Alexandra Oomens

Berlin-based Australian soprano Alexandra Oomens is a member of the ensemble at Deutsche Oper Berlin where her roles include Musetta La bohème, title role The Cunning Little Vixen, Pamina Die Zauberflöte, Gretel Hänsel & Gretel, Adele Die Fledermaus, Elvira L’italiana in Algeri and Tytania A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She recently made her role and house debut at Staatsoper Hamburg as Norina Don Pasquale and further ahead looks forward to a house debut at the Teatre del Liceu Barcelona.

Alexandra is an alumna of the English National Opera’s Harewood Artist Programme where highlights included Pamina, Elsie Yeoman of the Guard, Josephine HMS Pinafore, and Musetta. Other UK highlights include Ann Trulove The Rake’s Progress, Euridice Gluck’s Orfeo and Belinda Dido and Aeneas at the Grange Festival.

In her native Australia she recently made her debut at the Sydney Opera House as Despina Così fan tutte. She performs regularly with Pinchgut Opera, with previous roles including Almirena Rinaldo, and Dafne Gli amori d’Apollo e di Dafne.

In concert she has sung Haydn’s Creation with the Australian Haydn Ensemble at the Canberra International Music Festival and Sydney City Recital Hall, Mendelsohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Messiah with The King’s Consort, Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri with Pinchgut Opera and the French premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Puzzles and Games with Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France at the Festival Présences.

Alexandra has performed as a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Antipodes.

She is a graduate of the Royal Academy Opera Programme at the Royal Academy of Music where roles included Semele, La Princess and La Chauve-Souris L’Enfant et les sortileges, and Tina Flight. She is also an alumna of the Académie of Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the Georg Solti Accademia, where she worked with Alessandro Corbelli, Barbara Frittoli, and Sir Richard Bonynge.

Bio Updated Aug 2025