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Alexander Soddy(Conductor)

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.

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