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Alexandra Oomens Soprano Rayfield Allied Member of the International Artist 9-12 The Stableyard Managers’ Association Broomgrove Road London, SW9 9TL, UK Rayfield Allied acts as agent only and can www.rayfieldallied.com accept no responsibility as principal E-mail [email protected] Telephone +44 (0) 20 3176 5500 Facsimile +44 (0) 700 602 4143 …Her tone was bright and creamy, her coloratura fully formed and her stamina impressiveOpera Magazine Australian Soprano Alexandra Oomens is a recent graduate from the Royal Academy Opera where she studied with Lillian Watson and Jonathan Papp. Alexandra holds an MA and a DipRAM for an outstanding final recital (Royal Academy of Music, 2017), and a BMus Hons. (Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, 2014). In 2017, she made her European debut at the Concertgebouw, in the world premiere of a work commissioned for the Holland Festival. She is an alumna of the Georg Solti Accademia, where she worked under Meastro Alessandro Corbelli, Barbara Frittoli, and Sir Richard Bonynge. In 2020 she joined the Harewood Artists programme at English National Opera. In July 2019, Alexandra sang the role of Zerlina Don Giovanni with Clonter Opera. During her time at Royal Academy Opera, she sang Vixen Cunning Little Vixen, the title role in Semele, La Princess/La Chauve-Souris L’Enfant et les sortileges, Laurette Le Docteur Miracle, Tina Flight, Cupidon Orphée Aux Enfers, and Damigella L’Incoronazione di Poppea. Alexandra has performed in various Royal Academy Opera Scenes; as Titania Midsummer Nights Dream, Ännchen Der Freischütz, Despina Cosí fan Tutte, Héro Beatrice et Benedict, and Corinna Il Viaggio a Reims. In 2020 she made her debut with Opera North in the role of Barbarina The Marriage of Figaro, and this season she returns to Pinchgut Opera to sing Aurora/Dafne/Procri in Apollo e Dafne. Further highlights include Clizia Teseo with the London Handel Festival, Isabelle L’Amant Jaloux, Lisel The Chimney Sweep, and Alinda Giasone all with Pinchgut Opera, and Childerico Faramondo, 2nd Lady/1st Witch/Spirit Dido & Aeneas, both with Brisbane Baroque. Alexandra has performed in various recitals, including performances of Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate with the Amersham Festival of Music, and the Ride Hunters Hill Symphony Orchestra, Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen and Coffee Cantata at the Canberra International Music Festival. She has performed as the soloist in Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Telemann’s Die Donner Ode with Pinchgut Opera, Bach’s B Minor Mass with Song Company, Vivaldi’s Gloria with Gondwana Choirs, and Bach's Christmas Oratorio (part 6) as part of the Royal Academy/Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata series. She has performed as a soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Eroica Ensemble, and the Orchestra of the Antipodes. Alexandra has completed intensive language studies in Florence and Paris, as well as language training at Alliance Francaise, the Dante Alighieri Institute and Goethe Institute. Alexandra has also undertaken stage and film courses at the Actors Centre Australia. Valid for use until 1 September 2021 For updated versions please contact [email protected]

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Page 1: Alexandra Oomens - biography · and Coffee Cantata at the Canberra International Music Festival. ... Vivaldi’s Gloria with Gondwana Choirs, and Bach's Christmas Oratorio (part 6)

Alexandra Oomens Soprano

Rayfield Allied Member of the International Artist 9-12 The Stableyard Managers’ Association Broomgrove Road London, SW9 9TL, UK Rayfield Allied acts as agent only and can www.rayfieldallied.com accept no responsibility as principal E-mail [email protected] Telephone +44 (0) 20 3176 5500 Facsimile +44 (0) 700 602 4143

“…Her tone was bright and creamy, her coloratura fully formed and her stamina impressive” Opera Magazine

Australian Soprano Alexandra Oomens is a recent graduate from the Royal Academy Opera where she studied with Lillian Watson and Jonathan Papp. Alexandra holds an MA and a DipRAM for an outstanding final recital (Royal Academy of Music, 2017), and a BMus Hons. (Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, 2014). In 2017, she made her European debut at the Concertgebouw, in the world premiere of a work commissioned for the Holland Festival. She is an alumna of the Georg Solti Accademia, where she worked under Meastro Alessandro Corbelli, Barbara Frittoli, and Sir Richard Bonynge. In 2020 she joined the Harewood Artists programme at English National Opera. In July 2019, Alexandra sang the role of Zerlina Don Giovanni with Clonter Opera. During her time at Royal Academy Opera, she sang Vixen Cunning Little Vixen, the title role in Semele, La Princess/La Chauve-Souris L’Enfant et les sortileges, Laurette Le Docteur Miracle, Tina Flight, Cupidon Orphée Aux Enfers, and Damigella L’Incoronazione di Poppea. Alexandra has performed in various Royal Academy Opera Scenes; as Titania Midsummer Nights Dream, Ännchen Der Freischütz, Despina Cosí fan Tutte, Héro Beatrice et Benedict, and Corinna Il Viaggio a Reims. In 2020 she made her debut with Opera North in the role of Barbarina The Marriage of Figaro, and this season she returns to Pinchgut Opera to sing Aurora/Dafne/Procri in Apollo e Dafne. Further highlights include Clizia Teseo with the London Handel Festival, Isabelle L’Amant Jaloux, Lisel The Chimney Sweep, and Alinda Giasone all with Pinchgut Opera, and Childerico Faramondo, 2nd Lady/1st Witch/Spirit Dido & Aeneas, both with Brisbane Baroque. Alexandra has performed in various recitals, including performances of Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate with the Amersham Festival of Music, and the Ride Hunters Hill Symphony Orchestra, Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen and

Coffee Cantata at the Canberra International Music Festival. She has performed as the soloist in Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Telemann’s Die Donner Ode with Pinchgut Opera, Bach’s B Minor Mass with Song Company, Vivaldi’s Gloria with Gondwana Choirs, and Bach's Christmas Oratorio (part 6) as part of the Royal Academy/Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata series. She has performed as a soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Eroica Ensemble, and the Orchestra of the Antipodes. Alexandra has completed intensive language studies in Florence and Paris, as well as language training at Alliance Francaise, the Dante Alighieri Institute and Goethe Institute. Alexandra has also undertaken stage and film courses at the Actors Centre Australia.

Valid for use until 1 September 2021 For updated versions please contact

[email protected]