Alexandra Dinwiddie is a British mezzo-soprano based in London, whose repertoire spans opera, oratorio, art song and choral work. Most recently, she has performed the roles of Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) with Opera Kipling in a touring production in the UK and at the Théâtre Basse-Passière, France, multiple roles in the world premiere of Gaia Aloisi’s Aqua Tofana at the Tête à Tête Festival, Nancy (Albert Herring) and Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) with St Paul’s Opera, Lola in Verismo, Opera on Location’s unique new take on Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, and Ensemble and cover Lelio in Gothic Opera’s UK premiere double bill of Louise Bertin’s Le Loup-garou and Pauline Viardot’s Le Dernier Sorcier.

Other operatic roles have included Armelinde (Cinderella), La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi) and Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) with St Paul’s Opera, Olga (Eugene Onegin) with Edinburgh Studio Opera, Maurya (Riders to the Sea) with Morley Opera, Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) with Microscopera, and Pitti Sing (The Mikado) with Grosvenor Light Opera Company at the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival.

As concert soloist, Alexandra’s highlights include the world premiere of Edwin Hillier’s Dhātu at Glasgow Cathedral Festival, Elgar’s Sea Pictures with EUMS Sinfonia at Greyfriar’s Kirk, Dvorák’s Stabat Mater at St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Bach’s Christ lag in todesbanden with Kelvin Choir, and a gala concert of Music from the Movies with Glasgow Orchestral Society at the RSNO Centre. She has collaborated with the jazz trio Tim Kliphuis Trio on a new arrangement of Strauss’ Morgen and joins them for performances in East Anglia.

Alexandra’s operatic chorus work includes Jeremy Sams’ The Enchanted Island with British Youth Opera, Jonathan Dove’s The Day After with RCS Opera in collaboration with English National Opera, ensemble for Agrippina with RCS Opera, Mosquito and chorus for The Cunning Little Vixen with Co-Opera Co., and a toured production of La Bohème across the Palestinian territories with the Choir of London. Prior to her undergraduate studies, Alexandra sang for an extended season at the National Theatre in their acclaimed production of Coram Boy directed by Melly Still.

Alexandra is a Masters graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she studied with Kathleen McKellar Ferguson and Elizabeth McCormack with the support of the Freemen of the City of Norwich, and holds a BA Hons in Music from the University of Bristol, during which she represented the university in the Sir Anthony Lewis Memorial Prize with Musica Britannica. Between degrees, she attended the Morley Opera School in London under Alice Farnham.

Alexandra grew up in London and attended James Allen’s Girls’ School in Dulwich. She is a regular cellist with the Kensington Symphony Orchestra, PA to composer Eleanor Alberga OBE and violinist Thomas Bowes, Artistic Administrator for Music Link International, and a Trustee for St Paul’s Opera and The Grasshopper Music Trust (sponsor of Odyssey Festival Orchestra).