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 2026/2027
BERLIN STATE OPERA
Saint-Saëns – Samson and Dalila
Sep 6/10/13
FRANKFURT MUSEUMSORCHESTER
Howell – Lamia
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 with Martin Stadtfeld
Elgar – Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
Sep 20/21
BERLIN STATE OPERA
Puccini – Tosca
Oct 25/28/31, Nov 28, Dec 2
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ORCHESTRA DELL'ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA
Dukas – The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Poulenc – Gloria with Elsa Benoit
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5
Nov 5/6/7ORCHESTRA NATIONAL DU CAPITOLE DE TOULOUSE
Weber – Overture to Der Freischütz
Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 2 with Stefan Dohr
Schubert – Symphony No. 5
Nov 14LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO
Wagner: Myth & Music
Nov 20/22OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH
Verdi – La traviata
Dec 20/23/29, Jan 1/3/6/9/12/15/19FILARMONICA DELLA SCALA
Beethoven - Concerto in D major, Op. 61 for violin and orchestra
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Jan 12/14ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE LYON
Weber – Der Freischütz Overture
Wagner – Wesendonck songs with Elza van den Heever
Saint-Saens – Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony”
Jan 21/23VIENNA STATE OPERA
Tchaikovsky – The Queen of Spades
March 15/18/21/24/27Wagner – Tristan and Isolde
Apr 4/8/11/15Mozart – Così fan tutte
Apr 16/19/23/26/29LONDON PHILHARMONIC
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24, K491
ELGAR Symphony No. 1
Feb 07MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO
Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto, Op. 35
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
May 6Wagner – Tristan and Isolde
May 20/23/26/29ORCHESTRA DELL'ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA
Beethoven – Symphony No. 1
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
June 24/25WARSAW SYMPHONY
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
June 27TEATRO LA FENICE
Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 Pastoral
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54
July 3/4TEATRO DI SAN CARLO
Musorgsky (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov) -
One Night on Bald Mountain
Maurice Ravel -
Spanish Rapsodie espagnole
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) - Pictures at an Exhibition
Jul 17
Biography
British conductor Alexander Soddy ranks among the most sought-after conductors of his generation and is regularly engaged by the world’s leading orchestras and opera houses.
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In the 2026/27 season, Soddy returns to the Vienna State Opera for a new production of Pique Dame and revivals of Tristan und Isolde and Così fan tutte. He makes his Opernhaus Zürich debut with a new production of La traviata, returns to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden for Samson et Dalila and Tosca, and returns to the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for a new production of Tristan und Isolde and a concert with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale.
In concert this season, Soddy makes his concert debut at Teatro alla Scala, opening the theatre’s 2027 concert season with the Filarmonica della Scala. He also makes his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut conducting a concert of Wagner’s music with the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus, and returns to the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Further orchestral debuts include the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre national de Lyon, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, and Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo. He also makes his Festival Radio France Montpellier debut with the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, following his first appearance with the orchestra earlier in the season.
Recent seasons have included important milestones such as conducting Das Rheingold and Die Walküre to begin Teatro alla Scala’s acclaimed new Ring cycle, followed by Siegfried, Götterdämmerung and the complete cycle, as well as Così fan tutte at the house; conducting the world premiere of Kirill Serebrennikov’s production of Lohengrin at the Opéra national de Paris; making his debut with the NHK Symphony Orchestra at the Tokyo Spring Festival in a concert performance of Der fliegende Holländer and his Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival debut with the Saito Kinen Orchestra; his debut conducting at the Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Philharmonic in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony; and a return to the Philharmonia Orchestra to conduct Capriccio at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Soddy is a regular guest at the leading German-speaking opera houses. At the Vienna State Opera, his repertoire has included the Vienna premiere of Raskatov’s Animal Farm, as well as Otello, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Hänsel und Gretel, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Salome, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Parsifal. At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), he has conducted Lohengrin, Der Rosenkavalier, Fidelio, Der Freischütz, La bohème, Die Zauberflöte, and Samson et Dalila.
Elsewhere, Soddy’s notable opera appearances include Così fan tutte, Tannhäuser, Salome, and Samson et Dalila at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Aida, La bohème, and Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera; Elektra at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Die Zauberflöte and La bohème at the Bayerische Staatsoper; La traviata at Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre; Der Freischütz at Semperoper Dresden; Macbeth at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; productions of La bohème and Madama Butterfly at the Royal Swedish Opera; and a pairing of works by Arnold Schönberg and Frank Martin at the Oper Frankfurt.
Equally in demand as a symphonic conductor, Soddy has led recent concerts with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Berner Symphonieorchester, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Munich Radio Orchestra, Royal Swedish Orchestra, Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, Orquestra de València, Oregon Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Recent highlights have included a tour in Austria with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
From 2016 to 2022, Soddy served as General Music Director of the Nationaltheater Mannheim, where he focused on the core German and Italian operatic repertoire. He was also Artistic Director of the house’s Akademiekonzerte series, where his programming centred on the symphonic works of Bruckner and other Romantic composers. Previous positions include Chief Conductor at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt (2013–2016) and Kapellmeister at the Hamburg State Opera (2010–2012).
Born in Oxford, Soddy studied at the Royal Academy of Music, the University of Cambridge, and the National Opera Studio in London.
2026/27
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