Alder in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Louise Alder in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Louise Alder , website
- Louise Alder , at Oper Frankfurt
- Louise Alder at Operabase (engagements and dates)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alder, Louise |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1986 or 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |