Alexander Soddy
Staatsoper unter den Linden - Premiere Fin de Partie
Alexander Soddy, as a guest conductor at the Lindenoper, leads the Staatskapelle to a sonorous high point.
Concerti (January 14, 2025)Teatro alla Scala - Siegfried
Conductor Alexander Soddy emphasized the orchestra's role, masterfully expressing all of Wagner's colors and weaving his leitmotifs … Soddy embraced the opera's comedic undertones without restraint, prioritizing narrative momentum.
Bachtrack (June 23, 2025)Season 25/26 and Highlights
MAGGIO MUSICALE FLORENTINO
Verdi – Macbeth
PREMIERE Oct 12
Oct 14/17/19
TEATRO ALLA SCALA
Mozart – Così fan tutte
PREMIERE Nov 5
Nov 8/12/15/18/21/23/26
VIENNA STATE OPERA
Strauss – Elektra
Dec 14/17/20/23
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VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2
Elgar – Enigma Variations
Jan 14/15/21/22/23
TEATRO ALLA SCALA
Wagner – Twilight of the Gods
PREMIERE Feb 1
Feb 4/8
ORCHESTRA DELL'ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA
Fauré – Pavane
Fauré – Requiem
Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ravel – La Valse
Feb 12/13/14
TEATRO ALLA SCALA
Wagner – The Ring of the Nibelung
Das Rheingold March 1
The Valkyrie March 3
Siegfried March 5
Twilight of the Gods March 7
SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Messiaen – Les Enfants oubliés
Bruch – Violin Concerto in G Minor
Saint-Saens – Symphony No. 3
March 19/20/21
TOKYO SPRING FESTIVAL
NHK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Wagner – The Flying Dutchman
Apr 5/7
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN
Saint-Saëns – Samson and Delilah
May 11/13/19/22/26/29
VIENNA STATE OPERA
Raskatov – Animal Farm
Jun 12/16/18,/23
BERLIN STATE OPERA
Saint-Saëns – Samson and Delilah
Jul 4/7/10/12
Biography
British conductor Alexander Soddy is one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation and is a regular guest with leading orchestras and opera houses worldwide.
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In the 2025/26 season, Soddy returns to several of Europe's most prestigious stages for significant new productions. At Teatro alla Scala, he continues his close collaboration, conducting Così fan tutte as well as the conclusion of the highly acclaimed new Ring cycle with Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, and the complete cycle. At the Vienna State Opera, he takes on Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, and Raskatov's Animal Farm. Further re-engagements lead him to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden with Samson et Dalila, as well as to the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with Macbeth.
In the concert arena, Soddy will make his debut this season with the NHK Symphony Orchestra as part of the Tokyo Spring Festival, where he will conduct a concert performance of The Flying Dutchman. He returns to the Vienna Symphony for concerts at the Musikverein and an international tour, debuts with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and makes another guest appearance with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In the summer of 2025, he made his debut at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival with the Saito Kinen Orchestra.
In recent seasons, several projects have marked significant artistic milestones, including the world premiere of Kirill Serebrennikov's production of Lohengrin at the Opéra national de Paris, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre as the opening of the new Ring cycle at La Scala, his debut at the Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in Mahler's Fifth Symphony, and a re-engagement with the Philharmonia Orchestra with Capriccio at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Soddy is a regular guest at leading opera houses in German-speaking countries. At the Vienna State Opera, his conducting has included the Vienna premiere of Raskatov's Animal Farm , as well as Otello , Elektra , Hansel and Gretel , Carmen , The Magic Flute , Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk , Salome , The Barbiere di Siviglia , and Parsifal . At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, he has conducted Lohengrin , Der Rosenkavalier , Fidelio , Der Freischütz , La Bohème , and The Magic Flute .
Other significant opera engagements include Così fan tutte, Tannhäuser, and Salome at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Aida, La Bohème, and Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera; Elektra at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; The Magic Flute and La Bohème at the Bavarian State Opera; La traviata at the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre; Der Freischütz at the Semperoper Dresden; productions of La Bohème and Madama Butterfly at the Royal Swedish Opera, as well as a work combination by Arnold Schönberg and Frank Martin at the Oper Frankfurt.
Soddy is also in demand internationally as a concert conductor. His recent orchestras include the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Copenhagen Philharmonic, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Royal Swedish Orchestra, the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, the Orquestra de València, the Oregon Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
From 2016 to 2022, Soddy was General Music Director at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, where he dedicated himself especially to the core German and Italian repertoire. At the same time, he was artistic director of the house's academy concerts, which focused on works by Bruckner and other Romantics. Earlier positions included Principal Conductor at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt (2013–2016) and Kapellmeister at the Hamburg State Opera (2010–2012).
Alexander Soddy was born in Oxford and studied at the Royal Academy of Music, the University of Cambridge, and the National Opera Studio in London.
2025/26
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