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 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 2025/26 season, Soddy will return to several of Europe’s foremost stages to lead major new productions. He continues his close collaboration with Teatro alla Scala, conducting Così fan tutte and concluding the house’s acclaimed new Ring cycle with Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, and the full cycle. He returns to the Vienna State Opera for performances of Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, and Raskatov’s Animal Farm, and makes further return appearances at both the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden with Samson et Dalila, and at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with Macbeth.
In concert this season, Soddy makes his debut with the NHK Symphony Orchestra at the Tokyo Spring Festival, conducting Der fliegende Holländer in concert. He also returns to the Vienna Symphony Orchestra for performances at the Musikverein and an international tour, and makes debuts with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and returns to the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In summer 2025, he made his debut at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, conducting the Saito Kinen Orchestra.
Recent seasons have included important milestones such as conducting the world premiere of Kirill Serebrennikov’s production of Lohengrin at the Opéra national de Paris, conducting Das Rheingold and Die Walküre to begin the Teatro alla Scala's new Ring Cycle, 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, 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, and Die Zauberflöte.
Elsewhere, Soddy’s notable opera appearances 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; Die Zauberflöte and La Bohème at the Bayerische Staatsoper; La Traviata at Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre; Der Freischütz at Semperoper Dresden; 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, and the Bournemouth 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.
2025/26
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